Lauren Jones

Two day painting residency

An immersive painting retreat at The Woodshed.

Lauren Jones paints with immediacy. Colour, light, flowers, still life — ordinary things made compelling through the act of looking closely and painting quickly.

Now, for two days, a small group of painters will step into her world in conjunction with The Woodshed, in the rolling hills of the Noosa hinterland.

This is an intimate residential workshop with Lauren Jones. Two days to paint, eat, slow down and see the landscape differently.

The focus is alla prima — painting wet-on-wet, with each work created in a single sitting. Lauren will guide painters through her approach to colour, composition, brushwork and the instinctive decisions that give a painting its energy. Beginners are welcome. Experienced painters will find plenty to push their practice further.

Mornings at the easel. Time to paint, pause and begin again. The surrounding hinterland becomes part of the experience — the light, the greens, the changing sky, the flowers and still life arranged before you.

Then there is the table.

Farmhouse breakfasts. Long lunches. Fire-pit cocktails. And a seven-course dinner cooked entirely over fire in The Woodshed, recently awarded “Best Destination Dining 2026” by Gourmet Traveller.

Two nights of country hospitality, exceptional food and painting in good company.

Two days. A handful of painters. Plenty of colour.

October 29th -30th

Thursday 29th - Friday 30th October