Guy was born in Kenya, the son of the late wildlife artist Simon Combes. He is involved in a number of conservation causes and will discuss this with us during the workshop. Guy now resides in both San Francisco and Kenya. While he is in Kenya he offers African Safaris based from his home. He will tell us about growing up in Kenya and some of his other wild African experiences. Oil is his choice of medium.

WORKSHOP

• Guy will demo his style of painting – if you are having problems with a current project, please bring it along and Guy will work with you on it.
• Slide show of Africa – animals and landscapes – sunsets etc
• 4 days - classes morning and afternoon (demos and hands on)
• Evenings will be critiques – 2 per student
• Tuition fee will include all meals and 4 nights accommodation, you will be responsible for your own transportation. Penticton is the nearest airport. Shuttle service will be made available upon request from Penticton to Osoyoos.
• Each student will be supplied with at least 2 African photo references to use at their own discretion... I am sure Guy has tons and tons of photos – When Jamie and I went on our African Safari we must have taken about 6000 photos.
• On the last day classes will be as usual but Jamie (my husband) will be setting up an ART SHOW for all of us. Each student may have 2 or 3 pieces in the show. There will be no commission or fees charged.
• Venue will be the NK’MIP Cultural Center – Spirit Ridge Resort. Please Google it. It is a first class resort (you deserve nothing but the best). They will be advertising the show for us.
  I will try and talk Terry Isaac into joining us for one of our evening critiques
• Guy works in oil – I know a lot of you use acrylics. I am going to try and get samples of the OPEN acrylics for us to try, they work a lot like oils in that they stay open for a lot longer than the normal ones. Oil painters may want to try them
• The tuition is based on 2 students sharing a room. The resort is set up with 2 bedroom suites - each bedroom with it's own bathroom. The living room and full kitchen (great for midnight snacks) are shared. You can opt for your own room but there is an additionall charge for this...
• Spouses and other guests are welcome - again,, there will be an additional charge. There are a couple of options for this so please check with me.

This is an all inclusive workshop - all meals and 4 nights accommodation included in the tuition:

TOTAL TUITION: $1,295.00 Checks or money orders will be accepted as payment - either Canadian or US. I have a bank account set up for both currencies. A $250.00 deposit will hold your spot. You will find more information on the actual Registration form.

I will also supply information on accommodation for the night before the workshop as you will be arriving the day before. This can either be in Penticton(closest airport) or if you are driving - Osoyoos. There is an Airport in Kelowna (more carriers at this airport) - it is about 2 hours from Osoyoos so you will have to rent a car from this one. For the Penticton airport - there will be a shuttle service supplied to and from Osoyoos for a small fee. It will leave Penticton the morning of the workshop and return after breakfast on the 30th.... If your flight leaves earlier than this we will look after you......

Please contact me by e-mail dsoule@telus.net or by phone 250-495-5085 I do have a cell 250 - 809- 8773 but we don't have any cell service where I live (only 15 minutes from Osoyoos but up on top of a pass) so it may take a day or two for me to get back to you.

Denise Soule
Wild Streak Art