While the Hess twins don’t agree on everything, “Tanner likes to ride bikes and I like to ride scooters,” says Peyton, he reveals that there is one interestthey share, “we both like art.”

Enrolled in summer camp at the Brush & Palette Studio, these 6-year-old brothers are taking full advantage of the art offerings. They’ve worked with a variety of materials and completed several different projects. “We made a 3D cactus coming out of a paper. 3D means it’s not flat,” explains Tanner. Peyton enjoyed making a clay fish and adding unique details. “It’s an angler fish, they have a light on their head. I’m going to name my fish Peyton Jr.”

Brush & Palette owner Tyler Cintron encourages her campers to express their individuality and she is careful to point out that “art is not just about the finished product although producing something beautiful or useful is wonderful. It is the process that is equally important, from the idea through its execution.”

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Brush & Palette and Cintron’s 11th summer as its owner.

She has held true to the founding vision of providing high quality art instruction to the community and she believes that exposing children to art “broadens their horizons.” She particularly enjoys “introducing young artists to stylistic terms they’ve never heard before and then engaging them in discussions about the meaning of impressionism or abstraction. Their descriptions are so magical.”

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