All-Inclusive, luxury creative retreats in the U.S.
Our Artists
Hannah Pickerill
Hannah is a professional artist and social media creator born and raised in Seattle, WA, now based in Cincinnati, OH. Her work is mainly inspired by landscapes, but she dabbles in other subjects like architecture, animals, and still lifes. She is a multi-disciplinary artist proficient in watercolors, gouache, and oil paint. She has a passion for teaching and loves inspiring others to pick up a paint brush and get creative. Hannah also maintains a robust online following for her fun and easy to follow tutorials that are suitable for beginners and experienced painters alike. She also has two books devoted to teaching watercolor and gouache: Watercolor Wanderlust and Watercolor Boot Camp--both amazing and available for purchase on her Linktree.
Lacey Walker
Lacey Walker is an artist based in Colorado. Her unstoppable need to create is satisfied by painting patterns, little animals, and is heavily inspired by landscapes. Her favorite ways to create are with watercolor, mixed media, and acrylic paint. The view of the Rocky Mountains often inspires her paintings. In addition to her home state landscapes she also loves filling travel sketchbooks with landscapes and patterns she finds on her travels. Her favorite way to quench her thirst for art is by sharing it with others. Otherwise known as Rebel Unicorn Crafts, she creates simple and easy to follow watercolor tutorials. In addition she has authored two books, "Learn To Watercolor” and soon to be released “Learn to Watercolor Adorable Animals”. She aims to help make learning watercolor easy and accessible. She loves all things art and has an unstoppable curiosity to try and figure out the why as well as the how of everything in art. But, most of all, she loves sharing her knowledge and wants to help you get creative!
Jen Sweeney
Before Jen became an artist, she spent 30 years as a Pediatric Nurse/Nurse Practitioner. She cherished her time in caring for children and their families. In 2019, she had a calling and decided to leave her medical career to pursue calligraphy and watercolor. She started J. Sweeney designs in 2020 and hasn't looked back! Since then, she's taught watercolor to thousands of students from all over the world in her online classes. She's become well-known and respected for her innovative techniques of using a wedge brush. Her watercolor florals and leaves are elegant, delicate, and express softness and charm. Jen enjoys sharing her decade of experience with other artists by helping them fall in love with this quirky, amazing paint brush. It's her go-to brush--the one she can't live without. But florals aren't the only things she'll paint with this brush. Whimsical mushrooms, butterflies, birch trees, bamboo, carrot, strawberries, lemons, and bunnies are all part of her wedge brush repertoire. When Jen isn't in her studio painting, you can find her cycling the open roads with her husband, playing with their six grandchildren, planting flowers, watching movies, spending time with friends, attending church activities, or antique shopping in her small town. Discover the delightful techniques of wedge brush watercolor with Jen Sweeney and watch your creativity soar to new heights!
