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Abstract Bliss Retreats & Classes

with Mati & Faith

Join us as we explore the sacred and transformational power of painting. Unlock a new rhythm of working intuitively to allow space for your own transformation.

  • The Adventure

    Journey with us: cultural exploration & art workshops bursting with inspiration in some of the most beautiful places on the planet!

  • The Inspiration

    Create with us: paintings saturated in color, ideas to ignite you, sparking a new creative path. We’ll help you discover the best way into your art!

  • The Connection

    Grow with us: connect to your intuitive artistic self in community, sharing & nurturing relationships with other creative women!

Meet the Co-Founders

Hi, we’re Mati & Faith!

Friends, co-teachers, authors, retreat leaders, art collaborators and painters. We each have over 20 years of personal painting experience, along with years of working in the art worlds of New York City and San Francisco. We draw from these experiences as we create our popular online classes and retreats. We offer art retreats for women in some of the most beautiful & inspiring places in the world.

Together we share a love of inspiring women to explore their creative dreams through making art. Our co-authored book Painting the Sacred Within has become a beloved resource of inspiration for woman world wide as they explore their creative and art making dreams. We're happy that you're here with us!

Retreats

Let’s Journey Together!

Imagine a small group of women, coming together for a pocket of time with a shared intention. We create, we share, we circle, we paint, we are seen, we are nurtured, we grow!

  • San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

    January 25 to 30, 2025

    Join us for a 6 day/5 night escape full of creativity, food tours, natural dying workshop, cultural exploration and art workshops bursting with creativity and inspiration gathered on location as we journey in the heart of Mexico.

  • Marrakech, Morocco

    Be the first to know when our 2026 Retreat Opens!

    Join us for a 7 day/6 night escape full of opulent luxury, guided shopping, cultural exploration and art workshops bursting with creativity and inspiration gathered on location as we journey in this exotic land.

  • Marrakech, Morocco

    November 1 to 7, 2025 :: SOLD OUT

    Join us for a 7 day/6 night escape full of opulent luxury, guided shopping, cultural exploration and art workshops bursting with creativity and inspiration gathered on location as we journey in this exotic land.

Online Workshops

Claim your space. Start painting. Pursue your creative dreams. You’ve got this!

Let’s get you painting & grow your art practice or business. You’ll go at your own pace, from the comfort of your own home or studio. Awaken your creativity, fall in love with the creative process…..

Get started today…

Dive into Our FREE Mini-Painting Class

Join us for a FREE Creative Flow Kickstart: 4 Day Challenge!! Using inspiration from nature as our guide we'll bring you video painting lessons each day for 4 days to ignite your creative fire and get you painting!

Grab our Book!

Painting the Sacred Within

Art Techniques to Express Your Authentic Inner Voice

Painting the Sacred Within is a gathering of all of my favorite layered painting techniques, tips and tricks, woven together from over 20 years of personal painting experience, with personal stories and painting demos to help you unlock a new rhythm of working intuitively to allow space for your own transformation. We based this book on our beloved year long online course of the same name, in which we dive deeply into a different painting topic every month. Inside these pages, you'll discover that we've developed each month's topic into twelve rich areas of focus as you learn to see your world through paint and to experience deeper self-exploration. You will learn new ways of seeing, how to experiment with abstract techniques, how to harness inspiration from nature, how to create nature mandalas, paint soul animals, how to meditate with mandalas and much, much more.

What People Are Saying…

  • “Mati and Faith know how to make you want to paint!!! Abstract Bliss just might be the best online class available on the internet.”

    Cassandra - Abstract Bliss Ecourse

  • “Abstract Bliss has been an absolute joy in my life! Especially during Lockdown. I have learned so much and feel so inspired. Faith and Mati you have both been so awesome and so encouraging, the support has been amazing.”

    Leslie - Abstract Bliss Ecourse

  • "If you are tempted to go on this Retreat DO IT!! So amazing, and so well run!"

    Amy - Morocco retreat 2018

  • "I absolutely loved the amazing Costa Rica art retreat with Mati and Faith! My favorite part was being in the company of other creative women and watching what unfolded in a spontaneous way. It is pure magic! 

    Nikki – Costa Rica retreat 2017

  • “My heart blossomed open and was filled with color and a warmth I’ll treasure all my days. I dream of the day I can go back."

    Elspeth - Morocco retreat 2018

  • "Mati and Faith have put together such a beautifully curated and special trip. The light, the colours, the space to explore our creativity and the rare luxury of indulging in our senses. Truly transformative."

    Isa – Morocco retreat 2022

  • "Mati and Faith's extraordinary creative retreat in Morocco was, hands down, the most creative sensory explosion/experience of my whole life. Go!"

    Kelly Rae – Morocco retreat 2019

  • "Visiting Marrakech was a dream come true. I loved absolutely every minute of the trip. Mati and Faith thought of every detail; I felt so taken care of, which allowed me to truly relax and take in the entire rush inspiration!"

    Deborah – Morocco retreat 2022

  • "I feel like this class has been a sanctuary, a painting sisterhood, a place for growth and inspiration! My favorite painting class ever. Faith and Mati's passion and gentle guidance and instruction have been a breath of fresh air into my artistic endeavors!"

    Kathy Anne - Abstract Bliss Ecourse

  • "I had my first taste of intuitive painting in Costa Rica, it emerged in a magical setting on retreat with inspiring women Faith and Mati as guiding lights in a period of darkness. They helped to open a channel within me that resulted in prolific painting, dropping the fear and pursuing my life's passion."

    Jenan – Costa Rica retreat 2018

  • "This retreat touched my heart so deeply and reminded me of the constant creativity, love, beauty and kinship that is available to me."

    Brittany – Costa Rica retreat 2017

  • "Being able to travel with Mati and Faith, and create colorful artwork while making new friendships have been the most transformative and joyful moments in my life. If you want to be nurtured and truly feel awakened, these retreats are 100% happiness!

    Lily – Costa Rica retreats 2016, 2017, 2021 | Morocco retreat 2017

  • “This was such a life changing trip and I am so grateful to you both for creating such a powerful and beautiful experience.”

    Martha - Morocco retreat 2022

  • "This is the best class I have ever taken, it awakened me to the possibilities in painting."

    Ester- In the Flow Ecourse