DENI RAYNEAU ART
COME AWAY.
PAINT FREELY.
FIND YOUR PEOPLE.
Bali Art Retreat - 27 July to 2 August 2027
A 7-day immersive art retreat for women artists ready to step away from everyday life, give themselves fully to their painting, and spend a week with women who understand why it matters.
This is space to slow down, paint, play and connect. To listen to your instincts, take risks, and allow your work to become freer, more expressive and more fully your own.
You may already feel it.
That quiet sense that something in your creative life has shifted.
What once felt natural now feels controlled.
What once flowed now feels effortful.
And the work you’re making doesn’t quite feel like you anymore.
You’re not starting over.
But you are at a point where something needs to change.
This retreat is for that moment.
WHO
THIS RETREAT
IS FOR
This retreat is for you if:
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You feel the pull to step away from everyday life and give yourself fully to your art.
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You want time to paint without the usual interruptions and responsibilities.
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You’re ready to take more risks, loosen control and trust your instincts.
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You want to work closely with me in person and move through the places where you hold back.
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You want to share the experience with a small group of women artists who understand why this matters.
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You have something that wants to be expressed, and you’re ready to find the courage to let it come through.
WHAT CHANGES
WHILE YOU'RE AT
THE RETREAT
Over the week, you begin to notice where you hold back.
You become more willing to trust the painting, stay with uncertainty, and follow what feels true rather than what feels safe.
You begin to:
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Let go of the outcome and stay in conversation with the painting
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Trust your intuition instead of second-guessing
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Take more risks and loosen control
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Keep going through the difficult moments
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Feel more connected to what you’re expressing
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Create work that feels more like you
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The shift is not just in the paintings.
It is in the confidence to trust your own voice and stay with the process long enough for something new to happen.
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WHAT PREVIOUS
PARTICIPANTS SAY...
“The retreat offered the perfect balance, with plenty of dedicated painting time and lots of opportunities to relax in between.”
Bronwyn Wood
Australia
BALI ART RETREAT 2026
Video with some of the artist's completed works from the retreat.
WHY BALI MATTERS
The Place
This retreat is held in a quiet part of Bali, surrounded by rice paddies and a slower rhythm of life. Floating Leaf has been chosen for its simplicity, care and sense of calm.
Bali gives you a real break from the usual pace of life. A chance to step away from everyday demands and into a place where painting can take up more space.
There is something powerful about physically leaving your normal world behind.
The days feel different here. There is time to paint, rest, wander, share meals, talk, laugh and simply be somewhere else for a while.
It’s an escape into a different pace, and a different way of creating.
The Pace
The week has a gentle structure, with plenty of dedicated painting time and space around it.
There will be guided studio sessions, shared meals, time to rest, opportunities to explore, and quieter moments to let everything settle.
Some days will feel more focused and immersive. Others will be slower.
There is room for painting, conversation, laughter, rest and time on your own.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
The retreat includes:
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6 nights’ accommodation at Floating Leaf Eco Retreat
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Guided painting sessions and dedicated studio time with Deni
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All painting materials and complete studio setup
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All meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout the retreat
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Welcome and Farewell dinners
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Arrival-day hotel/airport transfers from designated areas and departure transfers
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Welcome foot massage
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One Signature Balinese Massage
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Sacred Water Purification Temple Ceremony
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Optional early-morning yoga sessions
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Optional Purnama Beach walks
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Rice paddy walk
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Bali Artemedia art supply visit and transport
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Full use of Floating Leaf’s retreat spaces throughout the week
Your flights, pre and post retreat accommodation, travel insurances and personal spending are not included.​
Lots of painting. Plenty of space around it.
Across the week we’ll move between guided painting sessions, individual studio time, shared meals, rest and a small number of cultural and wellbeing experiences. You can expect several full painting days, our Sacred Water Purification Temple Ceremony, beach and rice-paddy walks, optional yoga, massage, a visit to Bali Artemedia and plenty of unscheduled time to swim, rest or simply be.
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HOW I WORK
Painting from the inside out
I guide artists to work from intuition, feeling and inner response, rather than from habit or a fixed idea of where the painting should go.
A central part of how I teach is by painting alongside you. I work in front of the group, openly and honestly, so you can see how I respond to uncertainty, take risks, change direction, and stay in conversation with the painting as it unfolds.
Because we are working together over several days, I can see patterns in your work quickly.
I can often recognise where you begin to hold back, where control comes in, or where something more wants to happen, and help you move through that with clear, individual guidance.
My role is not to tell you what your work should look like.
It is to help you see what is already there, trust your own response, and find the courage to follow it further.
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THE WOMEN YOU
SHARE IT WITH
Something shifts when you spend a week with women who understand why making art matters so much.
In Bali, the group becomes part of the experience.
You paint together, share meals, laugh, talk, encourage one another and witness each other moving through the highs and lows of the creative process.
Over the week, trust builds naturally.
There is room for friendship, for deeper conversation, companionship, and for the kind of connection that can be hard to find in everyday life.
Some women arrive knowing no one.
They leave with a new circle of creative friends.
“The openness, trust and connection within the group were incredibly special.”
Suzanne Steeghs, The Netherlands
All prices are in AUD and include six nights accommodation, all meals, guided painting sessions, all painting materials, airport transfers and the full retreat experience.
EARLY BIRD PRICING AVAILABLE UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2026
Book with a $1,000 non-refundable deposit to secure your room.
Early Bird pricing saves you $300 off the standard retreat price.
To receive Early Bird pricing, the remaining balance MUST be paid by 31 October 2026.
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Pool View VIP Rooms
Single Occupancy — $6,250
Share with a Friend — $5,700 per person
Garden Rooms
Single Occupancy — $5,200
Share with a Friend — $4,700 per person
After 31 October 2026, standard pricing will apply.
Choose your preferred room when booking.
Room selection is subject to availability and will be confirmed once we receive your deposit.
Places are limited and the retreat is intentionally small.
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