a working farm, a wide-open sky

Come get lost in the art of it.

B. Art Studio is an artist sanctuary on a Florida ranch. Take a class, pitch a tent, park a camper or settle into a tiny home, and let the pastures do the inspiring.

Ballantine Brown in a cowboy hat, wrapped in a shawl printed with her cattle paintingsBallantine greeting a pale horse on the prairie at sunsetBallantine beside a painting of running horsesEasels with horse and cow paintings in the studio

Somewhere to sleep, somewhere to make.

Iron garden chairs and tables among palms

Campsites

Pitch a tent under Spanish moss and wake to the sound of the ranch.

Porch table with blank canvases and a horse in the pasture

Camper & trailer spaces

Bring your rig, park beside the pasture, and paint from your doorstep.

Easels with horse, cow and turkey paintings

Tiny homes

Small, bright, and a world away from the city. Studio light included.

Choose your spot

on the calendar

Classes with dirt under the fingernails.

Open the class calendar
  • Kiln workFire what you make
  • PotteryHands in the clay
  • MosaicBroken things, made whole
  • PaintingOils, acrylics and more
Ballantine Brown beside a horse painting, in front of a covered wagon

meet your host

Ballantine Brown

Twenty-five years of ranch life in Florida, shown on canvas: a cowboy culture most people never knew was there.

Read her story