2026 - Come Paint with James Hayes
With James Hayes
November 13, 2026
Join us for Dine, Paint and Connect, a relaxed evening of dinner, creativity and community at Sorrento Retreat and Conference Centre.
We’ll begin with a delicious fall dinner and plenty of time to visit with friends and neighbours. Then we’ll move over to the Richardson Conference Room and let local artist James Hayes guides us step-by-step through creating our own rendition of Copper Island at sun set.
The cost is $65 per person. Or another option is to purchase a Community Support Ticket for $85. Same experience, with an additional $20 supporting Sorrento Centre programs.
This includes:
- A delicious three course meal
- Non-alcoholic beverages (Wine and beer available for purchase)
- 12″ × 16″ canvas
- Acrylic paints
- Brushes and supplies
- Guided painting instruction
- Your finished painting to take home
- Enter your name for James Hayes’ painting of Copper Island (valued at $1800)
- Time 5:30pm -8:45pm
Please register on or before Friday, November 6, 2026. Seating is limited.
About the Leader
James Hayes
I try to paint with a sense of grounded humility. Taking in deeply and respectfully, the mysteries that stand before me. While hiking in the forest I attempt to capture in my work, a conversation between light and darkness, while holding both in balance, their fragility and delicateness. It is in this attempt at balance […]
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