Paintrock Canyon Ranch
July 12 - 17, 2026
Spend five days painting at Paintrock Canyon Ranch, where the wide open landscape and authentic ranch life become your sources of creative inspiration.
The Program
This immersive retreat brings together Kate Maddaloni and Derek Harrison, combining lived ranch experience with rigorous oil painting instruction. Kate brings a lifetime of ranch knowledge — from riding horses to understanding the cadence of daily ranch work. Derek brings his artistic practice and experience teaching expressive and highly realistic oil paintings and plein air techniques. Together, they offer a workshop that encourages authentic expression, artistic growth, and a connection to the land and lifestyle that can infuse your work with fresh energy and insight.
Each day balances structured instruction with time in the field, using the ranch itself—horses, riders, and landscape—as the primary source material. Whether you’ve painted for years or are just beginning, this workshop invites you to deepen your relationship with both subject and medium, using the beauty of Wyoming and the experience of ranch life as your classroom.
About Kate Maddaloni
Kate Maddaloni grew up running wild on a ranch in Edna Valley, San Luis Obispo. She grew up drawing, painting, and sculpting alongside her artistic mother. Adventuring in the rolling hills and knowing the stories of the animals on the ranches led her to find her focus on realism and representational western art. Her work appeared in a solo show at Sally Loos in San Luis Obispo this year. Of all of the animals, horses have, throughout life, by far been her favorite to capture in their delicate, magnificent power.
About Derek Harrison
Derek Harrison grew up in Colorado and is now based in Southern California. His realist paintings bridge the dramatic landscapes of the Southwest with timeless figurative storytelling. His work has been featured in films, television, and publications, and he was honored in Southwest Art Magazine’s “21 Under 31.” Harrison has earned multiple awards, including first place at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, and is a consistent finalist in the prestigious ARC Salon.
Dedicated to both creation and education, Harrison teaches at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Westmont College, and the Scottsdale Artists’ School, while also leading workshops across the West. His works reside in the Hilbert Museum of California Art, The Almenera Collection in Spain, and numerous private and corporate collections worldwide.
Accommodations
The accommodations at the Paintrock Canyon Ranch are designed to put you as close to nature as possible, but with all the comforts of home. Large, private safari-style tents are stylishly furnished with full-sized beds, bedside tables, dressers and chairs. Tents are located next to the Paintrock Creek at the entrance to the spectacular Paintrock Canyon.
Meals
All meals will be creatively prepared by a private chef, featuring Ranchlands beef and local produce and dairy whenever possible. Meals at the ranch will be seated, but casual and friendly and accompanied by wine and beer. We are happy to accommodate all dietary preferences with advance notice.
Location
The ranch, located near Hyattville, is 1 1/2 hours from Cody, Wyoming, and 3 hours from Billings, Montana. Both cities have airports with multiple daily flights from major airports. Roundtrip shuttles from the Cody airport to the ranch can be booked via Explore Cody Transportation.
Paintrock Canyon Ranch
The Paintrock Canyon Ranch sprawls across northern Wyoming and is made up of rolling meadows and streams carving through high alpine valleys. The ranch’s landscape is characterized by the Paintrock Canyon, which starts at the ranch headquarters and meanders for 8 miles, opening into the Paintrock Basin at the foot of Cloud Peak, the highest peak in the Bighorn range. The Canyon itself is shaped by steep limestone slopes that climb thousands of feet high above the trail. Red sandstone cliffs, whose color transforms from deep orange to burgundy red with the changing light, rise above the meadows surrounding the ranch’s headquarters. The ranch is located 1.5 hours from Cody, WY, and 3 hours from Billings, MT where the largest commercial airports are. Shuttles through a third party are bookable to the ranch from Cody. Car rentals are also available from both airports.
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$4,475 per person includes all activities, instruction, amenities, and meals. Tax and optional gratuity not included. All tents are private.
Please reach out to us with any questions at: stay@ranchlands.com or 719-641-2089.
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