Painting Workshops @ The Barnacle in Coconut Grove

We are thrilled to be able to offer two painting workshops with Lisa Egeli. Lisa is an amazing painter and an incredible instructor. Please take a look at her website www.lisaegeli.com 

These workshops will be held at the Barnacle State Historic Site in Coconut Grove. You could not ask for a more lovely view of the Bay or a more inspiring location. The Barnacle website is www.floridastateparks.org/thebarnacle

If you have not visited the Barnacle then you should make a point to stop by or go to one of their events.

Thank you, Barnacle & Thank you, Chantal!

ArtCenter/South Florida’s

Plein Air Painting Workshops @

The Barnacle State Historic Site in Coconut Grove

Instructor: Lisa Egeli 

Enjoy one of Miami’s hidden jewels-The Barnacle State Historic Site. Travel back in time at the historic home of Commodore Ralph Munroe and paint the sea from his Coconut Grove backyard.

1 Day or 2 Day Workshops:

One Day Workshop held on:

Saturday, January 28- 10am-3pm

One Day Workshop Fee $90 Art Center Members

$95 Non-Members (Includes admission fee)

Two Day Workshop held on:

Saturday & Sunday- March 3 & 4- 10am-3pm

Two Day Workshop Fee $180 Art Center Members

$185 non-Members (Includes admission fee)

To register, please call Art Center/South Florida @ 305.674.8278

The Barnacle is located @ 3485 Main Highway, Coconut Grove

Please note- Students should bring their lunch, beverages, sunscreen and a hat.

Plein air painting is resurgent around the country as artists rediscover the joys of painting and observing directly from nature.  Whether your primary goal is to exclusively paint outdoors, or whether most of your painting is done in the studio, this workshop will help sharpen your eye and hone your skills. Lisa Egeli will teach her approach to capturing nature's light and beauty through painting outdoors.  Emphasis will be on beginning with a well-drawn and composed scene, and progressing to a harmonious painting capturing the light and color of the scene.   The Barnacle workshop will focus on the painting of the sky and the waters of Biscayne Bay. Students will start the day with a demo by Lisa and then begin their own work. Each day will close with critiques of the day's work.

About the Instructor 

Lisa Egeli’s paintings are moving and sophisticated portrayals of the places we treasure.  Her landscapes and portraits, in oil and pastel, have been featured in many exhibits and permanent collections in her two decade professional career.  Her life as a painter, however, began long before, growing up a third generation artist in a family of artists, and learning her earliest skills from her father, portrait and maritime painter Peter Egeli.  Lisa’s formal training was at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.  Her work has been recognized in a variety of distinguished regional and national events, including Plein Air Easton, Paint Annapolis, Oil Painters of America’s Regional and National Exhibitions, and Arts for the Parks.  Lisa has been juried into “Plein Air Easton” for three years in a row, and in 2007 was awarded “Best Pastoral Painting” by Juror Kenn Backhaus.  In 2008 she was among 30 artists nationwide selected to participate in “Telluride Plein Air” in Telluride, Colorado. In 2008 her painting “Low Tide, Zanzibar” was juried into the 14^th Annual Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists, which will travel to six museums on the East Coast. Lisa Egeli lives by the shores of the Chesapeake Bay for most of the year and lives and paints in South Florida for the winter.