MaryLou Correia recently traveled to Lake Garda and Venice, Italy for two weeks of intense painting, with award winning painters/instructors, Craig and Anna Nelson.

An established plein air oil painter, MaryLou chose to use water based, designer, gouache as her medium and painted on 9"x12",  300 pound multimedia toned paper. Gouache, an opaque intense pigment with a mat powdered finish similar to pastel, is currently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as a preferred media for travel. A light weight UGO easel, tripod, and compact stool completed MaryLou’s equipment for the Italy trip.

Artists Reception and Demo: Saturday, January 31, 1 – 3 pm

MaryLou likes to think of her painting as revealing more that the eye can see – giving great attention to “finding a sense of place”, being mindful of the light and colors of the moment, along with the particulars of the space she is in.



In addition to her Italy paintings, the exhibit will also include paintings of the California and Oregon Coasts, as well as, gouache paintings from her April Residency at The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek.

MaryLou has received many awards and exhibited through the Bay Area and nationally, including Oil Painters of America Annual Show, Washington D.C.; Plein Air Painting Festivals in: Carmel, Mendocino, Alameda; Marinscapes Festival; Carquinez Scene on the Straits.