Over the past two years, since I met my husband, I haven’t painted very much… During this time, I realized how much of my painting came from a place of misery and need to escape certain aspects of my life…
I was't concerned though, I've always been a super creative person, so I knew the desire to paint, and learning how to paint from a good place would come back... It was just a matter of allowing myself to figure it all out. Actually, I didn't really figure anything out, I just allowed itself to do it's own thing in my heart, body, mind and soul. The body has am amazing way of healing itself… I did yoga nidra, breathwork to release, Kirtan to sing my heart out. Countless hikes in the woods and jumps in the lake… I fed my soul!
During this two year period, I did paint a few paintings, not as many as I did in the past, and I probably won’t be as prolific as I used to be because I don’t need to escape, but the paintings I did paint were laboured, they didn’t flow the way they used to…
My process is simple really, If I don’t feel it, I can’t do it in the flow of life… And you can tell when you look at the painting… I need to be open, clear and in flow, which starts with visualization and desire…
This piece, that I have painted, “Taking a Step Back to Remember” , came with ease, composition, which was always a dread for me came easy, painting was like buttering bread and everything flowed just the way I want it to... It feels good. Very good.
These totems are in the Museum of Anthropology at UBC in Vancouver. They stand together, one in front of the other… They are stunning and old and beautiful and I knew as soon as I saw them years ago, that I would paint them. I thank them for being such beautiful subjects and I thank the original carvers Way back when, when they were carved for creating such beauty.
This painting can be seen in my gallery during the art crawl October 18, 19 and 20th. The gallery will be closed before then. See you here, then.
To see this, pop by the gallery in Halfmoon Bay, during the Art Crawl, which is October 18,19, and 20th, I will be closed for the month before the crawl.