Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience

Schedule

Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 12:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

The Historic Village, 17th Avenue, Tauranga, New Zealand 3112 | Tauranga, BP

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Step into a relaxed and inspiring 4-hour workshop where you’ll explore the joy of abstract painting. Guided by award-winning Tauranga artist Sue MacDougall, you’ll learn how to loosen up, trust your instincts, and create vibrant, expressive work.
This workshop is about letting go of perfection and embracing colour, movement, and spontaneity. Through simple techniques and guided exercises, you’ll discover how marks, layers, and colour can evolve into your own unique abstract artwork.
Bold & Free: An Abstract Art Experience
With Sue MacDougall
Saturday, 6th June
10am - 2pm
The Creative Campus
$170
No experience needed—just bring your curiosity and willingness to play.
Learn intuitive mark-making techniques
Explore colour, layering, and composition
Build confidence in abstract expression
Enjoy a supportive and creative atmosphere
By the end of the session, you’ll leave with your own abstract painting and fresh inspiration to continue creating.
Spaces are limited to keep the workshop personal.
Sue Mac Dougall lives in Tauranga and is an abstract artist known for vibrant, bold and expressive paintings inspired by the ever-changing beauty of flowers and her garden. Working intuitively, she embraces spontaneous mark-making, allowing colour, movement and emotion to guide the process. Layers of energetic brushwork and lively palettes celebrate nature in full bloom. Her work has been exhibited widely across the Bay of Plenty, including the Tauranga Art Society Expo, where her painting Delighted To Meet You won the Supreme Art Award. She also hosts the Love My Greece Art Retreats each September on Aegina, Greece, where she shares creativity in an inspiring Mediterranean setting.
You can follow Sue and her work on her socials:
www.facebook.com/SueMacDougallArt
www.instagram.com/suemacdougallart
Check out her website here - www.suemacdougallart.com
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