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Lessons for the heart-expanding Artist.

December 29, 2019

How to Make your Paintings More Professional

This week in our Facebook group poll, a lot of women asked how to make their paintings look more professional. In this video I give you SIX TIPS for moving your paintings to a more professional level. If you keep doing the same thing you have been doing for years, […]
December 15, 2019

Are Your Limiting Beliefs Keeping You from Being an Artist?

 Some women don’t believe they are good enough, and it literally keeps them from making paintings. •   They have the fear of messing their paintings up, and they don’t have the confidence to trust in themselves, or the tools to work through these tricky spots. •    Or maybe […]
December 6, 2019

Jean went from Lack of Confidence to Painting Daily & Feeling Worthy

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Jean’s confidence and motivation to create were waning. She had tried imitating other artists, and taken a lot of online courses, but still didn’t […]
November 24, 2019

Tapping into a Higher Creative Channel

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality Sometimes women stare at the canvas and can’t get ideas for their paintings. They feel “blocked”, they feel limited in what they can create. And then they begin doubting themselves and judging themselves. […]
November 15, 2019

From Unsure of Her Art, to Full Time Artist and Teacher

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality So often times we try so hard to believe in our ability, and all we need is someone to help us see we have value. Today I’m sharing this interview (above) and words […]
November 3, 2019

Connecting with Your True Purpose through Art

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality What does it mean to be “an artist”, and connecting with your True Purpose? Lately I’ve been hearing from a lot of women who feel like they are not “in alignment” with what […]
October 26, 2019

Be an Artist in 2020

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality Where will you be with your art in 2020? Will this be another year of thinking about your art, or doing it? The problem isn’t that women aren’t good enough, it’s that they […]
October 13, 2019

Realize Your Ability and Embrace Your Art – an Interview with Dede Ivey

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Dede was a kitchen and bath designer for 20 years and always a creative soul. After the housing bubble and several difficult years in […]
October 5, 2019

Going From a Long Term Challenge to Being an Empowered Artist

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality If you’ve been in a long-term challenging time, it can be hard to get back into the flow of your art. We recently had a woman in our Facebook group who had been […]
September 22, 2019

Are You Living in Your Joyful, Creative Place?

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality I was just talking with a woman who had not painted in six years. She had breast cancer, and had gone through a few tough years. Her energy had been zapped, and although […]
September 7, 2019

Painting with Wild Abandon

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality If you’re not painting with wild abandon, what are you waiting for? Is it calling you? Do you have that nagging voice that you could be making amazing, gorgeous, sought-after paintings that move […]
August 15, 2019

Why Asking for Advice is Not Advancing Your Art

 This video is taken from my facebook group, Transform Your Art from Dabbling to Professional Quality Women love to ask others for advice on their paintings … “What should I do next?” “Is it finished?” “Do you think anyone will buy it?” I’m seeing a lot of this in […]
July 20, 2019

How to Know if You’re an Artist

 I talk with a lot of my students who finally start making the most beautiful art of their life, and one of the things that makes them happiest is to finally be able to say, “I’m an Artist.” This is huge for women who’ve been waiting their whole life […]
July 11, 2019

Overcoming Negative Voices & Why the Perfect Time is Always Now to Do Your Art

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Despite a tumultuous time of going through a divorce, Michele decided to choose her art, and take immediate action to start living her life as […]
July 5, 2019

The Journey of this Artful Life – an Interview with Cristin Johnson

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings As a lifelong creative spirit, Cristin has gone from years of being stuck in perfectionism and not painting, to discovering her voice as an artist […]
June 25, 2019

The Biggest Gift Your Can Give Yourself in Art

 Today I wanted to share with you some very inspiring words from one of my students, on the Biggest Gift You Can Give Yourself in Art. Read about how committing to your art with both feet, and refusing to keep dabbling, is how you find your greatest abilities, and […]
June 23, 2019

Are you stuck in your day job, dreaming of your art?

 Did you choose a career path over your art? Maybe everyone told you it wasn’t possible to make money with art. And now, decades later you’ve found success at work, and maybe raised a beautiful family, but are you longing for this one piece of yourself that was set […]
June 2, 2019

New Telluride Show with Songbirds, Fish & Colorado Mountains

Here are some photos from my NEW show in Telluride Colorado Stop by La Cocina de Luz if you’re in the area during the month of June. Or contact me here if you’d like to purchase a painting and have it shipped. Mention this post for FREE SHIPPING during the […]
May 31, 2019

3 Key Shifts to Move out of Fear & Start Living Your Dream as an Artist

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings This week in my facebook group, we did a poll on FEAR, and here’s how fear is affecting women  with their art in my group: […]
May 25, 2019

Overcoming Fear with Your Art, an Interview with Kellie Day & Lee Bauman

 This video is taken from my Transform Your Art Facebook Group for women who want to go from Dabbling in art, to creating Professional Quality Paintings Have you noticed how the universe lines up to give you the exact thing you need at the exact time you need it most? … […]