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  • $75.00 – Program Price
  • $85.00 – Program with all material

Date & Time Details: Saturday July 18, 1 PM - 4 PM

Location: The Priory Spirituality Center

Address: 500 College Street Northeast, Olympia, WA, USA

Contact: Spirituality Center
spiritualityctr@gmail.com
360-438-2595

Forest Impressions: A Mindful Oil Painting Retreat

With Nancy Romanovsky

July 18, 2026

A Forest paint at St. Placid Priory

With Nancy Romanovsky

A Contemplative Forest Retreat

Spend a day immersed in nature, creativity, and quiet reflection. This retreat combines an optional guided forest therapy walk in the morning with a three-hour oil painting session in the afternoon by regional landscape artist Nancy Romanovsky.

Participants are gently guided to translate their sensory experience of the forest into a simple, expressive landscape painting. Instruction is mindful and step-by-step, emphasizing presence, observation, atmosphere, and simplified forms rather than technical skill.

The pace is intentionally slow and unhurried, allowing space for silence, focus, and personal reflection. No prior art experience is required, and there is no critique or evaluation. Participants are encouraged to work at their own rhythm, take breaks as needed, and remain present to both the natural setting and the creative process.

All oil painting supplies are available for an additional $10.

You may want to visit Nancy virtual gallery

https://www.nancyromanovsky.com/

Facilitator

Nancy Romanovsky
Nancy Romanovsky is a Pacific Northwest landscape oil painter and educator whose work is rooted in forests and close observation of nature. She teaches oil painting as a quiet, mindful practice grounded in light, shadow, and presence. You may want to visit Nancy virtual gallery https://www.nancyromanovsky.com/
Learn more about Nancy Romanovsky

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