Artist Retreat Week

Browns Boat HouseWe will open for the 2012 season with this annual retreat for artists. David Beynon Pena will be our artist in residence. He has taught both landscape and figure painting workshops at Rock Gardens in previous summers. Mr. Pena is currently on the faculty of the New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts and has taught at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design, the Montclair Museum and the School of Visual Arts. He will be available for assistance with where and what to paint, as well as leading several afternoon or evening group critiques. Participants work on their own and will have full use of the studio building to work inside, as well as use of the grounds at Rock Gardens.(We ask that artists do not use oil paints inside the cottages.) So come alone, with a friend or group of friends, and enjoy the beautiful surroundings while you give yourself the space and time to do something you love.