Sep 30, 2025 | Art and Life, Webinar
We didn’t have a name for that bunch of human experiences – feeling scared fo being found out, thinking we’re not enough and not belonging – now commonly known as Imposter Syndrome. Suzanne speaks of her experience and offers a bouquet as a beautiful image to counter Imposter Syndrome, along with other strategies and invitation to her upcoming webinar on this subject.
Sep 24, 2025 | Art and Life, Contemplative Art
And for those who think they don’t belong… Gran’s presence was warm and kind. Being beside her in the kitchen, I felt safe. Was I an irritating presence, right there at her elbow? Mum suggested I go play with my cousins, but Gran never did. The aunts just...
Sep 3, 2025 | Art and Life, VIP Retreats & Courses
Hello Friends from around the world! I posted the photo on Instagram & Facebook today, and here now as many of you don’t see what I share on social media. The painting is Hearth #17 painted during 2019, acrylic on linen on board, 16×20” with my hand-built...
Jul 31, 2025 | Art and Life, Uncategorized
Hello and thank you for reading! In recent months, I’ve read some beautiful prose and poems on Substack, and felt inspired to ‘join the club.’ I write a lot. Notes for and from lectures. Course material. Website updates. Newsletters… not like...
May 28, 2025 | Art and Life, Contemplative Art, VIP Retreats & Courses
From over a year of personal research, I developed, tested and refined my Creativity-nurturing Method over the following 14 years. The corner stone of the Painting Peace Contemplative Art Circle that’s starting soon, discover what it’s about during my webinar. What is contemplative art? 5 reasons why you’d want to do it, and how to get started. The link to book is in the post – hope to see you there!
May 22, 2025 | Art and Life, VIP Retreats & Courses
Natural beauty takes us to that still place within. Art can point to it, and even hold the stillness, like Giorgio Morandi’s paintings. I seek to help people experience that sense of profound beingness through my art programs and contemplative installations.
Apr 9, 2025 | Art and Life, Creativity, VIP Retreats & Courses
Every day of The Painters’ Pilgrimage Retreat went smoothly, thanks to Denise, Freda and Joan, Nimbo Fork Lodge and months of preparation. The success of such a small and specialised event depends very much on participants’ willingness to listen, trust, patiently...
Jan 28, 2025 | Art and Life, VIP Retreats & Courses
Most evenings, I walk by the river. My favourite place to be is a grove of Casuarinas. Two weeks ago, a storm ripped through the grove, mortally injuring one of the trees. The leader was ripped from the trunk and crashed through nearby trees. While not hurting the...
Jan 6, 2025 | Art and Life, Creativity, VIP Retreats & Courses
Of all that I’ve learned in recent years, what I was most afraid of also gave me the most reward. One of those experiences was going to Dove Mountain, Arizona. A magical place, it’s dry and secretly teeming with life. Every part of the ecosystem has it’s role and...
Dec 21, 2024 | Exhibitions, VIP Retreats & Courses
Firstly, thank you to everyone who wrote lovely supportive emails and messages in the lead up to my exhibition opening in Sydney on the 7th, and since. Wow! Driving up, I was thinking – What if it doesn’t work? By ‘it’ I mean ‘the hang,’ as painters’ say. See,...
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