

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Realistically Speaking—It’s All Joyfully Abstract! Painting Workshop with Mary Pat Ettinger
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 am – Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 am
- **Event Description**: Realistically Speaking—It’s All Joyfully Abstract!
Painting Workshop with Mary Pat Ettinger
Saturday, February 14, 2025
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Cora Annex, Ridgway
$75 | All materials included
https://weehawkenarts.org/education/adult-art-classes/

Minimum enrollment needed by Feb 12th, 5pm!

Break away from the urge to “copy” what you see and instead discover the abstract shapes, colors, and relationships that bring a subject to life. By letting go of labels and focusing on form, value, and color, paintings often become more realistic—and far more expressive.

In this workshop, students will explore how abstraction strengthens realism and helps capture the essence of what first inspired you to pick up a brush. The class will work with acrylics in a watercolor style, emphasizing loose, joyful mark-making and intuitive observation.
Reference images will be provided, or students may bring their own, and leave with a completed painting.
About Mary Pat Ettinger – Artist &amp; Instructor

Mary Pat Ettinger’s work is often described as peaceful and uplifting. Having lived much of her life in rural settings, she draws daily inspiration from solitude, natural beauty, and the simple joys around her. From laundry hanging in the sun to flower gardens bursting through picket fences, and from sweeping canyons to mountain vistas, Mary Pat paints what she loves and what surrounds her.

Through her art, she hopes to share the serenity and gratitude she experiences every day—the songs of birds, the hum of crickets, and the quiet of the pastures near her home. Her paintings aim to encourage, inspire, and provide a sense of calm and beauty amid life’s challenges.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ridgway/realistically-speaking—it’s-all-joyfully-abstract-painting-workshop-with-mary-pat-ettinger/200029487172219
- **Event Categories**: art, workshops, fine-arts, drawing-painting, sports
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://weehawkenarts.org/education/adult-art-classes/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=ridgway-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Ridgway
- **state**: CO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 145N Cora St Ridgway CO, 81432
- **lat**: 38.15183
- **long**: -107.7578
- **full address**: 145N Cora St Ridgway CO, 81432, 145 N Cora St, Ridgway, CO 81432-5020, United States

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- **organizer**: Weehawken Creative Arts (https://allevents.in/org/weehawken-creative-arts/4581554)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 14 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 145N Cora St Ridgway CO, 81432, 145 N Cora St, Ridgway, CO 81432-5020, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Weehawken Creative Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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