We are an art retreat/workshop facility on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Exotic jungle home. Practice your art in tropical splendor. Retreat/Workshops are all inclusive. If you are an instructor or art center we will pay your airfare as well as 10-15% of the total gross. Retreats include tours,meals,hotels,airfare,

transfers. Maximum capacity is 12.

Our guests enjoy all inclusive accommodations under the canopy of the magical primary forest. Three types of monleys, Toucans and literally hundreds of tropical birds & butterflies visit the studio each day. Surrounding the studio are 5 acres of landscaped grounds, a private swimming area on the river and over one mile of private hiking trails. Over the past several years artists from all over the country have come to stay with us and left truly inspired! Both their art and their souls rejuvenated by the sights and sounds of the flora & fauna of the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Environmental & wildlife, floral,landscape artists will enjoy this location.

Michael´s work is both real and surreal in content. His studies of the wildlife that drop right down in front of him while he paints has allowed him the ability to study animals in their truest natural setting. His surreal paintings will usually portray a political message about the importance of saving our environment and animals. The need to protect our world now is the message that continues to be presented in his work.

Our workshops usually include 20 - 25 hours of class time each week. Workshops are 9 days total. We include tours to waterfalls, panning for gold, beach visits, and there are many optional tours to choose from. Swim with teh dolphins, visit a wildlife reserve where you can hold baby monkeys, feed Scarlet Macaws, and see up clsoe teh splendid life of the jungle. See our web site for workshop/retreat rates. www.michaelincostarica.com

See my web site www.michaelincostarica.com for more information

All accommodations are included in your stay with us at teh oackage price listed. All rooms are screened and have fans for comforst though nights here are not as hot as southern Florida in summer! We rarely need screens.

Your hosts at Sombra de la Lapa are Michael Cranford and Rebecca Amelia. Here you will practice your art in a jungle setting. Michael is an acrylic artist as well as a mural painter. In the local town you will see the town painted with his murals. Rebecca will keep you happy with creative and delicious meals and snacks each day. Both hosts have lived in the jungle for a number of years, Michael for 4 and Rebecca for 13.

Our home is an open floor plan in the main living quarters. We have no doors, walls, or windows. Designed by Michael and built by local craftsmen it is an architectural dreamhouse. The guest rooms offer privacy and screened windows. It is comfort and luxury in the jungle.