 Featuring Utah County's finest builders, developers and designers. Showcasing innovative ideas and the newest trends in interior design. Thanks to Sage Homes & CopperHaus Design for featuring my paintings in this year's Salt Lake Parade of Homes.  October 10 & 11, 2020 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT For more information & to register: https://kimballartcenter.org/classes/explore-fearless-abstract-painting-workshop-sold-out-duplicate-1/  The importance of the nature for both our personal wellbeing and global prosperity has never been clearer. By infusing the environment into my paintings; namely salt, soil and bark, I invite the viewer to explore themes of home, belonging and preservation. If home is where the heart is, then by its most literal definition, home is where we are. New Series | Coming Fall 2020  It is an honor and a privilege to be a working artist at any time. But especially at this time. Day one of a SOLD OUT 2-day Fearless Abstract Painting workshop in Park City, Utah. We needed this. I needed this. Painting can be surprising. It has the tendency to generate a lot of "movement" inside of us. It has the capacity to create flow where there was none. This can feel uncomfortable, and at times and it can generate tears. But growth is good if we are going to stretch into becoming the best versions of ourselves. Fear begets fear. Power begets power. When we confront and work through our fears, we increase in self confidence, compassion and understating for ourselves and for each other.  Fearless Abstract Painting Retreat July 6 - 11, 2021 Cortes Island, Canada Come gather, create & celebrate life, community & uninhibited creativity on one of Canada's most idyllic settings. For more information & to register: hollyhock.ca/p/4172/fearless-abstract-painting-2021/  Over the past 12 years as a professional artist, I have explored hundreds of ways to make my own acrylic texture mediums. Some of these experiments have been a huge success, and I love to share these in my workshops. Others have sent my entire family running outside for some fresh air because the fumes I created with my "concoctions" were so toxic. Quite simply, when you limit yourself to shopping only at the art store, you limit yourself. For me, art is free, fearless and limitless, so I like to explore my options and make my own rules. I believe the best kind of art is autobiographical, so I encourage you to find ways to infuse your life and personality into your canvas. After all, you are the subject matter you know best. The following is a list of 99 items I have personally used (mixed with acrylic paint), to create texture on my canvases:  September 5 & 6th, 2020 Kimball Art Center, Park City, UT For more information & to register: https://54630.blackbaudhosting.com/54630/Fearless-Abstract-Painting-Workshop_FALL20-05Sep2020  I believe in the "unseen hand" of the universal, innate power of infinite energy, inspiration and creativity. When we align ourselves with source (in ancient Chinese medicine it is called Chi, in yoga it is called Shakti, and in the West it is called Spirit), the fear, anxiety and the uncertainty fall away, and we are "lead", effortlessly towards our greatest expression. This is a muscle we make stronger as we "indulge our creative urges", transcend our tendency to close, and give ourselves opportunities to create freely, without rules or inhibitions. I am grateful to be a working artist at any time, but especially during this time. Thank you to the staff and students who made this workshop possible for us today. This is how we begin to change the world - by changing ourselves. |
