About this Event
Description:
Join Marike MacDonald for direct wet-on-wet painting using inspiration from the Historic Cochrane Ranche! Following 3 short demonstrations of the initial rough in, the block in, and the painting finish, participants will proceed with using the aforementioned technique for themselves.
Date: Saturday May 30th, 2025
Location: Cochrane Historic Ranche
Time: 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Cost: $25.00
Audience: Adults Only - 18+
Attire: Dress for being outside. Warm layers, sunscreen, etc. Pack water or something warm to drink.
**Please Note: In case of rain, this workshop will be moved to the Centennial Plaza in downtown Cochrane, for coverage (across the street from the Rocky View Hotel on Mainstreet).**
What Participants Need to Bring:
- Oil or Acrylic Paints: one red, one yellow, one blue and white. Marike recommends Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Earth Red, Alizarin, Cadmium Yellow and Titanium White.
- Liquin or something similar
- Brushes: size 6 & 8
- Paint Palette
- Easel
- Blank White Gessoed Canvas or Panel
- Paper Towels
Registrants are encouraged to also register as a participating artist for with opportunities to put their learning from the workshop into practice at the park and to join the Plein Air community for our events and Artist Soiree at Route 22 Gallery in Cochrane!
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Marike paints to honour the places that shape her — the soft fields of her childhood, the rugged forests of Muskoka, Ontario, and the sweeping skies and mountains that now surround her. Each landscape carries its own quiet story, and she is drawn to the way light reveals those stories in fleeting, luminous moments.
Her creative practice is an expression of gratitude. She believes the natural world is a gift, and painting is her way of responding to that gift with attention and care. The act of making art becomes a form of prayer: a way of acknowledging beauty, fragility, and the presence of something sacred in the everyday.
Through oils and layered acrylics, colour, and atmospheric depth, she seeks to create paintings that feel both familiar and contemplative — places where viewers can pause, breathe, and remember their own connection to the land.
www.marikemacdonald.com | @marikemacdonaldartist
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Historic Cochrane Ranche, 20 Bow Valley Trail, Cochrane, Canada
CAD 29.36
