When I create a painting it’s just like creating anything in life.
It begins with a vision; an idea…
I imagine the details... The size of the canvas, the colours and feeling sense I want to create...
And then I decide.
Read MoreThe Final Step
The Divine Paradox
There’s a divine paradox in life; to receive what you want you must first let it go.
Once you have a dream or desire in mind, it is already there and ready to be received. But you cannot push or pull it to you… you allow it into your life...
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Align with your dream.
The fifth step in the creative process is to align.
When you wake in the morning from nightime dreams, you know and understand that the dream does not exist outside of yourself. Your dream comes from you.
Your dream is you…
Read MoreDesign a life you love.
You have a dream.
You’ve imagined the details and are clear on your goals and desires.
You make a decision to follow your dreams… And so, you need a plan.
The fourth step in the creative process is to design. ..
Read MoreA Touch of Paris on Pemberton ~ Open Studios
195 Studios will be presenting our 3rd annual 'A Touch of Paris on Pemberton' open studios during Culture Days on September 27th, 28th and 29th.
Meet 10 artists in their studios for a Parisian experience and enjoy original art in a friendly sidewalk cafe atmosphere.
Read MoreThe turning point.
Imagine you are on a surfboard, paddling out to sea…
In the distance you see a wave and you wonder if this is the one.
You paddle towards it...
As the wave draws nearer, looming larger and larger, you turn your board away and keep paddling. You can hear the roar of the wave coming closer and closer… You feel the energy of the wave just behind you now, about to lift you up...
Read MoreImagine the details.
The second step in the creative process is to imagine the details.
Using your imagination is like playing in a sandbox. Like castles in the sand, you can make whatever you want.
In your imagination you can be whoever and wherever you want to be, and you can do whatever you want to do…
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The first step is to dream.
It all begins with a dream...
Dreaming is the first step in the creative process.
'To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.' ~ Hans Selye
Dreaming opens your mind to possibilities...
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Don't die with the Art still inside you.
I’ve always been creative. It’s just who I am.
But there was a time in my life when I wasn’t allowing myself to express it.
I shut it down.
I blocked it.
I stopped the flow from moving through me, out onto canvas and into the world.
And then one day I bravely signed myself up for a class to start painting again...
Read MoreThe Known and the Unknown.
Trust.
This is what I’m thinking about as I begin my first few pencil lines on canvas...
Trust in my dreams, trust in my vision, trust in myself... Trust in the known and the unknown.
It’s just like having a baby. When the baby is finally born and you meet him or her for the first time you say, “Oh hello! Yes of course it’s you!”...
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