“Held” – 11″ x 14″ – Prints available. Original SOLD.

Ceremony. Communion. Connection. What a wonderful day in the studio commemorating the 1-year anniversary of my mother’s transitioning back into spirit form.

With several thousand kilometres between us, I couldn’t join my father, sister, and brother at the gravesite in Ottawa. So for 8 hours before their FaceTime call, I focused on being with my mother in the painting studio.

It may sound odd, but I feel closer to her now than I did in her last years with dementia.

As I lived several provinces away, phone & video calls didn’t always seem to register with her. I could feel her recognition, however, when I visited, even if she couldn’t translate her thoughts into words anymore.

Now, I celebrate her freedom from her pained body and mind.

I’m so grateful she chose to let go right before the pandemic – for her Highest Good and the Good of All.

That made it possible for me to spend a month with my father after the funeral, before travel restrictions. More importantly, he didn’t have to suffer not being able to visit her at the long-term care residence when they locked down.

Maman, you were always a great planner! Thanks for your gift of Divine Timing.

And thanks for this painting we co-created together on the anniversary of your passing from this world back to your Home beside God, where I know you continue to hold us, support us, love us, and connect with us in various ways.

I may no longer be able to hug you as I so loved to do. But I felt held on February 3rd, with my head close to your celestial heart, wrapped in your arms and your wings.

Shine on, blessed mother, in your eternally radiant Spirit Self. Your Light continues to guide me in mine.

“Held” (11″ x 14″) – SOLD
Prints available here in your choice of size & medium.

P.S. Click here for the story of the painting “In Passing” created in the days before my mother’s transition.

“Coeur de Fleur” (9″ x 12″) … before my mistake –

Making a mistake in love, life, and intuitive painting isn’t the end of the world. It’s part of learning, part of growing … if we choose to.

Also, if there’s one thing I’ve learned in my decades in the studio, it’s that letting go of what you think things should be gives space for accepting what is, on the way to what could be. It’s all part of the beauty of non-attachment.

So did I ruin “Coeur de Fleur” after revealing it on Facebook and rejoicing at my friend Kim McPherson’s name suggestion?

Maybe. Maybe not.

I’m still waiting to hear from Posca, the company that produces the paint markers that didn’t react well to the varnish.

The black got reactivated and bled all over the other colours. My whites are gone and my previously vibrant blossoming heart has turned dull.

I’m also waiting to hear from Golden Paints, to see if I can paint again on top of their varnish.

At least I got this picture to show you. But that’s not all I got.

I know this is an important part of the learning & loving process. Mistakes are part of the journey.

I was strangely not disappointed. Surprised for sure, but immediately aware there was nothing I could do just yet.

Getting angry or blaming Posca would only harm me. Plus, that would likely stop me from seeing the truth – my “mistakes” and what I’m meant to learn from them.

I’m so aware that there was deeper meaning happening here.

This “mistake” had me reflecting for hours about the journey of unconditional love.

I have learned so much about myself & life in the studio.

The intuitive painting process offers sacred space to play, explore, express, and open to intuitive guidance.

It’s an exercise in trust, discovery, and meaning making – one layer at a time.

But learning to truly love unconditionally isn’t something you can do in isolation. It’s an opportunity that arises through our interactions with other people.

And let’s face it. There’s less opportunity for that now with COVID-19. I’ve found myself retreating more and more to my happy hermit mode.

So I’m now determined to meet new people and interact more with human beings – even if it’s online. You don’t have to be isolated, even in COVID-19 times.

Learning about, and better yet, learning to love unconditionally is my lifelong mission. You’ve already heard me say that my life purpose is to explore & express my love of beauty and the beauty of love…

As an oversensitive child, I was bewildered by the lack of real love in the world.

I ended up distancing myself from people to protect myself, preferring the company of my Team of Divine Helpers… and dogs.

I’m grateful for my journey so far with family, romantic relationships, classmates, friendships, colleagues, clients, and everyone I meet.

I’m also ready for my heart to continue blossoming into a much more fruitful garden. And like with any garden, it takes a conscious decision to do so.  Planting new seeds, taking out the weeds, fertilizing the soil – all part of the inner and outer work.

It’s worth it though!

My time in the studio last week was a reflection of my blossoming heart, with all its seasons, dreams, and manifestations.

This painting started with a desire to play with the dozens of layers of paint involved in the armature of the rectangle. I’d so enjoyed the sacred geometry process on my paintings “New Beginnings” and “Age of Aquarius” (both 15″ x 30″ or 1:2 ratio), that I wanted to try it on this smaller 9″ x 12″ (3:4 ratio) canvas.

I wasn’t only painting, however. I was reflecting on my intensive week of study & practice in unconditional love. A few hard truths had come to the surface to be looked at before they were released.

Once the armature was done, I received a vision of an anatomical heart within a glowing heart symbol.

So I drew a human heart on thick card stock and cut it out to make a stencil.

But then I “accidentally” placed the stencil facing down and proceeded to dab the white undercoat.

Oops.  Oh well. That led to a while of reflecting why it was meant for the painting to be a mirror image of the heart I’d intended.

Everything has meaning in the intuitive painting process.

I felt like the painting was asking me what I wanted to see looking at my heart in the mirror.

That’s when I saw an abundant flower garden growing out of it.

This led to hours and hours of playing with my new Posca paint markers, tending to the garden of my heart with joy.

The garden grew so much that you couldn’t quite tell it was a heart anymore.

When I remarked as much to my house-sister, she suggested I paint it red instead of white.

It took a loving moment of connection with another human being to add colour, add life to it. Ah…… good one, wise one!

The next day, I continued to cultivate my heart, adding to the bouquet. It felt quite chaotic, quite busy on that background. Learning to love can get messy, I understood.

And so it grew.

As I was brushing my teeth, I saw something that needed a touch up. 1 1/2 hours later, still with my toothbrush in my mouth, I was done.

I had a lot of other projects waiting for my attention, so I was happy it was finished.

I didn’t have any isolation coat mixture prepared, so I decided to skip that step and go straight to varnish.

A voice in me said, “Are you sure?”

And I did it anyway. Oops.

I’m not sure if the blacks would have bled with the equally wet isolation coat (meant to give art restorers a chance to safely remove the varnish in 100 years without affecting the painting).

All I know is that now I can’t sell this painting. (Note: photo above before this “accident” happened.)

That’s OK.

It obviously still has a lot to teach me. About painting. About life. About learning to love unconditionally.

You just can’t rush the process.

And if you learn from your mistakes, there’s no failure. There’s only choice.  

So keep on growing, keep on blossoming, keep on making mistakes, and keep on learning from them – loving yourself and others in the process.

I know I will.

Stay tuned… there may be a part 2 to this painting’s story. And then again, maybe not.

SEE PART 2 blog post here. Original Painting Sold.

“New Beginnings” – Original SOLD. Prints available here.

Welcome to 2021!

May the gifts that blossomed from the challenges of 2020
Continue to bloom under the warmth of your care & compassion
For yourself & others.

This is a new year, a new beginning,
An opening to limitless potential
If you create the spaces
In your heart & paradigms
To let it in.

For change is happening from the inside out.
What you envision, you create
Believe in yourself
Trust in the Universe
Be the conscious creator
You were always meant to be.

This is the time to tune in
To your intuition, your inner guidance system
Follow your star
Take inspired action
And witness your glow
Radiate out into the world
Shining a bright light
On the Path ahead.

“New Beginnings” (15″ x 30″) is another painting inspired by the energies of the Great Conjunction on Winter Solstice as we entered the Age of Aquarius.

So many layers of pastel iridescence and the armature of the rectangle are at the foundation of the mega star.

This is the time for us to shine and to rely on our inner Light to guide us individually and collectively in community thanks to the energies of the Divine Feminine in each of us and on the planet.

Prints available in your choice of size & medium – order here.

2020 was a strange year to say the least. The cultural sector was especially hard hit financially.

Many artists, however, did what they do best – create & share to entertain and inspire their communities, often for free.

I pivoted most of my creative energies to making inspirational nature videos, keeping my own spirits high as art sales came to a near stop.

Spending more time outdoors and bringing the beauty of Newfoundland to those in need of  its energy became a very fulfilling way to contribute in challenging times.

You can imagine, therefore, how grateful I was – over and over again, when one of my collectors, Judy Squires-Gleason, a Newfoundlander living in New York State, became my biggest patron of 2020. 

She added 5 new paintings to her growing collection in the last 5 months of the year, including “New Beginnings” before it was even varnished. I also have Facebook to thank for that!

Her growing collection now features 9 of my paintings, including 2 from my Re-Connecting Collection.

When I asked her what attracted her to my work, she shared her story:

“Yes, I totally agree with Dominique about 2020 being a very strange year! A very strange one indeed.

With all of the changes that 2020 brought to many of us, I was no exception.

I, like many, am on my journey, on my spiritual path, being of service & the like.

In 2020, I had three trips scheduled… all of which had & still have significant meaning to me for different purposes, different reasons, different callings.

As you know, the world stopped travelling; it came to a halt, leaving most of us scratching our heads in profound confusion, a lot of anger, some delirium on something so strange & practically unheard of.

So – I needed to adjust- but I didn’t want to adjust to not being able to travel.

It wasn’t an overnight aha moment or a planned thing to purchase Dominique’s artwork, but it was a calling that I listened to,  just like traveling to a distant land. The pieces that I purchased all resonated to & for me for the time & place that I found myself in 2020 on my journey.

I had “travel funds” set aside for the year- I have come to see that these funds travelled via a different means, to a different land, for a different outcome -than ones that I had “planned”, but there is no Judy plan, yet there is a universal plan. I trusted this.

“Our Lady of Light” brought me to the land of Portugal & Fatima -two friends & I had a Portugal trip scheduled for April 2020, which had to be set on hold for now, Instead -The Lady came to me through Dominique’s work.

“Visionary” – that is me- I always have a vision, I manifest well & teach manifesting classes, it comes easily & gratefully to me. I have learned to trust myself, my guides & my intuition and for me -my visions come to reality.  “Visionary” also showed up when the world was spun on its axis last spring, when my visions for the year needed to be reformulated.

“Follow Your Bliss” showed itself to me as the tree -but within this tree so many soul connections from 2020 & before. Each bud unique. Each offering its own uniqueness. Each permitted to follow their bliss even in times of great chaos, when strength & courage was needed. The limbs may have bent, but never broken.

“Starseed: Fulfill Your Destiny” -this one happened FAST- as I was & am usually in a place of open mindedness- discussing all topics of interest, it’s a regular occurrence in my day… This one hit home fast -first representing my three grown daughters, & for me knowing that we are all connected on many levels & we all come from different places. Not only on a geographical level. I am a Star seed.

“Communing with Community” – ah yes, this beauty!! I saw this one many times, it kept calling my name, I pushed her aside, saying no, that’s enough, no more 😊 but she kept calling & I would revisit Dominique’s website time & again, knowing she was still there, but hoping she wasn’t, but also hoping she was. As I knew I would answer the call. There are many reasons that are unfolding for me as to why this piece is with me-too many to mention & they are not all clear as of yet-but two that stand out is the planet -my love for travel, the planet itself, 2020, the changes & the challenges. The window, bringing me back to a few trips in the past few years that I hold dear to my heart with two of my three daughters, friends & a very special niece. This piece brings me back time & again to our journeys together, the cathedrals we visited & the bonds that we have.

and finally…

“New Beginnings” spoke to me through the means of sacred geometry, in which I am deeply connected. As well, the week before this piece was shown – I was working with Archangel Gabriel -which to me is all about new beginnings… It all made sense : The light & bringing back the light on SO many levels is huge right now & moving forward -all lights shining for the betterment of all.

I have come to learn that I am in a place of trust. This doesn’t always make it easy in making a purchase as some pieces I would most definitely call an investment…yet the investment in this instance is the investment in my self- growth & investing in my spiritual path.

This in turn, as Dominique has shared, has helped her move forward with her art & her path- we cannot lose art, we cannot lose artists, we simply cannot allow that to happen. Trust your calling.

Dominique thank-you for all that you do and for trusting your guidance as through your trust & intuition, especially in 2020, I WAS able to travel to the places I thought I would be seeing geographically. I was still able to ‘go there” just in different beautiful ways.

My husband & I are currently under renovations here in our home in upstate NY, so all of my beautiful pieces are hanging safely in a downstairs room, I visit them very regularly, I talk with them, I thank them, I meditate with them, I allow a few select friends to be introduced to them, I touch them, and I am transported once again. I travel.

I am truly honored, very blessed & sincerely grateful to have these pieces that are “experiences” in our home. Truly honored.

Thank-you.

Namaste

Judy Squires-Gleason
Hippies, Witches & Gypsies

Whether it’s a local musician, your favourite visual artist or crafts person, an author you enjoy, a performing theatre group, or other – please remember to show your support for the arts in 2021. 

If you’re in the flow of financial energy, consider directing some of it that way through purchases & donations. Trust me, it’ll keep the energy flowing!

If you’re not spending on the cultural industry these days, there are so many other ways to support it. Share posts, tell your friends about them, reach out and show your appreciation, share event / business opportunities, etc.

The world needs the arts. Artists need their art and rely on patrons to keep creating & sharing. Me included.

Thank you Judy and to all those who showed their support in many different ways in 2020 and all the years before that.

I’m envisioning an abundant healthy joyous year for us all in 2021. May we co-create it together.

P.S. If you’re moved to give a good home to one of my paintings, see all my originals in my shop here.

“Truth On Fire” (18″ x 36″) – SOLD

Truth On Fire

Release me, Archangel Michael
From any shackles of falsehood
Cut way the cords of suffering & despair
Consume in your truth fire
My limiting beliefs and outdated habits
Burn away the illusions and delusions
That keep me from my Self.
Cleanse me from the soot of negativity
That I may be revealed naked
Basking in your glow
On fire for the Truth.

I’ll be reciting this prayer on the 21st for Winter Solstice, acknowledging the shortest day of the year and opening to the increasing Light in our lives with the returning sun.

It’s a time of rest, reflection & release. A great time to let go of what no longer serves us to reconnect to the Truth that lives at our core, under all that accumulated baggage.

This is not about changing or negating our darkness, our shadows. It’s about integrating them with love as we release that caked-up layer of soot that blinds us from our own radiance, our own Light as a reflection of Source.

Archangel Michael is a great one to call on to help you with this process. Focus in your mind’s eye on his sword and blue fiery energy as you invite him in and recite the prayer out loud.

May this painting & prayer nourish your transformational journey.

Happy Solstice!

“Truth On Fire” (18″ x 36″) – $2,267