[Photo of DCD]
I am here to bring Spirit into form through imaginative and creative works and to guide others in doing the same.
I have always thought of myself as an artist and educator. Both are ways to explore and express creativity in the world. As a child, I always made things and found a place of happiness and safety when creating. In my 20s, inspired by the births of my two sons, I taught myself many arts and crafts — smocking, bargello, embroidery, painting wall murals, crocheting, etc. When I discovered quilting, I felt that I had found my “home.” As I created original applique wallhangings and pieced-work festival robes I learned about playing with colour and design. I also organized and taught workshops for fibreartists.
[Photos of wallhanging and robes]
In my 30s I consciously began my spiritual journey. With the death of three young friends, I began to ask some “big” questions: Who am I? Why am I here? I began to study with teachers in many spiritual and healing traditions. Creativity became a healing and transformational tool to explore consciousness. And I began to offer workshops for the soul’s journey. See www.inspiritworks.com/workshops
In my 40s, I made a deep commitment to my spiritual awakening. I spent over two years in Santa Fe, New Mexico and continued my sacred studies. I started to draw angels and my creativity turned to the making of books. I became intrigued by the process and the incredible devotion that it takes to develop a project ready for the marketplace. I self-published 3 books - Always Becoming – Forever! A Journal of Conscious Living/ Conscious Dying with Clare Buckland (Becoming Books, 1999) and How To Bring Angels To Earth and Angel Playtime (Wisechild Books, 1998). And I also helped over 40 authors self publish. See www.inspiritworks.com/books
In my late 40s I found my new creative home — the intuitive painting process that I now call Painting with Spirit! With my very first painting I knew I had found a process that I had been looking for. And now in my 50s, I continue to explore how this practice is taking me deeper and deeper into my relationship with mySelf and the Divine. I also love introducing others to this process and watching the wonder and joy that comes with expressing the soul through creativity.
[picture of my first painting]
“For me, Painting with Spirit! is my way to paint from the inside-out, to be directly connected with my soul and with the Source. My soul sings as I paint! I feel like I am dancing with divine energies, allowing them to move through my body and my hand. I love never knowing what will appear in the paint, and then seeing in multi-dimensions as I play with paint on paper. Painting with Spirit! is my favourite form of spiritual practice, a powerful way to allow the unconscious to become conscious, and to bring beauty to the world.”