Welcome - to time and space and acres of sky...
At the Creative Retreat we provide everything you need for an unforgettable holiday or inspiring work space. Based in a unique coastal hideaway on the Scottish coast, we offer
ART HOLIDAYS 
SHORT COURSES
SELF CATERING HOUSES
ARTIST STUDIOS
Our two self catering houses are available all year, to let individually, or if you have a group, when combined they sleep up to 16.
Our art holiday programme runs from April to October and offers a range of creative courses from beginners to the more experienced, teaching visual art skills and exploring your identity as an artist. Studio hire is flexible throughout the year.
We believe everyone deserves a space in which to invent, create, devise and think, or simply have a holiday. Experience wild seas, wonderful sunsets and cliff-top walks, then come inside to wood burning stoves, cosy sofas and just relax.
The Creative Retreat is run by Carla and Bryan Angus, arts professionals with over forty years experience in the visual and performing arts. We can help personalise your stay with creative tuition and holiday art activities for you, your group or family - we love to be set a challenge! So whether you want to work or play, or simply spend some quiet time under a huge sweep of sky, we look forward to making your creative retreat one to remember.
Carla and Bryan
Past guests have said...
"All you folks out there thinking of taking an art course / holiday / retreat with Bryan - DO! Within minutes I felt at home and enabled. Bryan is a terrific teacher - he knows how to deconstruct concepts in order to teach others. He possesses an insight that only the best teachers have of getting to the soul of what the pupil needs. I was relaxed, happy and even unashamed to make mistakes - a first for me the perfectionist! Thank you Bryan! I'm coming back to a day course again very soon - I'm taking time off work to come!"
Jean Boardman, November 2011
“The Creative Retreat is the best value art holiday I’ve found to date. Bryan is there for you, helping and encouraging all the way, and at the same time letting you get on with your own project. This is my 5th year and have always found it thoroughly enjoyable and worth every penny”. Ann Traverse, 5 times repeat customer
