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Ho'oponopono

12/18/2020

 
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​To all things good or bad say:

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you


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Commissioned Painting | Manhattan Beach, CA

12/13/2020

 
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Painting a commissioned painting is both an honor and a privilege . I delight in creating a custom piece tailor made to suit a client's home. I begin the process with gratitude and I get really, really excited about the blank canvas. It's full of infinite possibility! I trust that the process will evolve effortlessly as a result of aligning myself with the creative flow.
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Painting Your Way

12/11/2020

 
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The way I navigate the canvas is the way I navigate my life. 

Painting is a catalyst for coming into alignment. Even if you don't consider yourself an artist, or particularly creative, I still believe painting can do wonders for you! Painting introduces you to yourself. The decisions you make on the canvas are in tandem with the way you make decisions in your daily life. 

Don't believe me?


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99 Ways To Make Your Own Acrylic Texture Mediums

8/16/2020

 
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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:



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Plein Air Painting, Antelope Island

5/25/2020

 
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Painting on the earth, with the earth, reminds me where we came from and where we will eventually return. We owe so much reverence and thanks to this sacred land we tread upon. My paintings are snapshots of my earthly journey. They capture the essence of a place, a feeling, a moment in time. 

Titanium white, yellow ochre, neutral grey, payne's grey, burt sienna, burnt umber, green clay, white sand, pebbles, feathers, bones, brine flies, charcoal, and salt water from the Great Salt Lake where all used to create this work.


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The Canvas As Your Reflection: You Paint Who You Are

3/17/2020

 
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You paint who you are. ​The attitude you take inside the studio reflects your attitude outside of the studio. And vice versa.
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How to begin an abstract painting: Developing a “fearless” relationship with your canvas

3/17/2020

 
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The energy we infuse into our paintings is real, and others can feel it when they experience our work.


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​6 Questions to Help You Paint “Fearless”

3/17/2020

 
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Painting “fearless” is the best way I know to make work that is meaningful, sustainable, fresh, magnetic, beautiful and inspiring.
 
“Calibrating your creative compass” simply means periodically taking the time to check in with yourself to make sure you are on the right track.  The following 6 questions are designed to help you identify your motivations and how they influence your creative process.


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I'm not an artist: Top 10 Excuses

9/24/2019

 
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If you keep doing what your are doing, you are going to get more of what you've got. Become a fearless artist VS a fearful artist and experince the freedom, and the transformation. It's time! Defending the status quo is no longer worth it.

Embrace the daSilva Method today and begin to detach yourself from these commonly shared excuses. The world needs you to live your most creative, most passionate, and most awakened self.


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Fearless Abstract Painting FAQ's

9/11/2019

 
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Registered for a Fearless Abstract Painting workshop? Find the answers to 20 Frequently Asked Questions below:


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