My purpose is to explore and express my love of beauty and the beauty of love. Here’s some of what I’ve come up with.

Love Oracle 16: Nurture the Connection

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The quality of your connections all contribute to the quality of your life.

Connections are relationships you invite, allow, strengthen, nurture, and let go of.

Nurturing your connections with nature, your Higher Self & Source, and other people can help you live a happy healthy life.

Taking the time to do so will reward you with much deeper connections.

Pick the painting that speaks most to you today and read its message below on how to nurture that connection in your life.

Love Oracle Message 1: Connect with Nature

Dear Beloved,

Nurturing your connection with nature can nourish you on so many levels. 

You may have a particular creature that conveys the presence of a loved one or signals something significant to you – a sign from the angels, perhaps?

Dragonflies, butterflies, hummingbirds, owls – the possibilities and symbolism are endless and personal. Search for meaning from your encounters and feel the blessings they bring to you.

Time in nature will also increase your Life Force – by deeply and fully breathing in fresh air and encouraging healthy blood circulation through movement. This Life Force is your bridge to Spirit, to your intuition. You may have a much easier time making decisions or finding clarity when immersed in the energy and beauty of nature.

Your connection to your True Self is also enhanced by your direct connection to Mother Earth. Take off your shoes or gloves and place your feet and hands directly on the grass, in the water, or on a rock. Hug a tree. You’ll be amazed at how grounded and connected you’ll feel as your body absorbs the free electrons. Connection with this beautiful planet can bring you back to life, rejuvenating and restoring your energy field.

And if animal or nature communication speaks to you (pun intended), there are plenty of online courses available to teach you how to telepathically communicate with animals and trees. Or follow your intuition into developing your own connection curriculum.

Seek and nurture that connection with Mother Earth to strengthen your connection with your Self and All That Is.

Painting: Night Vision II (12″ x  36″)  Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. SOLD  Order prints here.

Love Oracle Message 2: Connect with Spirit

Dear Beloved,

If you’ve picked this painting, you’re being asked to nurture and honour your spiritual connection. What does this mean to you?

Are you longing to connect to a soul that’s left the visible physical plane? Know that your loved ones are always here bathing you in love. You can communicate to them through prayer, thought, conversation or with the help of a medium.

Just as you would make time for a conversation with them when they were alive, make time for them now. Feel free to ask for a sign and stay aware in the days that follow. Your answer may come through many different ways – stay open and feel that connection as a continuing one, albeit different.

You may be hungry for a deeper connection with your faith, be it a religious or more universally spiritual one. How can you nurture your faith? Greater awareness and presence during mass, through your own rituals and ceremony, in quiet contemplation of God’s creation, in searching to connect with Spirit within those you’re speaking with?

Know that there are portals opening by the very act of asking for connection. Your Higher Self, Team of Divine Helpers, Holy Spirit, Source … whomever and whatever it may be for you – you are never alone.

There is more to this world than what you see with your eyes open. Allow the connection by inviting it, knowing that your false sense of separateness is often the source of your suffering and loneliness.  You are continuously and unconditionally loved.

The layers upon layers of orbs in the painting “Beyond the Veil” that you chose, felt to me like the prayers bubbling through the portal in one direction and the love from all dimensions coming back through this opening in the veil to support us all. Looked at horizontally, the centre of the Vesica Pisces sacred geometry also looks  like an eye. Know that you are seen.

The swirling flames represent both the Holy Spirit and that living symbol of the Divine fire that burns in every soul. The crystal drop at its centre is there to help amplify the energy of your prayers as you nurture your spiritual connection.

Painting: Beyond the Veil (8″ x 24″) Professional acrylics, pumice (volcanic ash for grounding), quartz crystal drop (amplifies the energy) & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. $727  CAD – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 3: Connect with Both the Divine Masculine & Feminine

Mermaid & Merman spiral / circle paintingDear Beloved,

By choosing the painting “A Return to Love” you’re being asked to nurture the connection of the divine masculine & feminine within yourself and your human relationships.

This means being open to both the giving and receiving, the movement outwards and inwards, the strong sense of adventure and need for gentle nurturing.

Allow space within yourself and your relationships for both the powerful loving and caring nature of ‘being’ as well as the decisive faith-based ‘doing’.

You’re being invited into ideal partnership – to dance in the deep emotional pools for the natural evolution of your soul.

Nurture your relationships through intention, communication, acts of service, sharing, appreciation, acceptance/forgiveness, emotional support, responsibility, integrity and perseverance.

Remember that the other is an individualized expression of the divine with their own balance and expression of divine feminine and masculine. Learn to dance together in harmony.

Nurturing your relationships with yourself and others means seeing, accepting and unconditionally loving others for who they are.

Whatever you can do to nurture your ability to love yourself and connect with others in this way will enhance your life. May it be so.

Painting: A Return To Love ( 24″ x 24″) Professional acrylics, channeled energy work, mica (love & compassion) & Tibetan turquoise (energy of prayer, good fortune  fidelity, protection, throat chakra/communication & self-expression) on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. SOLD. Order prints here.

 

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Love Oracle 15: Life is (Up) in the Air

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When we act on an inspiration, it opens our hearts and intuitive channels for further inspiration.

My 2022 Community Spirit Treasure Hunt (for which these were painted) in collaboration with The Guide to the Good and 11 local businesses was a result of several inspirations. First, I booked the April exhibition. Then, I asked Spirit how else I could contribute to the energy flow in my community after spending a few years mostly working online.

When the Treasure Hunt all came together, I was further inspired to create a whole series of new smaller pieces (value up to $500) for folks to enjoy picking their top 3, a question on their Treasure Hunt form.

Who knows what other beneficial ripple effects will emerge from my saying Yes! to intuitive guidance. All I know is that I’m feeling much more alive and on purpose because of it. May the message you receive here help you do the same.

Today’s theme for this Love Oracle Series plays with 2 expressions:

  1. in the air: If something is in the air, you feel that it is happening or about to happen.
  2. up in the air: If you say that a decision or a situation is up in the air, you mean that it has not yet been completely settled or planned.

One little word changes the whole meaning. Similarly, one little thought changes your whole reality.

Pick the painting that speaks most to your heart right now and scroll down to read its transformational message.

Love Oracle Message 1: Create Momentum

Dear Beloved,

Fluking is when a whale lifts its tail in the air as it begins a deep dive. This helps it thrust its body into a more steeply angled descent so it can reach deeper waters.

It’s now time for you to create momentum in a specific area in your life by diving deeper into it. Which one comes to mind/heart when you read this:

  1. Physical Environment
  2. Fun / Recreation
  3. Business / Career
  4. Personal / Spiritual Development
  5. Wellness & Health
  6. Romance / Family
  7. Finances / Life Planning
  8. Society / Community

What is the next best step – an inspired step –  you can take to start that momentum?

If you’re not sure, sit quietly and ask your Team of Divine Helpers. Then listen with all your senses. You may get an idea, a visual, a clue in your environment, a memory, a call, etc.

Know that as you ask, you shall receive. Know also that if you say Yes! to that inspired step, the next will arise in your awareness so that you too can dive deeper into your purpose, your sense of fulfillment in all areas of your life.

From intuition to inspired action – you need both.

And it’s OK if the final destination is still up in the air. There will be sacred intentions and a feeling of being even more alive in the air once you startbbuilding up that momentum.

Painting: A Whale’s Tale  (8″ x 10″) Professional acrylics & glass beads on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges.  CAD $427 – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 2: Break Out of the Box

Dear Beloved,

It’s time to break free of your limiting thoughts and beliefs to expand your reality above & beyond your wildest dreams & expectations.

Break out of the box that you or others have placed you in.

The world is filled with limitless possibilities. Have fun exploring them. It starts with your thoughts.

Have you heard this before?

Watch your thoughts,
For they become words.

Watch your words,
For they become actions.

Watch your actions,
For they become habits.

Watch your habits,
For they become your character.

Watch your character,
For it becomes your destiny.

What we think,
WE BECOME

What’s in the air in your life bubble? What are you becoming? It’s OK if that’s up in the air right now – start one thought at a time and you’ll become a truer version of your Higher Self than you ever imagined possible.

Painting: Above & Beyond (8″ x 10″) Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. CAD $427 – Buy it here

Love Oracle Message 3: Count Your Blessings

Dear Beloved,

Have you heard these expressions:

“What you appreciate appreciates.”

“What you focus on expands.”

“Where attention goes, energy flows.”

Your magic is in your ability to make that special effort to appreciate all the good things in your life.

When others might complain about the rain, you’re turning your attention to how it nourishes Mother Earth, how it’s washing your car, and how it feels ticklish on your skin.

When it could be so easy to wallow and complain about your challenges, you’re moved to reflect on how they’re serving you.

When you may be tempted to negatively judge a person or situation, you’re reminded of the Divine Essence in each, looking for the opportunities for growth, gratitude and appreciation.

If you find yourself physically closing in on yourself and looking down, straighten up, look high up in the air and count your blessings.

Then watch as life and love open up in you and for you.

Painting: Cascade of Blessings (8″ x 10″) Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges.  SOLD
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Love Oracle 14: Appreciating the Textures of Life

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Life can be a bumpy ride, but how you perceive those bumps will determine how you feel.

Let me tell you a story of how 2 children on a plane helped me appreciate the textures of life.

I was on my way home from living overseas and the last leg of the journey was on a tiny plane with only 1 seat on each side of the isle. Soon after take-off from Detroit, the tiny plane found itself being tossed around in turbulence.

My first reaction was fear. I’ve watched plenty of airplane crash movies…

But the 2 kids across the isle were returning home from Disneyland. They laughed and screamed “weeeeeee” as they flung their arms in the air with every “bump in the road”.

That’s when I realized I had a choice in the matter. I could choose to be terrified for my life or to enjoy it while appreciating being in the company of 2 amazing teachers. I shifted to the latter and landed back home delighted with both the lesson and the journey.

May this week’s Love Oracle messages help you shift your perception (if necessary) to better appreciate the textures of your life. Pick the painting that speaks most to you and scroll down for its message.

Love Oracle Message 1: Seeking The Sensuously Subtle

Dear Beloved,

Are you craving a little silky-smooth softness in your life?

I’m not talking plain or boring. I’m talking about the subtle ripples that tickle the senses with a mix of deep undertones and shimmering glimmer. Maybe even with a few delicious drops of glossy goodness?

There’s something very rich about simplicity.

Seek the sensuous in the subtle. 

This may mean slowing down to savour the moment, increasing awareness of what already is or slightly shifting your ways of being and doing to add a bit of glitter to your groove.

What comes to mind when you read that?

What do you need to better appreciate the textures of your life?

Give more of it to yourself and others may catch on to your need for comforting caresses – literally or figuratively.

Painting: Indigo Roots (9″ x 12″) Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. SOLD

Love Oracle Message 2: Let Light Shine Through the Cracks

Dear Beloved,

Which area of your life feels like it’s been caked with concentrated, coarse or chunky crudeness?

There’s no need to wallow in despair.

It’s time to crack through it by carving channels for freshness to flow and Light to shine.

This is a time to appreciate the deep drives within your soul to breakthrough. 

When a breakthrough occurs in your life, you may have a sudden expansion of your comfort zones or the release of limiting beliefs.

The small constrained you is about to crack to let your light shine through and your authentic Self emerge more fully in your life.

That’s the beautiful growth process this tree represents. It’s that cracking of the small self to allow the course of your life to change in whatever way is meant for your Highest Good.

Your courage to be your best self is worth it.

The energy of green aventurine is here to support that journey as it offers energy for creativity, luck, tranquility and patience.

Painting: Breakthrough (8″ x 10″ (20.32 cm x 25.4 cm) Professional acrylics, crackle paste, green aventurine (for creativity, luck, tranquility & patience) & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas . SOLD

Love Oracle Message 3: Navigate your Heart Grooves


Dear Beloved,
You’ve explored many grooves in your life, some feeling more granular, gritty, grainy, or gravelly than others.

Don’t knock them or their fruits! They’ve all contributed to your heart’s desires and the luxurious landscape of your life.

Follow your own map.

Explore the many pathways your heart reveals, removing roadblocks or circling around them.

Then stand back and appreciate the creative and textured design that makes your imperfectly perfect life shine!

Make sure to allow space for the green heart chakra energy available in nature to flow. Your Team of Divine Helpers is also here to help you navigate the world in ways to nurture your loving nature.

This is a time for spiritual awareness, communication and inner peace. The energy of amethyst is here to help you with that. Enjoy!

Painting: Pathways to the Heart (8″ x 10″) Professional acrylics & amethyst (for spiritual awareness, communication, inner peace and healing) on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. CAD $427 – Buy it here.

 

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Love Oracle 13: Your Unique Journey

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The energy work and symbolism in this week’s 3 Love Oracle paintings were all instrumental in my own healing, growing, thriving & gratitude journey.

Pick the one that speaks most to you today and scroll down to read the message your heart would like you to hear in support for your unique journey.

Love Oracle Message 1: Ready for Re-birth

Dear Beloved,

Your life is fertile right now for a rebirthing into the next best version of who you have always been at a soul level.

This is how you’ll help with the ascension of the planet.

What you do for yourself, you do for the world. 

No more inner conflicts! Unite in Self-Love for the love of All that Is.

Encourage both your inner divine feminine and divine masculine to work together in harmony to shine bright in your life and community.

As you drink from the holy well of imagination, inspiration and intuition, you’ll be guided to take the necessary action steps to help yourself and others thrive.

The birthing process isn’t necessarily easy. But mothers everywhere will tell you it’s worth it.

Celebrate the birthing of each new day, each new expression of You, each manifestation of humanity and Mother Earth’s radiance.

Together we are becoming the world we want to see and want to be.

How can you start by seeing, accepting, and unconditionally loving yourself?

Then extend that courtesy to those around you as they too go from the stages of being innocent babes, budding pre-teens, awkward teenagers, responsible adults or masterful mature seniors in various areas in their lives.

Take a moment to express to Source and your Team of Divine Helpers what kind of re-birthing you’re ready for.

Painting: The Gateway (48″ x 24″ ( 122 cm x 61 cm) Professional acrylics, mica & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.  $3,700 CAD – Buy it here. Prints available here.

 

Love Oracle Message 2: Servicing the Separation

Dear Beloved,

You are not broken! Any pain or suffering on any level is the result of the belief that you are separate from Source.

Take a deep breath and see that void – no matter how it was created – as a space to service the separation.

What do you need right now to feel whole again? What can you invite or be right now to re-member that you are connected to All That Is? Which of your chakras is out of balance and needs attention?

Turn that space into an altar and place there the resources, messages, opportunities to re-connect to the Truth.

Repeat after me:

More than I want to fix, change, heal, control, or manipulate anyone or anything, I want to know the truth that makes me free.

You are rooted in God / Spirit/ Source/ The Universe. Your branches extend into the Heavens.

As you dance to the rhythms of your seasons, remember to journey deep within your Self, where all your answers live.

Move through your life in ways that allows the sacred sap at your Core to transport the love, peace, joy, health, wealth, happiness & freedom that already dwell within you to the areas which need it most right now.

Remember also that you are never alone. You have a whole team of Divine Helpers to walk with you as you journey all the way home to your Self.

Ask for help and guidance to live in alignment with your Highest Good. Then trust that what you may have imagined as a break or separation will fill-up with the Divine Essence of You as an individualized expression of Source.

It’s time to re-connect!

Painting: The Journey: All the Way Home to My Self – 2 canvases (24″ x 48″ + 48″ x 48″) Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. Includes chakra quartz pendant & 7 chakra stones (red jasper (root), carnelian (sacral), yellow jade (solar plexus), green aventurine (heart), lapis lazuli (throat), amethyst (third eye), clear quartz (crown) ) -SOLD

 

Love Oracle Message 3: The Perfect Recipe for Sacred Success

Dear Beloved,

You are a SuperSoul!

Your life has been a perfect recipe for sacred success in the making.

The unique ingredients of that life have been blended together to offer the world the tasty treat that is You!

You’ve been seasoned by your family make-up, spiritual upbringing, schooling, physical environment, travels, relationships, culture, experiences, etc.

The sweetness, saltiness, bitterness, sourness, umami, heat and coolness of each have all contributed to the unique balance of flavours on your journey.

That’s what makes you a superhero in your own life.

Had any of the elements been missing or mixed differently, you wouldn’t be who you are today. And who you are today is exactly who you were meant to be so that you may continue to emerge more fully as your True Self.

Trust in this perfect recipe for sacred success that your soul may have chosen before incarnation.

Trust also that others around you have been part of the plan so that you would bake or cook at the perfect temperature and in the perfect pot with the help of the perfect food growers, providers, cooks and diners.

Can you acknowledge that all that has happened in your life happened for you, not to you? If you can, you’ll be much happier in the kitchen.

What are you making with it all?

As you continue your journey as the Master Chef of your life, what help can you ask for or what can you do to ensure your perfect recipe turns out to be a delicious delight for humanity?

Painting: Supersoul (48″ x  24″) Professional acrylics, mica, glass beads & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.  $3,700 CAD –Buy it here. Order prints here.

 

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Love Oracle 12: Living Large with the Universal Laws

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What does “living large” mean to you? Having a successful and abundant life may look different for you than for me.

May this second trio of Universal Law mandalas help you live large, no matter what that means to you. 

Pick a painting then scroll down to read its Love Oracle message. Ponder how it applies to your life right now.

The 12 Universal Laws help you transform your life from the inside out. 

Learning to use them to your advantage will help you become the conscious creator you were meant to be.

Note: You can learn more about all 12 Universal Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.

Love Oracle Message 1: The Law of Correspondence

Dear Beloved,

The world as you see and experience it stems from your thoughts and feelings.

Two people in the same space may see and experience it completely differently.

Two people in the presence of another may see and experience that person completely differently.

According to the Law of Correspondence, whatever is growing within your inner being spirals out into the world. Your current reality, therefore, took roots within your mind. This is as true for individuals as for communities.

The more you nurture and cultivate your inner world, the more your outer world will match your true essence.

Moment-by-moment, are you choosing light or darkness – love or fear?

What are you sowing in your inner world with your thoughts, actions, choices? Know that these seeds are taking root and will spread into your outer reality.

Know also that your full potential in this world already lies within you, just as the tree already exists within the seed. By tapping into your true essence and nurturing your growth, you can evolve into the True You that you were meant to be.

With every new day, you are given another opportunity to live large, re-creating a world more aligned with that golden essence that lies within you. Choose love, not fear.

Painting: Law of Correspondence. Order mandala prints here. Collection of twelve 30″ x 30″ originals + one 36″ x 36″ summary piece for sale here. Free Guide to the Universal Laws here. 

Love Oracle Message 2: The Law of Cause & Effect

Dear Beloved,

Everything happens for a reason.

Today is the result of your past thoughts and actions. Tomorrow is being shaped through your thoughts and actions of today. 

What kind of future are you creating?

We currently live in a world of contrasting choices, emotions, thoughts, actions, beliefs, and resulting realities.

By experiencing contrast (love / fear), you can better appreciate the power of free will – the power of what you choose every moment of every day.

“Man becomes what he thinks about all day long.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you can fully appreciate your own creative power, you open yourself to living an abundant successful life, no matter what that means to you.

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” ~Sir Isaac Newton

So start with today, Beloved.

  • What movies or shows are you choosing to watch?
  • What foods are you choosing to feed yourself with?
  • What people are you choosing to hang out with?
  • How are you choosing to act (vs. react) in the situations that present themselves to you?
  • Are you nurturing loving or fearful thoughts?
  • Are you focusing on everything that’s going “right” or everything that’s going “wrong” in the world?

Keep making the higher-vibration choices and watch your reality shift.

Painting: Law of Cause & Effect. Order mandala prints here. Collection of twelve 30″ x 30″ originals + one 36″ x 36″ summary piece for sale here. Free Guide to the Universal Laws here. 

Love Oracle Message 3: The Law of Compensation

The Law of Compensation Mandala

The Law of Compensation

Dear Beloved,

The more you give, the more you get. The opposite is also true.

The key is not to give in order to get. That takes love out of the equation and just won’t work.

So if today is a reflection of what you’ve given in the past, how can your choices today attract what you’d like to receive in the future?

What doors are you opening with your generosity and kindness? What are you contributing, receiving, building in your world?

The beauty is that there are many ways to give.

No matter if you’re the type of person who is very active in the community, part of a family unit, or single with more hermit tendencies – you can find ways to give that suit your unique presence and purpose on this planet.

Here are the 7 Sacred Gifts that Give You Everything, according to Derek Rydall, one of my teachers.

  1. Giving to yourself: give yourself what you seek from others
  2. Give thanks: what you appreciate, appreciates
  3. Give forth: share your time, talent & treasure
  4. Give up: release habits, criticism, complaints, judgment
  5. Give in: let go of resistance, surrender to what’s emerging
  6. Give away: circulate what you no longer need/use
  7. ForGiving: free yourself and others from emotional debt

Try focusing on one every day or every week and watch your inner and outer realities transform.

The results may not be immediate. You may not make the connection between what you’re giving and what you’re receiving. You don’t need to.

Remember, however, that to be a part of the Universal Energy Flow, you need to be as gracious about receiving as you are about giving. 

You may already be a big giver but have trouble accepting the fruits of others’ giving. Or is it difficult for you to ask for help, which offers others an opportunity to give?

Open your heart to both giving and receiving as both are needed to live large.

Painting: Law of Compensation. Order mandala prints here. Collection of twelve 30″ x 30″ originals + one 36″ x 36″ summary piece for sale here. Free Guide to the Universal Laws here. 

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Love Oracle 11: You’re Always a Winner

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The 3 paintings in this week’s Love Oracle series were all contestants in the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts & Letters Awards competition in recent years.

The one on the left, “Every Dot a Prayer” was a 1st Prize winner in 2019 and hung in the prestigious The Rooms cultural facility.

After 4 months of keeping them a secret during the jurying process of their respective year, however, the other 2 didn’t win nor were they a part of the finalists exhibition. But that’s OK. They were still winners on many levels.

That’s what inspired this week’s Love Oracle Messages below.

Pick the painting that speaks most to you today, revealing which of the messages below speaks most to your life right now. May it confirm for you that you’re always a winner.

Love Oracle Message 1: Teach What You Learn

Dear Beloved,

Life is a learning process. Whether you’re learning something new, diving deeper into the layers of learning, or being reminded of previous lessons you need to re-connect to, know that your journey can serve more than just you.

The best way to integrate something is to repeat it – sharing what you’ve learned until it becomes even more ingrained in your way of being.

You may stumble and have to re-learn something. That’s OK. The stumble doesn’t make you a loser. The willingness to learn again or on a deeper level makes you a winner.

What part of your learning process can help those around you? 

The best way to learn something is to teach it. 

When I was guided to create the Re-Connecting Collection of 11 paintings exploring my spiritual journey, I had no idea what I would discover or recover from the depths of my soul and the steps of my life.

This painting, the first in the series, launched an intense year of co-creation.

The best way for me to integrate the lessons from Spirit and the intuitive painting process was to share them.

Once the whole collection was finished, I created a series of 11 Re-Connect to your True Self video lessons to help others benefit from the inner & outer work I’d done. My journey was now of service to others.

What about you? 

Has a “mistake” led you to an opportunity to emerge more fully as your True Self?

You may be moved to share a humbling or inspiring story or a life-enhancing skill.

What now comes naturally to you may be exactly what someone else needs to learn.

Whether it be a skill or learning from a “mistake”, share of yourself.

Your life makes a difference.

You make a difference through all of your being & doing. Thank you!

Painting: Every Dot a Prayer (48″ x 24″) –Professional acrylics, green moss agate & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. SOLD  Prints available here.

Love Oracle Message 2: Do What You Love

Dear Beloved,

When an artist submits to the Arts & Letters competition, they only submit images of the artwork without explanations.

One of the jury notes for this one stated that there was no obvious reason for my choice of using 2 canvases instead of one.

I could easily see why they would say that. Art is extremely personal and although the reasons were obvious to me, I couldn’t expect someone else to get it … unless they did.

I reflected on the comment and knew that if I could do it over again, I would still choose to do this painting on 2 canvases.

The space between the seen reality in “Sunset in the Dreamtime” is the gateway, the portal to the unseen, with the support of the crystals to help enter otherworld journeys – awake or asleep.

Although it wasn’t a winner in the competition, it was still a winner in my life.

First, as it hung on my wall during the 4 months when it couldn’t be revealed to the public in any way, it acted as a constant reminder of my magical sunset kayak journey on the Mobile Canal with friends.

Second, every time I walked by it, it reminded me of the importance to take time to get out in nature to enjoy the types of activities that elevate my vibration and nourish my soul. 

The kayak, the stones, the energy-work, the texture and colours – and the space in between – all nudged me to co-create days & nights in a way to connect to the power of awe and gratitude.

Over and over, this painting worked its magic on me. And when I followed up on its intuitive nudges, I felt like a winner.

The fact it wasn’t a winner in others’ eyes didn’t make it a loser. It didn’t make me a loser either. I didn’t take it personally at all.

So be a winner in your own heart, mind and eyes. Do what you love for the reasons you love it. No explanations needed. No one else’s judgments need apply. 

Painting: “Sunset in the dreamtime” (9″ x 12″ + 12″ x 24 = 12″ x 36″) Professional acrylics & channeled energy work, labradorite & rose quarts on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.  CAD $1,277 – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 3: Re-Align Time and Time Again

Dear Beloved,

Your life is perfectly evolving layer by layer, building on all your past & present experiences, values, lessons, etc.

What you may consider mistakes, losses, or challenges are all opportunities to learn, grow, and know yourself better.

By recognizing and not harping on what doesn’t work or feel good in your life, you get to co-create what does.

Your job is to notice when your body, mind and spirit are getting out of alignment with your Higher Self and to be & do what it takes to get back on track – your track.

This doesn’t mean rejecting the past and all that’s in it. It also doesn’t mean hanging on to it so tightly that it can’t expand from there.

Take this painting, for example. I just found out it isn’t a finalist in this year’s Arts & Letters Awards. But every time I look it, it reminds me that I’ve already won.

What did I win? I won a huge lesson in non-attachment.

You see, beneath it, is the painting “The Universe is My Creative Playground” – # 6 in the Re-Connecting Collection. It was an important piece with many valuable lessons to share.

Painting people, and especially faces, however, has never been my forte. So although it was part of a few exhibitions and I still offer prints, I didn’t enjoy having it on my own walls and couldn’t imagine anyone buying it. So, one day, after weeks of being intuitively guided to, I finally decided to paint over it. And now I absolutely love it!!!

That was a huge step in non-attachment as it was part of a collection. But how absolutely freeing!

Elements of that original painting can still be seen, infusing the final piece with previous colour, symbolism, texture and energy blended into the newness that now makes “Divine Essence” what it is. Can you see the eye next to the wrist in the white light ray?

The whole intuitive painting process means having to let go of what is to open to what it’s becoming. In this case, even when the painting had been publicly declared “finished”.

You too are a work in progress. That in itself makes you a winner!

Enjoy the daily wins that come through your choices in being & doing, letting go of what keeps you stuck and stagnant. 

Have fun being grateful for what was because it’s led you to what is and opens you up to what’s becoming. Bravo!

And when you notice that you’re out of alignment, time and time again, make the necessary adjustments to feel and be your best on all levels. Be true to Your Self and shine, beloved. You’re a radiant winning star … just as you are… for now!

Painting: Divine Essence (24″ x 48″) Professional acrylics, mica (love & compassion), lapis lazuli (for power, wisdom, honesty, truth, vision, harmony, inner peace, protection, self-awareness & self-expression) & energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. CAD $3700 – Buy it here.

 

 

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Love Oracle 10: Keep the Hope Alive

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Nothing in life is constant but change itself.

I don’t have to tell you that Earth and its communities have undergone a lot of change in the last few years. Good? Bad? How you judge those changes is up to you. Perspective is everything!

This week’s Love Oracle Messages urge you to keep hope alive as we continue to experience change on our planet and in our lives.

Pick the painting that speaks most to your heart right now and scroll down for its Love Oracle Message on how to keep hope alive.

Love Oracle Message 1: Look for the Rainbows

Dear Beloved,

The rainbow has been an important symbol in many cultures throughout history. This amalgamation of light fills our hearts with awe – a perfect harmonic combination that symbolizes beauty, promise and enlightenment.

During the pandemic, hand-drawn rainbows in windows became a popular symbol of hope.

They’re also symbols of unity, creation, expansion, connection, opening, transformation, initiation, LGBTQ pride, good luck and so much more.

There will always be sun & rain. Both are needed and natural. It’s in the time of transition when droplets of water are still in the air and the sun comes out that rainbows appear.

Whether you’re looking for a portal for divine connection, a gateway to healing, or a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, look with an open heart to keep hope alive.

Sometimes, it’s best to keep your face to the sunshine to avoid seeing the shadows. But sometimes, it’s required or unavoidable to look in the opposite direction from the sun. That’s also where you’ll find the rainbows.

So yes, harsh news, challenges and struggles continue in this time of transition, but know that the sun is behind you and that if you look with your heart, you’ll find the rainbows in the morphing storms of life. Keep hope alive and you’ll also witness or be inspired to take part in the transformation.

Painting: For the Children (20″ x 20″) Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges.  $1,497 CAD – Buy it here.  Order prints here.

Love Oracle Message 2: Trust in Transformation

Dear Beloved,

The intuitive painting you chose was infused with days of community prayer requests & intentions for:

  • joy & happiness
  • peace, love & healing
  • compassion & understanding
  • empathy & harmony
  • raw clarity
  • love & health
  • acceptance & inclusivity
  • safety
  • rising radiance
  • unattachment, trust & intuition
  • ease & serenity
  • humanitarian leadership & freedom

For these prayers and intentions to manifest in our world, starting with us, we need to open to the paradigm shifts that are possible when we look at things differently.

The eye at the heart of the Vesica Pisces (2 circles intersecting) represents true vision, possible when we ask to see through the eyes of our Higher Self in Divine Union.

“How would your vision shift if you were looking through the eyes of Spirit, of Love?” (or whatever other terms feels good to you)

Start with looking at areas in your life where you feel discomfort, dis-ease, pain, etc. Can you shift your perspective to see how challenges are happening for you, not to you? Can you see how you’re being called to grow into a more evolved version of you?

It’s time to let go of our caterpillar life to explore what it means to fly as a butterfly.

Where else are you being asked to look through your heart, not through the limited patterns of your mind?

And be gentle with yourself and others as we all learn to see with new eyes. Just remember to keep hope alive as you do.

Painting: Sacred Sight (20″ x 20″) Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas –$1,497 CAD – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 3: Together We Thrive

Dear Beloved,

The painting you chose came to me in a vision as I was working the background, layer after layer.

You don’t need to know where it’s all heading to take action in your life, one inspired layer at a time. Trust you’ll be Guided.

By doing so, you’re joining the millions around the planet that are building something new, something more aligned with the Highest Good of all.

Keep hope alive and watch as opportunities, imagination, inspiration and intuition play their part in forming the world you want to see.

You are an invaluable instrument of change, moved in a Divine orchestration to co-create a better world. Thank you for all you are doing & being. 

And if this prayer written above the earth in an airplane right after completing this painting inspires you further, fantastic!

The Dreamcatcher Prayer

Oh Dreamcatcher
Trap within your holy weave
Our collective nightmare
That the illusion may dissipate
To reveal a new Reality.
May only goodwill funnel through your portal
As we re-member who we truly are.
Thank you for facilitating humanity’s awakening
And the ascension of the planet.
*
Oh web of Life
Encircled by soul families
And Divine Helpers united
Weave thy filaments of Love
To filter all manifestations of fear
That our hearts may blossom
At the dawn of this new day
To truly come to life
Through purpose, passion, and peace.
*
Oh sacred hoop
Symbol of hope & healing
Poised in the breath of the Great Creator
Illuminate the night sky
With your web of Light.
Allow hallowed blessings
To descend into the collective consciousness
To restore eternal life
For the children of the Universe.
*
May celestial dreams
Envelop this blue-green pearl
So that our eyes open
To explore and express
Harmony within diversity
Recognizing that we are
All individualized expressions
of the Divine Oneness.
*
May there be unity amongst all beings
As we celebrate
Our interconnectedness,
Points of light
Continuing our journey
By way of your sacred threads.
*
May our souls’ original visions
Pass through your gateway
Sliding down your feathers
To float unto Mother Earth’s lap
Where slumbering children await
To Awaken to the Truth
And see before them
The fields of limitless possibilities.
*
Aho. Amen. So Be it.
Painting: Dreamcatcher(24″ x 24″) Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas- $1727 CAD – Buy it here.

 

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Love Oracle 9: Emerge More Fully into Joy

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Which of these 8″ x 10″ layered intuitive paintings speaks to you most today as you contemplate the questions and issues in your heart and in your life? 

They were all painted with layer upon layer of mark-making in warm & cool colours before harmonizing the background with a tinted glaze and applying the main subject with the use of a home-drawn & cut stencil.

Pick one and scroll down to read its love oracle guidance. May it help you emerge more fully into joy.

Love Oracle Message 1: Make Room For Joy

Dear Beloved,

Do you know how a nautilus grows?

When it gets too large for its existing space, the (ultimately) volleyball-size nautilus adds on to the open end of its shell, expanding the diameter in a spiral configuration. … Every 150 days or so, a nautilus forms a membrane at its tail end that separates almost all of its body from the older portion of the shell.The one exception is a tube-shaped appendage called a siphuncle that extends back through the previously constructed chambers.

When first formed, a chamber is filled with fluid. But over time, as the growing nautilus adds bulk, the siphuncle sucks the fluid from the chamber. As a result, the shell becomes more buoyant, counterbalancing the added weight of the living animals to maintain neutral buoyancy (a condition of neither sinking nor rising).

Over the course of its life, a nautilus might add up to 30 chambers. In addition to gradually adjusting for its own increasing weight, it also can add or remove fluid from the old chambers more quickly to compensate for sudden changes such as a hefty meal or a sudden loss of part of its shell. (source)

Basically, when it gets too big for its space, it expands that space instead of trying to fit where it no longer belongs.

And instead of totally ignoring or throwing away its old comfort zones, it makes good use of them.

So what message is your heart translating here for your life?

How can you repurpose the rich experiences of your past (no matter how you perceive them) to to help you create new meaning and joy today?

Which area of your life needs more space to breathe and grow?

What old points of view, ways of being and doing no longer serve you?

Are you still trying to fit yourself or your life in a box that is now way too small for who you’re becoming?

What mindset needs to shift for you to move forwards?

The only constant in life is change itself. Embrace that need for change and grow into a more expansive container for joy.

Painting: Essence of the Universe (8″ x 10″)  Professional acrylics & glass beads on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. SOLD

Love Oracle Message 2: Get Out of Your Goop to Spread Your Wings

Dear Beloved,

It’s time to emerge from the goop to spread your wings and fly. 

There’s a good reason caterpillars stuff themselves before hanging upside down and spinning themselves into a chrysalis (for butterflies) or cocoon (for moths). That’s where they digest themselves until they’re basically goop – a very necessary process in the life cycle.

They need that time to regenerate into a new and different form. From that enzyme & protein rich goop comes a complete transformation, a beautiful metamorphosis.

For most caterpillars, it takes 5-21 days. For others in really harsh conditions, it can take up to 3 years.

The pandemic qualifies as harsh conditions and we’ve been in it for a few years. It’s OK if you felt the need to cocoon and stuff yourself….

But if you stay in that state, you may suffocate in your own goop and not grow into who you were meant to become.

It’s time to satisfy a new thirst for life: to do what it takes to break out of your shell (whether that be your home, your shrunken comfort zones, or limiting beliefs).

It’s time to spread your wings – discover who you are today.

You are no longer meant to be a caterpillar and to measure your goals, dreams, etc. by caterpillar standards. 

It’s time to get to know the Butterfly-You! What delights does this newly-emerged version of you want to explore? 

Your cocoon / chrysalis may have served you. But is it time to break out now?

Enjoy the freedom to be Truly You no matter what stage of your life cycle you’re in!

Painting: Flutter-by Wish (8″ x 10″) Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. CAD $427 – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 3: Drink the Nectar of Life

Dear Beloved,

May the spirit of the hummingbird inspire your journey this week and for years to come.

This amazing tiny creature can move like no other bird – up, down, backwards, forwards and even hovering in one place. Its movement possibilities seem endless.

So are yours! You have so many choices in every moment of where to place your attention with an environment rich with blessings to take part in. 

Also, hummingbirds travels 2000 km twice a year between South and North America- another amazing feat!

One way they can do this is that they spend their time searching for the sweetest nectar to drink from. They trust that the nectar will be there. When they finally discover those juicy flowers, they don’t just drink from them, but fully experience and taste the sweetness of their nectar.

That’s your Love Oracle message for this week. Drink deeply from the sweet nectar of life, searching for the sweet moments and trusting that there is sweetness all around you if you have the eyes to see it and the heart to feel it.

So rise up, settle down, go forward, backwards or hover – know you have the power to choose what you focus on and what you drink from to nourish your vision of the world you want to see and the experiences you want to live.

Be in the moment. Choose your joy and really taste it! 

Painting: Lightness of Being (8″ x 10″)  Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. – SOLD

 

 

 

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Love Oracle 8 – Creature Comforts of a Different Kind

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What creature comforts of a different kind are your body, mind & spirit asking for this week? Pick a painting that speaks to you and scroll down to read its Love Oracle message. May it help you feel more comfortable in your life.

Love Oracle Message 1: Quench Your Thirst

Dear Beloved,

Your thirst has led you here today. What first comes to mind or heart when asked “What are you thirsty for?”

I’m not talking about the essential biological mechanism that balances your fluids. Rather, think about your thirsts on all levels – body, mind & spirit.

The next question is “Where are you looking to quench that thirst?”

Contemplate whether you’re engaged in behaviours or beliefs that trick you into thinking you’re dealing with your thirst. In reality, are they leaving you parched?

Often, you may think you’re thirsty for something on the outside, but that may just satisfy a superficial thirst or lead you to drink yourself into oblivion.

Go deeper. The true thirst quencher may very well be found within the great well of wisdom in your soul – that connection to All That Is.

Tune into your divine feminine, your intuition, as the well from which to draw for inspired connection & action.

Are you being fooled into thinking you’re satisfying your cravings with all the wrong things?

What can you drink of today to nourish your transformational journey? Tap into the juiciness of your Higher Self & Spirit to create your best life.

Painting: Age of Aquarius ( 30″ x 15″) Professional acrylics, channeled energy work & mica (energy of love & compassion) on gallery-wrapped canvas. SOLD.   Order prints here.

Love Oracle Message 2: Centring Time

Dear Beloved,

This week, you’re in need of creature comforts for your mind.

Are you feeling all over the place? Do what you need to feel good in the here & now.

Ground yourself in Mother Earth’s lap, either physically or through a visioning meditation (many available in the Guided Meditation playlist on my YouTube channel).

Be or visualize yourself in a natural space of your choosing connecting to whatever furry, feathered, scaly or smooth-skinned creature that shows up.

You may meet your monkey-mind. That’s OK. It was likely already there. Place your attention on what other creatures come to comfort you?

Allow their presence to calm your mind. Allow your breathing to mimic their full, deep, and relaxed rhythm.

Allow your hands (again, real or imaginary) to feel their textures and connect to their hearts.

What about their way of being on the Earth can help you centre yourself, ground yourself better into who you are?

Ask these creatures for a message you need to feel more comfortable in your mind and in your life this week. Then make space to hear their callings.

Painting: Earth Sea & Sky (15 “ x 30“) Professional acrylics, mica, rose quartz & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.  $1377 CAD. Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 3: Signs from Spirit

Dear Beloved,

This week, your heart is asking you to seek creature comforts for your spirit.

How many times has a bird appeared to lift your spirit or convey some other symbolic message of freedom, inspiration, or higher knowledge?

How many times has a feather floated into your awareness as a sign of hope, comfort, confirmation, a visitation from a dearly departed, or acknowledgment that was perfect for the time?… even if you were indoors!

Consider your choice of  Love Oracle painting as your feather!

Just like the angels, birds are messengers from God (or whatever term resonates with you). 

The crane here symbolizes spirit-centered creativity, happiness, balance, emotion, grace, connection to the Divine, prosperity, and longevity. It offers you an invitation to let go of what no longer serves you.

So take a moment to reflect on what it would feel like to be wrapped in the unconditionally loving presence of your feathered friends – be they angels or other divine messengers. What would they say to you, suggest to you to do right now to feel safe, protected, and comfortable?

Notice the birds that come into your space this week. Allow yourself to feel embraced by their presence. Invite them in and feel what happens. 

Painting: Birds of a Feather (48″ x 24″) Professional acrylics, mica & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. $ 3,700 CAD Buy it here.  Order prints here.

 

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Love Oracle 7: Embracing Tree Wisdom

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Which of these forest jewels speaks to you most today? Open to its tree wisdom.

Trust that your choice of tree paintings will lead you to a Love Oracle message that will nourish your transformational journey.

And as always, information & links are provided at the end of each message if you feel moved to bring the original painting into your space while at the same time supporting my continued work.

Love Oracle Message 1: Align & Shine

Dear Beloved,

All of the inner and outer work you have done in your life has brought you to this very moment.

As you continue to choose the ways of thinking, being, eating, acting that are aligned with your Higher Self, the more you’re expanding into the Truth of who you have always been.

Just as the full tree is already present in the seed, your fully emerged, amazing, divine self is always present within you. You just need to nurture the right conditions to emerge more fully into your Self.

What energy centre or chakra is needing your attention? Safety & stability? Creativity & intimacy? Self-esteem, personal power & responsibility? Love & self-love? Effective communication and self-expression? Imagination & intuition? Higher consciousness & divine connection?

What does this reminder for dynamic yet balanced expansion inspire you to schedule this week?

Remember that it doesn’t have to feel like sacrifice and hard work.

Following your bliss is a key factor in allowing your radiance to shine in the world.

May this painting that spoke to your heart help remind you of the dance of Spirit within your very being, calling you to shake, shimmer and dance in ways to let your True Colours shine.

Painting: Glowing & Growing (8″ x 10″) Professional acrylics, channeled energy work, and 7 chakra stones on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
CAD $427 – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 2: Walk On with Spirit

Dear Beloved,

Within the physical manifestation of your individualized divine self is a current of energy, of love that connects you to all those around you and to the whole world.

You may look different than those around you – in colour, shape, size & features…  But you’re also made of the same great stuff.

The flow of spirit that runs through you like sap through a tree extends beyond you. You are part of collective generative sharing.

How does that feel?

Together we stand, rooted on the earth, yet walking the surface of the planet giving and receiving Life Force.

When your heart picked this painting, it invited you to remember how strong, flexible and connected to Spirit you truly are.

Do what you need to do to stay grounded in a good life, protected from negative energy. Then walk on, as a living physical and energetic tribute to All That Is.

Painting: Spirit Walker (11″ x 14″) Professional acrylics, channeled energy work & black obsidian stone on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. CAD $497 – Buy it here.

Love Oracle Message 3: Embrace Your Juicy Journey

Dear Beloved,

With every passing day, you’re growing more and more into who you truly are and were meant to become.

Your beauty and richness doesn’t only represent the rings of years gone by, but all that you have heard, seen, sensed, smelled, tasted and touched over the years.

Embrace life’s juiciness. Let it flow within your veins, your spirit, and your aligned choices.

You are gorgeously layered with the texture and colour of your experiences. Don’t reject any of it. See how it has all contributed to the magnificently unique being that you are today.

One of the  layers of this painting your heart has led you to includes the Peace Prayer of St. Francis. See if reciting it creates a space for inspiration to flow to the surface.

Lord make Me an instrument of Your peace
Where there is hatred let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness joy.
O Divine master grant that I may
Not so much seek to be consoled as to console
To be understood, as to understand.
To be loved. as to love
For it’s in giving that we receive
And it’s in pardoning that we are pardoned
And it’s in dying that we are born…
To eternal life.
Amen…

Painting: Ancient Prayer (12″ x 18″) Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.  CAD $677 – Buy it here. 

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