BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:39@beebesonthesquare.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251220T140000 DTSTAMP:20251129T181907Z URL:https://www.beebesonthesquare.com/events/cindi-omaras-ephemeral-flower -paintings/ SUMMARY:Cindi O’Mara’s – Ephemeral Flower Paintings DESCRIPTION:\nExplore delicate watercolor and ink florals that can be finis hed as stationery or matted for display and gifting.\nLet us know you're c oming...HERE\nEphemeral Flowers Workshop\n\nArtist-Led • Beebe’s at th e Gallery\nSaturday\, December 20\, 2025\n12–2 pm\nSuggested Donation\n\ nJoin us inside Beebe’s at the Gallery for a special artist-led workshop inspired by the exhibition\, Parallel Paths\, currently on view. Surround ed by the artist’s work\, participants will explore the beauty of fleeti ng moments in nature by creating their own ephemeral flower studies.\n\nIn this hands-on session\, you’ll learn how to use simple gestural sketche s and mixed-media layering to capture the essence of a flower—its energy \, movement\, and brief presence in time. This workshop is designed for al l skill levels and encourages experimentation\, play\, and personal expres sion.\nCome experiment\, create\, and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in the ga llery. Your suggested donation helps support future community arts program ming at Beebe’s and the teaching artist.\n\nWhat We’ll Use\nAll materi als are provided\, including:\n\n Cold press watercolor paper\n Newsprin t and blotter paper for practice\n Pre-cut mats for guiding image size\n Watercolor pencils\n Neocolor II water-soluble crayons\n Inktense block s\n Acrylic inks (Muted + Aqua collections)\n Fine-tip ink marker pens a nd Sharpies\n Brushes\, pencils\, and drawing tools\n Water jars\, spray bottles\, eyedroppers\n Paper towels\n Salt + alcohol for texture effec ts\n\n \;\n\nCindi O'Mara shows us how to look deeply into nature\, to notice the flower and the seed pod. Her workshop explores delicate waterc olor and ink florals that can be finished as stationery or matted for disp lay and gifting.\n\nAs an accomplished artist with decades of teaching exp erience\, O'Mara shares methods and technical foundations to capture rhyth mic compositional interplays between natural elements and human emotion\, helping us produce works that resonate with our own harmony and fluidity.\ n\nThe exhibition\, Parallel Paths\, brings together the work of Cindi O ’Mara and her former student Ruby Merritt\, presenting a narrative of gr owth\, guidance\, and mutual inspiration\, where the bond of mentorship ha s shaped their artistic journeys and their vocations for art education.\n\ nCindi O’Mara and Ruby Merritt echo one another in their investigations of abstracted landscapes and close-up textures that mirror and mimic natur e’s patterns. Their palettes lean toward earthy tones\, enlivened by iri descence and bursts of chroma\, expressing reverence for the environment ’s aesthetic wonder. Merritt often turns toward the unseen\, ecosystems and micro-environments hidden from the naked eye\, rendered through dense compositions and intricate mark-making. O’Mara complements this with an intuitive\, flowing style and layered linework that embody renewal\, balan ce\, and close observation.\n\nParallel Paths\, on view through January 9\ , 2026.\nRegister HERE\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.beebesonthesquare.com/wp-content/upl oads/2025/09/C_OMara_13.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR