Darla Bostick Workshop 14 – 23 September 2024

We are delighted to announce a third Darla Bostick workshop in 2024. September is a beautiful time of year with long, cool evenings and not too many tourists! Th vineyards are exceptional at this time of year!

About Darla Bostick

Darla Bostick is a Texas resident with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas Tech University. She has been involved in the arts since that time as an art educator in multiple states across the US. In her personal work she finds the greatest challenge and satisfaction in watercolors and photography. Love of travel is evidenced primarily in her photographic images which later inspire paintings in watercolor or mixed media. Since painting on site is not always convenient when traveling, Darla began using the camera as a sketchbook to capture the colors of a region, its architecture, unique landscapes and the people’s daily lives. She has traveled to 85+ countries and has taken art groups on her Annual Art Adventures Abroad which include Spain, Ireland, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, France and Italy. Darla has taught 27 art workshop/retreats in New Mexico, Missouri, Kansas and Arizona. She is past President of the Society of Watercolor Artists in Fort Worth (2010-2014, 2020-2021) and served on that Board of Directors for 12 years. This year is her third workshop/retreat to the beautiful Dordogne River area of southern France at Perigord Retreats. Published in 2023, “Making an Art Journal…as You Travel with How-to Ideas by Darla Bostick” this book is given to participants of Darla’s Art Adventures Abroad.

Darla’s exhibits

Darla has had several solo exhibits for both watercolor and photography and her art work has appeared in several publications, web pages and television. She has been published in “Art Educator”, “Best of America Watercolor Artists & Artisans, Vol. I”, on the covers of “Denton Connection”, Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff Catalog, “Zentangle 9” and “Denton Scramble” magazines and as a result has been featured numerous times in calendars for the Visual Arts Society of Texas and Irving Art Association. Each year she publishes her own calendar featuring her paintings. Darla’s work has been included in juried national and international exhibitions in TX, CA, LA, NM, OK, AR, KS, NC, AZ, MN, RI, NC, FL, MS, PA, AK  and Canada with some awards along the way!    Her work currently hangs in private collections worldwide. Her major emphasis is color, line and value.

If you’d like some more information as to where we’ll be going during her trip, look at our excursions pages.

For more information on Darla Bostick and her endeavors, head to her website

All guests should organise their own flights and insurances.