Art is a superpower
When we express our creativity from the heart, allowing it the time to emerge, listening and giving expression to the stories within us, amazing things can happen.
I believe art is one of our superpowers. When we make art, it has the power to connect us more deeply to ourselves and to the people who take joy in our creations. Our art can give voice to things not yet voiced and transform the world around us.
My creative work has been greatly influenced by my involvement in three communities that are close to my heart. Each one has strengthened and nourished my creativity and, in turn, my art has become part of the wider community so that it can inspire and inform others. You can read more about these communities here.
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Here’s what I’ve been getting up to lately!
Season of Freedom (part 2) – The new year
During the Season of Freedom I have been working across a variety of journals: I created a comics diary for my trip to the Caribbean, I continued working in my tiny Season of Ubuntu journal, and I also worked on loose sheets of paper. I feel unfamiliar – self-portrait drawn with eyes closed on a …
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Season of Ubuntu flip-thru
This tiny journal was created especially for the Get Messy Art Season of Ubuntu. It was a joy to discover just how much can happen within such a small format. I hope you enjoy this journey through its pages, too! Many of the pages in this journal are inspired by the Messy Marks class with …
Season of Freedom (part 1) – A Tropical Vacation
I was fortunate enough to spend the first three weeks of the Get Messy Season of Freedom on a tropical beach holiday in Barbados and Antigua. I wanted to pack light so I took with me a single slim sketchbook to act as a written diary and art journal combined. I also brought with me …
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The Tale of the Silent Woman
This story is for you and for all of us who are finding and using our true voices.
The Tale of the Silent Woman was written and illustrated over the 100 days and nights of the 100dayproject 2018. I began on day 1 with no idea what the story would be about. Each day I turned up and imagined what happened next. Before long, the story had a life of its own and I did my best to keep up with it!
Now you can follow the whole of The Silent Woman’s journey as she sets off to retrieve her voice which has been stolen by the North Wind. Her journey takes her up into the mountains, down into the depths of the sea and even into the Land of the Dead. On her way, she encounters the Owl Woman, the Queen of the Sea, her female ancestors, and a monk who has been guarding the Stone of Silence for over a thousand years.
In this video, I am telling the story as I turn the pages of the little handmade book I made especially for this project. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. Stay tuned for a print version of the book coming soon!
