Painting has been for me a real initiation into an unlimited inner universe.
After 11 years in the corporate world in Luxemburg, which grounded me firmly into financials, numbers and figures, my soul urged me strongly into 'letting go'.
I had studied painting at the Ecole d'Art Contemporain in Luxemburg and participated in my first exhibits in Luxemburg while still working in a full time job in the financial world. My artistic education at the art school in Luxemburg made me emerge myself deeply into Kandinski's color theory. I learned to 'feel' color and experience it directly in my body. Warm versus cold, close vs. far, open vs. closed, or even geometrical shapes connected with color. And for me, another dimension came in which is 'color and sound'. I still can hear an inner music while painting, or I see color while singing. These were the gifts that I received from my first art teacher, Jean-Marc Tosello, from the Ecole d'Art Contemporain in Luxemburg.
In 2003, I decided to burn my fears in order to nurture my dreams. How often did I burn my dreams before, in order to nurture my fears... I was at a point in my life where I needed to take risks and learn to fly. And I went flying, not only from Luxemburg to New York City, but my spirit being opened her wings and took flight! Needless to say that I got into storms and fell, but there was always a wind carrying me back up... I once heard that, once we venture out on the quest to finding love (which for me is loving myself, ultimately), the entire universe conspires to manifest love in, for and around us. I continued my art education at the National Academy of Fine Arts in New York City. Doors have been flying open ever since...
Letting go happens for me when I paint, every time. I never know what my painting is going to be. I allow color to pull me in and find myself in a place that I always refer to as 'the zone'. It is a place of 'beingness'. I am here, and not really here. I see but not really with my physical eyes. Things happen on the canvas, and I go with the flow. This is, for an example, how my angels came into manifestation (see the "Angel of Love" above). I did not have the intention to paint angels, but they came to me, one after the next.
It is an initiation for me because I face myself. I face resistence, judgement, doubt and criticism. I take the chance to face them, embrace them and let them go... This process opened my heart further into acceptance and love.
If you would like to see more of my art work, you can visit my websites
www.EarthAngelProductions.com and www.EarthAngelGallery.etsy.com.
