Art and Spirit Retreat
With Melissa Harris, BFA, MFA Painting
August 28 - September 3, 2026
Are you feeling a need to break up your routine or perhaps create change in your life? Explore your creative side in gorgeous landscapes with delicious food!
When I’m feeling stale I choose to travel. I need a change of surroundings in order to have an objective look at where I am in life and what needs to change. I hear from many that have attended a retreat that they have made some major shifts upon their return home. Some have found love. Some have left relationships that no longer served them. Some have changed jobs.
Don’t allow your fears of “I’m not an artist” or “I haven’t painted in years” to prevent you from missing this opportunity of a lifetime. You are not required to paint. You may choose to create a simple written journal and embellish with paint! Or- learn or refine watercolor. I create a nurturing environment for the part of your spirit that wants to emerge to blossom.

Maine stole my heart the first time I visited maybe 45 years ago! I’ve continued visiting each year since then as often as I can. Beauty is everywhere you look, There is a reason their license plates say “VACATIONLAND.” I’m overjoyed to have found a comfortable and gorgeous venue RIGHT ON THE OCEAN! I invite you to join me in mid-coast Maine at a luxury retreat center complete with a chef on site to create our delicious healthy meals.
Limina is a “thin place”. What is a thin place? It’s a place where the veils between this world and others are thin, a gateway to the other world, if you will. Our painting and circle time with help us connect with the spirit of the land which will encourage our creative visions to emerge.

We will spend our time learning or refining watercolor with walking or swimming breaks. We will visit the Wyeth Museum in a nearby town where I have gotten much inspiration from paintings by the Wyeth family masters artists.
On site we also have a complete wellness center with a massage bed, a sauna, and an amethyst Biomat if you would like to rejuvenate on the mat and/or book a massage. There is a fitness room. You are also welcome to visit and shop at the nearby charming town of Belfast.
Healthy snacks and beverages are continuously provided.

Testimonials
“I thoroughly enjoyed my time there! I adore how you are flexible with sensing the group’s emotional needs, yet rigid with the wisdom to know discipline and keeping people on task is important when it comes to producing art. Of all the art instructors I’ve had in my lifetime, you are only the second one I’ve experienced that “gets” this and utilizes it effectively. The circle and spiritual time adds icing to a well-built cake! I felt so comfortable and like I had been part of your group for lifetimes. I admire your style of teaching, and hope to emulate it when I start teaching again.”
~ Marguerite

About the Leader
Melissa Harris, BFA, MFA Painting
Melissa is an internationally published artist and author of "99 Keys to a Creative Life" (Llewellyn Worldwide) "Goddess on the Go" affirmation cards (US Games) "Anything is Possible Activation Cards." She has taught at Omega Institute, The New York Open Center and privately since 1990 and loves helping learn or refine art technique in safe […]
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