• Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • email

TANYA COLE

Contemporary Portrait Painter

  • Home
    • Tanya
      • Bio
      • CV
    • Praise ♥
  • Gallery
    • 2020 ~ 2018
    • ~ Earlier Work
      • ~ 2016
      • ~ 2015
    • Commissioned Paintings
    • Reserved Collection
    • Buyer’s Private Portfolio
  • Art
    • Original Paintings
    • Prints
    • Tote Bags
  • Courses
    • In-Person Art Workshops
      • Testimonial ♥
  • Connect
    • Contact Tanya
    • Work With Tanya
    • Art Processes for Personal Growth & Liberation
      • My interview with The Perth Review
    • Creative Living, Personal Growth & Wellness Guidance (Counselling)
  • Blog
  • Class
    • My Account
    • Video Inspiration!
    • FREEBIE ‘Video tutorial on how to decorate a Journal Cover’

The birth and transformation of one painting

17/02/2013 By 7 Comments

Well I feel the need to apologize for my blogging bereft blog of late. I shared with you last post that my beautiful friend recently lost her husband. A complete soul jolting shock to her and those that knew him. His passing and the sharing of my friends grief has grounded me this past month and snapped me into living rather than daydreaming and escaping. I think sometimes I do use the computer and communicating into the cyberspace abyss as a little avoidance of life…an escape.

Anyway, the past four weeks has found me worrying for my friend as well as balancing the frenetic activity of this household of three boys returning to school/daycare and something else which has also swallowed up my time. For the past 2 weeks at least, I have not been to bed before midnight and on many occasion have stayed up until 1 or 2 am in the morning. What, you may well ask has captured my attention so, to enrapture me and prevent me from communing longer with my pillow and snoring husband?

‘Bloom True’ the E-course http://braveintuitiveyou.com/offerings-workshops/e-course/  In this 5 week online course that I am currently undertaking Flora (Flora Bowley) teaches her Intuitive approach to painting with Acrylic paints. It is not just about painting however, it is about opening yourself up to the creative being that lives inside you, exploring the well of wisdom and guidance that is in all of us but often shutdown and untapped. It is a portal into a deeper way of relating with the world and in expressing ourselves in a grounded and fuller way. It is about connecting with our soul and finding strength in this connection, joy, peace and contentment.

Sounds wonderful doesn’t it? It is. But there is more. There is frustration and discomfort as you confront some issues which can surface during this process. However, the rewards are rich when you come through it. I am still processing this journey, still experiencing it, still riding the highs and stuck-don’t-know-where-to-goes. But it has me enthralled, fascinated, addicted even. So much so that I wish for the need to sleep to go away and leave me to see where this experience may take me next.

One of the awesome things of many about Flora’s course is that I am not alone. There are some absolutely gorgeous souls doing this journey with me. We have our own closed Facebook group where we can share, commiserate, celebrate and encourage. It is a womanhood of feminine commitment to honour ourselves in finding the creative, intuitive spark and connectedness to a full and enriching life. The best thing is that we have empowered ourselves and said ‘I am going to take the reins…I may be in for a wild ride…but I know I will be living fully in the moment…for as long as I care to make it last.’

So, with ALL that said! I would like to share with you what I have been creating…from woe to go…

1st layer…paint spreading with fingers whilst blindfolded…

1st layer 2nd canvas blindfolded

2nd layer…

layer 1

3rd layer…

Copy of canvas 2 layer 3 in progress (2) low res watermarkedlayer 4…

Copy of canvas 2 layer 4 in progress watermarked lower res

layer 5…

canvas 2 adding black and white lower res and watermarkedlayer 6…

Copy of canvas 2  5th layer lower res (2) watermarkedlayer 7…

Copy of canvas 2 lost! (3) lower res and watermarkedlayer 8…

Copy of canvas 2 9.th layer lower res watermarked9th layer…

Copy of Canvas 2 10th layer (3) good watermarked 2

…and it’s still not finished!

Will let you know when it is complete!

x Tanya

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Comments

  1. AvatarDeb Beschler says

    13/03/2013 at 7:46 am

    Hi Tanya! I found you on KRR’s Possibilitarian Tribe post and wanted to give you a shout-out. I’ve so enjoyed going through your blog and seeing your artwork — the colors are incredibly vivid and have so much life! I’ve also compiled a rough contact list of our tribe members. If you’d like a copy, email me at soulfulheartmixedmedia@gmail.com.

    Sending hugs!!
    Deb

    Reply
  2. AvatarStacie says

    26/02/2013 at 3:37 pm

    I love seeing the progression, thank you for sharing your journey so far with this painting. There are at least two spots I think I would have had a hard time continuing with the layers, I would have thought “no stop there” for fear of ruining it. It’s inspiring to see how it developed in happy ways. I have Flora’s book, read it through completely. I need to get a much bigger canvas to work on and start slinging paint!

    Reply
  3. AvatarCindi Ashbeck says

    25/02/2013 at 5:13 pm

    Inspiring to see it take on so many different forms. Beautiful!

    Reply
  4. Avatartanyaannecoleartist says

    18/02/2013 at 1:28 pm

    Thanks Shelly. Yes, I thought it would be good to put all the pics up in one post as it is good for me to see the progression easily too. I just LOVE the nature of Intuitive Painting. There is so much mystery, pleasant surprises and joy to be had painting in this way. Thanks ever so much for your support and encouragement 🙂

    Reply
  5. Avatarshellypenko says

    18/02/2013 at 9:06 am

    Absolutely gorgeous, Tanya! It’s so fun to see the process unfold!

    Reply
  6. AvatarBecky says

    18/02/2013 at 4:28 am

    Sure enjoyed seeing your painting coming into itself!!

    Reply
    • Avatartanyaannecoleartist says

      18/02/2013 at 1:27 pm

      Thanks Becky and thanks for taking the time to read & comment 🙂

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

© 2021 Tanya Cole. Please note that all images and content are copyright. Do not copy any images. If you wish to share my content and images on social media, please ensure credit links back to me as the original source, thank you. (All Rights Reserved)