STUDENT COMMENTS
What a wonderful workshop! I really learned some new ideas that I have incorporated
into my paintings. You actually owe me about a thousand dollars as I now boldly paint
over the lines…. Your workshop was a valuable experience. (One of my favorite sayings
in class was, “I’ll pay you $10 to paint encroaching over the lines”.)
Melissa Miller Anderson
Greenville, South Carolina
Consider this a deposit for your next workshop – I’m enrolled. Alice, I tore everything off
my studio walls and drew all over them. They look great. I wonder if you know what
absolutely splendid hosts you both are. Thank you,
Jean Bowen
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Betsy, Loved Alice’s show! She looks fabulous…trim and chic. Her work was very
special and her talk inspiring – so much so a friend with me said she wants to become an
artist – seriously. Spoke with Alice the day after but, of course, she was very busy, but
hope next time we can get together. Love Sissy
Alice and Don,
Since returning (from the workshop), I have breathed easier and loved my husband and
my children more. I see with new eyes; registering straight lines and angles; invoking the
purest of colors; melding warm and cool. My soul stirs with emotion anticipating the
canvas. I know that art is a part of me. It motivates me, inspires my daily activity and
encourages me to be different. Simply put, this last week was aestetic bliss. The energy,
attention to detail and graciousness to which you both aspire is beyond any expression of
gratitude. I realize for the two of youthis is a state of being. Thank you for the things I
will never forget....
The blue spot
Lightening up
Alice’s dimples
Don’s encouragement
The art of being humble
The bluebird babies
The meadow
Those incredible hugs
Straight lines
Vanity
Getting “it”
Magic
Warm and cool colors
The enery
The love of Alice and Don
Giving back
Laughter
The color in the cheek of the man with the hat that hangs on the wall in the studio of the
house that Alice and Don built.
Lucky me!
Katy Bolt Rainey (after the first ever workshop for her taken at our home and garden, April, 2008)
Dear Alice and Don, It’s hard to know where to start….the workshop was just fabulous.
Just watching you paint the model in the demonstration is inspirational. But doing it in
your beautiful home, surrounded by your beautiful paintings, was really incredible. Your
home, gardens and hospitality reflect both of you so well. It was wonderful to spend three
days in the midst of such beauty, talent and kindness. It’s not only your painting that is
so inspirational but your whole life. Thank you for sharing that with me. I’ve finished my
“Sarah” painting and am working on the other two. Don will be pleased to know that
we’ve all gotten our copies of Country Sampler. The house looks lovely and I’m proud to
have been there. …Please come back to Jacksonville. Love, Jackie. May 21, 2004
Dearest Alice, for two and a half weeks I’ve tried to figure out how to say thank you such
that you could really understand the depth and breadth of its meaning. I have not come
up with anything earth shattering so …thank you for everything. I love the whole
experience, and if I never lifted another brush, it would still be one of my most favorite
escapades. I am going to continue though because you gave me the inspiration to study
and sketch. Maybe you’ll see a difference I am coming to Rabon Gap. Thank you. Also
thank you for letting us invade your garden. My girl friends loved you.
Much love to you and Don, Sharon