• driving through paintings, at every turn

    My recent adventure, on the road, placed me into a ‘mighty fine’ place: Pomeroy, Washington http://www.historylink.org/File/9578 Five hours there and 5 hours back to Seattle, let me experience some beautiful country where I was ‘driving through paintings’ at every turn. I have new inspiration to head into studio now;  I have ‘work to do’ to…

  • just saying…

    just saying…

    A few testimonials from some wonderful students and adventurers that have participated in my past Civita Workshops. Come experience Civita with me this Fall 2018. Let’s begin the adventure. More information here: https://anitahlehmannteacher.com/civita-workshop/     ‘Civita is fantastically real, an artist’s dream. The spirit of this place is inspiring, breathtaking, and immediately captivating. Anita’s affection…

  • depictive to the evocative; let’s talk

    depictive to the evocative; let’s talk

    One of my purposes in studying drawing in Civita in 2013 was to further my teaching in the subject of abstract and begin to develop methods to understand this expressive side.Abstract drawing is the practice in which one represents their work using emotive powers, allowing the artist to fall into a meditative zone, representing ideas of the ‘unseen.’ These studies…

  • an open house: Civita Workshop 2018

    an open house: Civita Workshop 2018