The Titles Come First...

People often comment on how appropriately I’ve chosen titles for my paintings. This puzzles me every time. I thought that art was supposed to be an expression of something, and for me, the process begins with the title, and the painting follows.

From the time I was a child, growing up in Calgary, Alberta in western Canada, and continuing after my move to England several years ago, my life has been filled with some very powerful experiences which have covered a huge range of feelings and ‘learnings’.  I am a very spiritual woman, and I tend to think and feel at a very deep level, always searching, digging, and learning, trying to understand people, myself, the world around me, and trying to move forward on a human level, as well as spiritually. My life has provided a wealth of opportunities for me to be broken, or to move closer to becoming whole, believing Wayne Dyer’s assertion that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but rather we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

It is through the joys, the challenges, the hardships, the pain, the learning, and the wonder of the relationships and experiences in my life, that I am driven to create tangible expressions of what goes on in the deepest parts of my soul.

Given that most of my life was spent in Calgary, the roots of my artistic endeavours are there, with a life rich in experience and learning. However, England provides the soil and nutrients that my soul needed to be able to take my learning to new places, even deeper inside me. As the learning and healing continue, the need to express and release do, as well. It’s as though my time in Calgary was the weaving of the fabric of my life, and my experiences became many small pieces cut from that fabric. The vibrant and healing energy of England has allowed me to begin to stitch those pieces together, honouring the Divine spark within me, creating a patchwork quilt which grows more beautiful each day, as my Spirit learns from every human moment.

I am thankful for all the experiences I have had, no matter how painful some of them have been. I believe each has been a necessary part of my journey, and I choose to see them as blessings and gifts. From these, come The Titles. And from The Titles, come The Creations -- the Creations of my Soul.

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