Sibillini Paintings

New mountain Paintings

These are a homage to the ten years I spent in the shadow of the Sibillini Mountains; a magical place and one which I miss already, living as I do now closer to the sea.

This is a winter painting, trapped ice and cold water runs

This at Springtime

WILD PHOTOGRAPHY; ITALY October 4 to 7, 2012

Our wild weekend in the Magical Sibillini Mountain Park

Revitalise your vision. Read more.. http://www.natashalythgoe.com/page/30637/news/

The Sibillini National park is Italy's newest and apart from all the magical connections with the Ancient Goddess religions, it is also the home of wolves, bear and squirrels. I jest here about the squirrels (but there are lots and they are sweet and black)... but enough to say it's full of the most fascinating fauna and flora.

Scenically it almost overwhelming beautiful and it is here we will spend long days, returning knackered in the late evening to chew through our images and generally give each other a good hard time.

And then eat and sleep.

Your hosts are Michael, Natasha and Mauro.

Your fellow photographers Italian and English speaking

CRASH SALE!!

We are moving house and it’s stressful leaving my studio and having to accept a rabbit Hutch

Hence the worried expression
I have literally hundreds of paintings, hanging on walls, stacked in every corner and going back years.
I’m not very good at marketing myself I am told.
So they are all for sale (all except my latest series as above and I don’t mean the rabbit) they are all for sale at 25% of original gallery and website prices.
Which is... calculator ready?
Add length to breadth, multiply by 1.5 and there is your price in Euros. 
Easy eh?
Most you can see on my site www.michaeleldridge.net
Just drop me a line if you fancy a wondrous bargain
And don't forget our workshops this summer;
Creativity Workshop in Le Marche June 13 www.starstone.me
And a Creative Photography weekend in Tuscany June 28, details www.natashalythgoe.com

What’s happening this summer in Italy?

Well. I ‘m sure glad you asked, ‘cos we have two workshops (we being me and the chaps) and here they are



This in the glorious wild lands of Northern Tuscany.
And then for the creative soul searchers, we have an amazing event
In Montefiore, The 4th of our Starstone Adventures
Both in June. Heady times!

And then, and then, Lili is organising a weekend with Jules Heavens; a weekend of sacred voice, singing the self and singing the Chakras, This on last weekend of May

All these in both English and Italian of course

Haikus and paintings

Montefiore Creativity Workshop June 16 weekend

This is Annabel, who has fully integrated with a painting. It’s incredible what Belgian girls can do! The weekend really was an explosion of creativity and between us we created not only paintings but 100 Haikus which we swiftly dispatched to California and the Universe in general (aka CTI’s creative artists forum).

It never ceases to amaze me, the power of group activity.

Sea air, new friends and good Italian food. But most importantly of all, a profound reconnection with our creativity.

A Haiku for you…

Let me help you see

Suffering is not needed

You are really free.

Next workshop Sept 2 in Appignano

email; micermice@gmail.com

It’s marvellous!

Hiya!

Guess what? Our first Coaches lunch on May 4th is full! 28 people have signed up for it. The next one is filling up fast. It's on Wed June 1st and the subject is 'Coaching and Education'...The speakers are Helen Gormley and James Sale.

http://thecoacheslunch.com to find out more

Our creativity retreats are filling up too.  Where you will rediscover your unique creativity

and where you will soak in the beauty of Italy’s light and colour, and

weave them into words and images.

June 16 to 19 in Montefiore, by the sparkling Adriatic.

The Creativity Journey of a Lifetime, www.starstone.me

Snowed up

This is a new painting I struggled with, possibly because I was snowed in for five days with no heating and no electricity. It’s emotional (probably)