Highlander Acrylic Paint Party

May 25, 2023

05:30 pm - 08:00 pm

9546 E 16 Frontage Rd
Onalaska WI, 54669

40.00

Event Website

(608) 433-7896

Learn how to use acrylic paint to create this adorable summer highlander on 11×14 canvas. Acrylic paint is very forgiving and is the perfect medium for beginning painters to learn on. Join us with Brushstrokes by Barbara. Sign up now at https://treehousegift.com/…/highlander-paint-party-may…
More about the Artist: Barbara retired from teaching management and marketing at UW-La Crosse in 2016; she holds Bachelor’s degree from Viterbo University and a Master’s degree from UW-Stout. She grew up on a farm in Trempealeau County and currently resides in Holmen with her husband and two pet therapy dogs Levi & Amber. During retirement and the pandemic, Barbara has renewed her love of art by painting over 200 paintings over the last year and a half! She now teaches painting and craft classes at area venues. She has been chosen the last 3 years to paint murals for Onalaska Art Keepers, a fundraiser and tourism project where paintings are displayed at local Onalaska businesses and then sold for charity. She helped fundraise for the new Holmen Boys & Girls Club/Holmen Area Community Center where she also teaches painting classes. Since 2017, Barb and her dogs have touched over 3,000 lives through pet therapy visits. Hobbies include perennial gardening and traveling. She retired as an educational tour guide at a local orchard and currently substitute teaches part-time in the Holmen school district for at-risk students.