I am a spiritual painter, living in Pittenweem (place of the caves) on the east coast of Scotland. Like the sea around me and the vast open skies above I feel the creative power move in waves and rhythmic tides of expansion and activity. I work from my studio at home and this past year has seen a move from making small abstract paintings into a space where I am making large scale expansive paintings that transmit a radiant light to those who stand in front of them, offering them a place to just be and to be held in their human body.

 

I started a journey of healing over fifteen years ago but it is really in the past three years that I have been fully committed to doing the work, to transmute the dark into light and to bring me home to my true self. My work has in turn become a deep reflection of this journey. I had to peel away the layers of experience, with the paintings being a vehicle for my own inner transformation in order to arrive at this place of deep connection with my souls purpose. Each piece marks a subtle shift in consciousness from the one before and I can feel my mind expanding and stretching as I do this inner work.

 

Every aspect of my painting practice has become ritualistic. As I prime the canvas I move my hands in the shape of the infinity weave as I work the brush across the surface, imbuing the canvas with the energy of the eternal. I work with the canvasses flat on the ground and work on three or four, sometimes more, simultaneously. I spend an hour or so mixing my colours before I begin and this is my playground, I could mix colours all day, it gives me such joy. I studied the human figure and portraiture for most of my undergraduate degree, always working from the model and I could see layers and layers of shifting colours and tones within the depths of human skin. I have such gratitude for this gift.

 

As I mix my colours I listen to Solfeggio frequencies to guide me into an open and receptive state of mind and then I sit and ground myself through meditation before I begin.

 

Each painting is made by pouring diluted paint onto the canvas then slowly tilting the canvas from various points to allow it to spread and gather in pools or be guided off the edge of the frame. There are no brushes used, no marks are made by my hand, it is just pouring and moving, observing, then pouring and moving.

 

As I move between the paintings I can feel the light bounce back, healing me. I can feel my spacial awareness expanding beyond the studio walls. In the vastness of light from the sun I can feel my place in its brightness, I know my purpose, to connect with the highest and oldest aspect of myself, to be here, to plant seeds of consciousness, to feel the inclusiveness, the life force and the impetus to expand outward into the universe.

 

My most recent collection of paintings feels limitless and further expands my connection to the light/healing element in my work. This work is my offering to the world to help others heal too. I am very touched by humanity, the human effort and lives of everyone, their hopes and dreams. It’s very moving to me.

 

The spirit of life enters me, moves through me and out of my hands and onto the canvas.