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SUMMARY:Paint Night With Lana Gunn Turns Coastal Rhode Island Into a Canvas (postponed)
DESCRIPTION:NOTE: This event was postponed due to the nor’easter.\nPaint Night With Lana Gunn Turns Coastal Rhode Island Into a Canvas Saturday\, Sept. 26\, as a Westerly artist whose work is inspired by shorelines\, dunes\, and quiet natural spaces leads a 90-minute painting workshop at Coastal Town Collective. \nThe 6 to 7:30 p.m. class is designed as a guided paint night rather than an open studio session. Gunn will lead participants through creating a coastal landscape\, with all painting supplies included in registration. No shopping list\, brushes\, or half-used tubes of paint need to come from home. \nAnd the subject is particularly appropriate for the artist teaching it. \nLana Gunn Paints the Coast as a Place to Slow Down\nGunn’s work is rooted heavily in nature\, particularly the landscapes and seascapes of coastal Rhode Island. \nHer paintings often begin with things encountered on walks: coastal paths\, rocky shorelines\, wildflowers\, dunes and water. She describes her approach as blending soft realism with impressionistic color\, using gentle blues\, creams\, blushes and sunlit greens to create landscapes that feel recognizable without functioning like photographic reproductions. \nThere’s a purpose behind that softness. \nGunn describes her paintings as an attempt to capture the stillness people can experience in nature\, particularly those moments when the noise of everything else seems to drop away. \nFor Saturday’s class\, participants get to try that process themselves. \nAn Artist Who Also Learned How to Teach Art\nThere’s another piece of Gunn’s background that matters for a paint night. \nShe isn’t simply an artist demonstrating her own technique. \nGunn is a 2019 graduate of Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and later earned a Master of Arts in Art + Design Education from Rhode Island School of Design. \nHer work has included drawing and painting plants\, animals\, landscapes and the human figure\, but education has remained part of her practice. \nEarlier paint nights with Gunn have emphasized creativity and expression rather than trying to reproduce an instructor’s painting with mechanical precision. Her teaching has focused on guiding participants through the process while leaving room for individual choices. \nThat distinction can make an art workshop considerably less intimidating for someone who hasn’t held a paintbrush since school. \nThe goal isn’t to discover whether you can paint exactly like Lana Gunn. \nIt’s to discover what your version of the landscape looks like. \nWhy Coastal Landscapes Are a Good Place to Begin\nLandscape painting offers beginners an unusually forgiving way into art. \nA face can look noticeably wrong if an eye moves half an inch. \nA shoreline doesn’t have that problem. \nClouds can change shape. Waves don’t have to match. Grass can lean in different directions. Colors can become warmer or cooler depending on the painter. \nEven two people following the same instructor can finish with paintings that feel completely different. \nGunn’s own combination of realism and impressionistic color provides plenty of room for that variation. \nThe recognizable structure of a coast gives painters something to follow\, while water\, sky\, vegetation and changing light allow them to experiment with color and brushwork. \nAnd when the 90 minutes are finished\, the painting goes home with its creator. \nCoastal Town Collective Was Built for Exactly This Kind of Night\nThe setting is part of the story\, too. \nCoastal Town Collective occupies 2 Broad Street in downtown Westerly and describes itself as both an artists’ shop and creative space. \nRather than operating strictly as a gallery\, the Collective brings work from multiple local makers into one storefront while also hosting hands-on workshops. \nIts shelves and displays have featured locally produced artwork\, woodworking\, candles\, jewelry\, soap and other artisan goods. Gunn’s artwork has also been among the work carried by the shop. \nThe Collective has increasingly used workshops to make the relationship between shopper and maker more participatory. \nRecent programming has included sea-glass canvas workshops and small painting projects alongside the work available for purchase. \nSaturday takes that idea further. \nInstead of buying a coastal painting from a local artist\, participants spend an evening with one learning how to create their own. \nPart of a Growing Downtown Arts Community\nThe location also places the workshop inside Westerly’s increasingly interconnected arts scene. \nCoastal Town Collective participates in the Westerly Arts Crawl\, the monthly downtown event connecting galleries\, working studios\, shops\, restaurants and other businesses displaying art. \nThat network stretches through a compact downtown where visual art\, theater and live music increasingly overlap. \nFor a small workshop\, that’s useful context. \nPaint Night isn’t taking place in an isolated classroom. \nIt’s happening inside a store devoted to regional makers\, in a downtown where artists are increasingly sharing walls\, storefronts and audiences. \nFor 90 minutes Saturday evening\, one of those storefronts becomes the studio. \nAnd nobody needs to arrive already knowing how to paint the ocean. \nMore information is available at the Event Website link below. \nTo purchase tickets\, click the Event Ticketing link below. \nDetails\nEvent: Paint Night With Lana Gunn Art\nDate: Saturday\, Sept. 26\, 2026\nTime: 6–7:30 p.m.\nLength: 90 minutes\nLocation: Coastal Town Collective\nAddress: 2 Broad St.\, Westerly\, RI 02891\nInstructor: Lana Gunn\nProject: Guided painting of a coastal landscape\nSupplies: All painting supplies are included\nRegistration: Required\nTicket Price: Approximately $50 including listed Eventbrite fees\nRefunds: Available up to seven days before the event\nVenue: Local artist shop and creative workshop space in downtown Westerly \n  \n  \nFeatured image is an artistic representation inspired by the event and may not depict the actual people\, location\, or activities shown.
URL:https://thectbeacon.com/event/paint-night-with-lana-gunn-turns-coastal-rhode-island-into-a-canvas/
LOCATION:Coastal Town Collective\, 2 Broad Street\, Westerly\, RI\, 02891\, United States
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