11″ x 17″ India Ink and acrylic on paper, Ariane Nicole 2011 You Are A Part of This Dark and light circled like an orbit. A silhouette of consciousness. She stepped out of faded wall paper. “You are a part of this,” she said to me. “A part of Mother Earth, the air, the Cosmos, […]
Suzette Clough: Visual Medicine
Acrylic paint on watercolour paper, Suzette Clough 2003 Visual Medicine In her book, Visual Medicine – the Art of the UnknownSuzette Clough describes the experience of finding herself in a profound conversation with paint…and what she comes to call the spiritual creative practice of Visual Medicine: Playing In early 2003, I was working in my […]
Featured Artist Stephanie Gagos
She Lived So many of us have survived hardships and pain in our lives. Some of us came into the world and early on had to learn how to survive, others have dealt with difficulties in their adult lives, surviving trauma, cancer, or other illnesses and heartbreak. It’s important to remember that you lived. “She […]
Featured Artist Stephanie Gagos
Serene Warrior She is a warrior but she has come to a place of acceptance and peace within herself. Life just keeps unfolding for her in magical ways. She trusts that all will be well and yet she is ready if the need arises to step into her warrior spirit.
Featured Artist Stephanie Gagos
Courage of the Heart This is a portrait of courage, courage of the heart. It takes courage to lean on someone and to allow someone to lean on you and yet it is perhaps one of the most powerful things we can do.
Featured Artist Stephanie Gagos
Spirit Girl 1 This is the first Spirit Girl. She was created for a beautiful and vibrant woman who is battling ovarian cancer. She was my first experience in creating a spirit girl for someone, a process in which I interview the person for whom the painting is commissioned, and then paint the image that […]