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Robyn Collier has over 40 years of painting experience and is regarded as one of Australia’s foremost wilderness artists – preferring to paint the natural world and aspects of it. She has conducted workshops throughout Australia and New Zealand for the past 12 years, published many articles, held over 30 exhibitions and made numerous television appearances. Her work has won multiple awards and is in prestigious collections in most countries in the world. She has taken part in many ‘Artist-in-Residence’ programs – both on the mainland of Australia’s and many remote islands. Robyn’s philosophy is simple – “I want to show people the magic of the natural world through my work.”
DAY 1: Sunday 12 May 2024
Glen Helen
Workshop members will be met at The Hilton
Alice springs at 12.00pm or Alice Springs airport
at 12.30pm and transferred to Glen Helen. The
landscape around Glen Helen is spectacular - a
towering sandstone wall is the first thing you see
as you arrive. The area includes views of Mount
Sonder, one of the highest points in Central
Australia, which changes colours with the light.
Our accommodation will be at the motel in Glen
Helen in rustic air-conditioned accommodation
to give you the true outback experience. We will
enjoy an included dinner each evening of our stay
in Glen Helen.
DAY 2: Monday 13 May 2024
Glen Helen
A full day of painting in and around Glen Helen
Gorge. At Glen Helen Gorge, the ranges part to
make way for the Finke River. The permanent
Finke River waterhole is an important refuge in
the hot summer months, for all nine species of fish
recorded for the Finke, and migrating waterbirds.
From here, the Finke River continues and makes
its way to the Simpson Desert. Tonight we will
enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 3: Tuesday 14 May 2024
Glen Helen
Today we travel to Ormiston Gorge for a full day
of painting. The rugged scenery of the Gorge
will provide some wonderful subjects to paint.
The water and the shelter of the rocks attract
an interesting variety of native fauna and flora.
Robyn will paint a demonstration and assist
workshop members individually. Tonight we will
enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 4: Wednesday 15 May 2024
Glen Helen
Today we travel to Ellery Creek Big Hole for a full
day of painting. This spectacular waterhole is fed
by Ellery Creek and surrounded by high red cliffs
and sandy banks. Thousands of years of massive
floods have carved out this waterhole. Tonight we
will enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 5: Thursday 16 May 2024
Glen Helen
A full day of painting the many wonderful sights
at Glen Helen. Tonight we will enjoy an included
dinner.
DAY 6: Friday 17 May 2024
Glen Helen
A full day of painting the extraordinary landscape
of Glen Helen. The area is 800 million years old
and has been home to the Western Aranda
Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years.
Tonight we will enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 7: Saturday 18 May 2024
Ross River
This morning we say farewell to Glen Helen and
travel onto Ross River. On the way we will visit the
ochre pits. The Ochre Pits is a registered sacred
site and offers you the unique opportunity to
view an ochre deposit that is still used by the
local Arrarnta people. Ochre has been used all
over the world for decoration and painting since
pre-historic times. We then travel on to Ross River
situated 83km east of Alice Springs. Based around
the original 1890’s Loves Creek Homestead, this
unique resort offers freestanding cabins with an
ensuite bathroom for your outback experience. It
was first established as an outstation of Undoolya
Station and it is thought that the supervisor at the
nearby Arltunga Gold town built the homestead
in 1898. Each day there will be an included picnic
lunch and dinner at Ross River Homestead.
DAY 8: Sunday 19 May 2024
Ross River
Today we travel to Trephina Gorge for a day of
painting, in the East MacDonnell Ranges, noted
for its sheer quartzite cliffs and River Red Gum
lined watercourses. Two gorges dissect the range:
Trephina, with its wide views and sandy creek
bed, and John Hayes Rockhole with steep, narrow
rock walls. Water holes in this area attract much
wildlife, including a diverse range of birds.
Tonight we will enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 9: Monday 20 May 2024
Ross River
Today we travel to Arltunga a superbly preserved
mining ghost town. It is located on the 5000
hectare Arltunga Historical Reserve. Robyn will
find some great subjects for a full day of painting.
Tonight we will enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 10: Tuesday 21 May 2024
Ross River
The MacDonnell Ranges stretch out for hundreds
of kilometres on both sides of Alice Springs,
like a long, craggy spine, twisting through the
countryside. The traditional owners, the Arrernte
people, believed giant caterpillars called the Yeperenye formed the Ranges. The area is known
for its spectacular natural features, ancient
petroglyphs and rugged countryside. Robyn will
find some wonderful subjects for today’s painting
session. Tonight we will enjoy an included dinner.
DAY 11: Wednesday 22 May 2024
Alice Springs
Today we travel back to Alice Springs the capital
of the Outback. It nestles in a valley in the
MacDonnell Ranges on the banks of the mostly
dry Todd River. We will travel to the Telegraph
station for an afternoon painting session.
The Alice Springs Telegraph Station Historical
Reserve marks the original site of the first European settlement in Alice Springs. Established
in 1871 to relay messages between Darwin
and Adelaide, and linking with an underwater
cable network to London, England. The cable
established the first real communication
between Australia and England. We will then
check into our hotel.
DAY 12: Thursday 23 May 2024
Alice Springs
This morning we travel to Simpsons Gap for
another painting session. In the afternoon, we
travel to Standley Chasm for a light lunch. We
then take a walk to where you can see the cuts
through the tough quartzite that have formed a
picturesque natural alleyway. Surging floodwaters
over thousands of years are responsible for this
magnificent site. There will be time to photograph
and sketch. In the afternoon, there will be a final
critique session. This evening we will have an
included farewell dinner at our hotel.
DAY 13: Friday 24 May 2024
Departure
Tour members will be transferred to Alice Springs
airport to meet flights departing after midday.
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“It was so well organized. We got to see all the best places, but without feeling we were being herded around like cattle, like you do on some tours. There was plenty of time to paint, and the instructor told me more about how to improve my painting style in weeks than I have learned all year back home. I really did get individual attention.”
“I particularly enjoyed meeting people with similar interests and having a working reason for being in a location.”
