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In the Vortex – the painting

Have you heard of Abraham Hicks? Esther Hicks is a channel for the group entity called Abraham – an amazing source of wisdom and love that has inspired me for decades.

One of my favourite things to do while painting in the studio is to listen to Abraham workshops on YouTube.

If you’re familiar with Abraham’s teachings, you’ll have often heard them refer to being “in the Vortex”.

Being in the Vortex means being in a state of flow with your Highest Good.

This is a powerful creative space where all you have been looking for is already assembled for you – relationships, objects, experiences, etc.

When you feel good (enthusiastic, inspired, passionate, joyful, and appreciative), you’re in alignment with your Higher Self, with Source energy. That’s when you know you’re in the Vortex. And it’s from this space that the Law of Attraction works to your advantage.

Being out of the vortex is when your feeling state blocks you from accessing what is already there waiting for you.

Your emotional guidance system is what helps you become aware of whether you’re on your way towards the Vortex or moving away from it.

As Abraham says: “It is our desire that you experience an enhanced appreciation of your planet; your body; your family; your friends; your enemies; your government; your systems; your food; your finances; your animals; your work and your play; your purpose; your Source; your Soul; your past, your future, and your present….”

The painting “In the Vortex” is a visual reminder and anchor to help you access this higher state of vibration that opens you up to all that is awaiting you when you’re in that emotional state to receive.

Can you see the pale iridescent blue silhouette of the woman rising in front of her? That’s a visual invitation to raise your vibration using whatever techniques & tools you like to use – even if it’s simply remembering that you’re an individualized expression of the Divine. Elevate your mindset and your heart and everything else will follow.

The smooth polished stone (I believe to be an agate) in the shape of an oval with a thumb-sized indentation is what’s called a “worry stone”. It’s usually used to rub for relaxation or anxiety relief. Here, it’s an energetic tool to once again remind you of what’s possible when you let go of worry and other feelings lower on the emotional guidance scale.

May you live in your vortex more and more often until that’s the only place you choose to be.

Title: In the Vortex
Year: © 2021
Size: 11″ x 14″ (28cm x 35.6cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics, agate? stone & channeled energy work, on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD
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Get into the Vortex with Abraham

To hear Abraham explain the Vortex, listen here.
If you’d like help accessing the Vortex, listen to Abraham here.

 

 

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Two Paintings From the Sea

An art fair in mid-July (my first since the start of COVID-19) inspired me to take a break from videography to play in the studio for a week. And what a playful week it was!

Here are two ocean-related paintings that emerged from this playful paint session.

  1. Horsing Around (12″ x 12″) – SOLD

The painting “Horsing Around” is an invitation to let your silly out.

Play, laugh, be noisy! Let your colours loose on the world.

Stop taking life so seriously. I know I often need that reminder myself!

It’s OK to act frivolously or idly.

Why not goof off once in a while?

By reconnecting to that part of your inner child, you’ll rediscover a kaleidoscope of facets of yourself you may have forgotten was still a part of you, albeit hidden under the weight of should, woulds, and coulds.

So have fun horsing around!

Title: Horsing Around
Year: © 2021
Size: 12″ x 12″ (30.5cm x 30.5cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
SOLD
2. Deep Dive (11″ x 14″) – $497

When you take a Deep Dive into self-examination, self-understanding and self-knowledge, you’re bound to immerse yourself in the ancient wisdom of which whales are often seen as the symbolic keepers.

The spirals of this humpback whale’s breath and the 3 spiral footprints carved out of the glass beads represent evolution, holistic growth, release, awareness of oneself within the context of the whole, and connection with divine energies.

As the glass beads refract and reflect the light, bringing the painting to life, “Deep Dive” reminds you to shine your inner light, your True Self onto yourself and the world.

Title: Deep Dive
Year: © 2021
Size: 11″ x 14″ (28cm x 35.6cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics, glass beads on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art or contact me
Price: CAD NFS (chosen as the prize for the Community Spirit Treasure Hunt)
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It Takes a Community

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase  “It takes a community”? How about:

  • to raise a child
  • to build a successful business
  • to eradicate hate
  • to keep a city clean
  • to feed the hungry
  • to survive a record-breaking snowstorm

The list goes on…

I may be a bit of a loner who doesn’t have children of my own, but I’m very well aware of the benefits and need for a strong, supportive, inclusive, loving community.

Whether online or in person, being a part of such a community is a life-line.

I’m sure you can come up with many examples in your own life – either gratitude for being a part of such a blessing or feeling the need for one.

The Inspiration for the painting It Takes a Community

I have my Saskatchewan friend Malika Sellami to thank for the inspiration for this painting.

She’s not only a folk world bilingual musician, kirtan leader, educational music entertainer, French tutor, and passive income consultant, she’s a single homeschool mama.

A little over a month ago, she posted a video on her Facebook wall expressing her challenges as a single homeschooling mother and her disillusionment with a “tight-knit community” she had helped build.

My heart reached out to her as I witnessed her tears and her courage to speak her truth.

This loving  friend was being real – being authentic about her need to feel loved, supported and respected.

My heart reached out to her.

“Whisper” – 11″x 14″ – $497

A few days later, I was still feeling her post.

Something in it or in her reached me in a way that I couldn’t necessarily explain in words.

So I did it in paint.

First was born the painting “Whisper” (11” x 14” – $497), the mother & child half of a heart with the second half being the invisible yet ever-present Team of Divine Helpers (see post here).

Then came “It Takes a Community” (20” x 20” – photo at the top of the post – SOLD).

In this one, I completed the heart with another adult & 2 children.

Love is the Key

Whether you see these groupings as nuclear, joint, blended, same-sex parented or extended families, community groups of single parents, foster families, interest groups, etc. – the painting represents love being the key to flourishing as a vibrant healthy happy human community.

So love to you, Malika and to all who are open to both giving and receiving more love, support & respect – no matter who, what, where or why you are…

My heart reaches out to you all! ❤

May we be blessed with loving communities – helping shape them and opening to their shaping us.

Creating these paintings in a state of prayer, energy-work, and appreciation was how I was moved to respond to Malika’s call.

Whenever, however, and to whomever you feel called to lovingly respond in your unique way, I wish you the intuition-into-action courage to follow through. 

The world needs you! Your communities need you.

Title: It Takes a Community
Year: © 2021
Size: 20″ x 20″ (50.8cm x 50.8cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD
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Earth Sea & Sky

“Earth Sea & Sky” (15″ x 30″) – CAD $1377 (buy it here)

What did you do this year for Earth Day (April 22)?

Interestingly, I was more excited about Earth Day this year than any other commemorative day or holiday in a long time.

As soon as Earth Week started, I couldn’t resist the inner urge to honour Gaia through this painting, “Earth Sea & Sky”.

I even had to put aside a vision I had for the painting I’ll introduce next week so that this baby could be born. It wasn’t going to wait.

For days, I blissfully connected to earth, sea, sky and planet Earth’s creatures (us humans included) from within my basement studio.

My spirit rejoiced during long hours of creative expression in gratitude for the sustenance Mother Earth has provided me in body, mind and spirit.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve needed her more than ever during COVID-19 times to keep me healthy on all levels.

What about you? Are you spending enough time outdoors? 

Whether you’re an active hiker, skier or kayaker, enjoy sitting on a chair reading with your bare feet in the grass, or like putting your hands in the earth while you garden – connecting to our planet’s natural beauty and fresh air is good for you!

You can also connect to the energy of our natural world in meditation, visualization, art, nature videos, etc.

I finished the painting “Earth Sea & Sky” on April 21, leaving me satisfied and free to spend Earth Day outdoors.

I started with a very early morning on my own on Signal Hill in St. John’s to watch the sunrise (our first here in NL in a long time), followed by a 4-hour photo stroll along the newly extended Manuels River Trail in Conception Bay South.

Then, for 6 hours, I relived the experience while creating these videos to share with you.

Enjoy – the painting, the videos and your time connecting to Gaia in your very own way. May every day be Earth Day!

Earth Day Sunrise Video (1:51)

Manuels River Promenade Video (9:38)

The Painting – Earth Sea & Sky

Title: Earth Sea & Sky
Year: © 2021
Size: 15 “ x 30“ (38.1 cm x 76.2 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics, mica, rose quartz & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required. 
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: $1377 CAD

 

 

 

 

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A Mother’s Whisper – painting & collaborative poem

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Mother Mary Finds a Home

“Healing the Transitional Flow Through Humanity” – 12″ x 24″

Each painting has a vibration that resonates with specific people, inviting them to raise their vibration to the next level.

There’s so much joy when a painting finds its home – whether it’s given, received, purchased outright or by payment plan.

I believe that the art that’s created through me is meant for someone specific.

Sometimes, it takes years for that person to find the painting or to say “yes” to that inner calling. Sometimes, it happens as soon as I post a photo on Facebook. And then, there are times when it happens even before the painting is finished, like in this story.

May I introduce you to the painting “Healing the Transitional Flow Through Humanity“, named by Lesley Rumsey who chose to invest in bringing its energy home.

It was definitely Lesley’s time to have some of my art in her environment to nourish her transformational journey. If you read last week’s post, you’ll know that a 2nd painting of this collection was gifted to her on the same week.

Talk about the Law of Attraction!

Where your attention goes, energy flows.

Keep reading below for the story in her words.

In Her Words

” I’ve received intuitive guidance that I’m just at the beginning of a brand new chapter of my life – one that will last for the next 20 years. Mary is here to help.

Mary, for me, is all about grace, dignity, understanding, and loyalty. She’s an aspect of me that comes across when I’m being Me. She’s part of the foundation of my soul. Her energy in this painting is the spiritual energy of me. I resonate to Mary like so many people who resonate with her.

We resonate to a vibration first – the same as when we resonate to the vibration of friends or family. I resonated with this painting, feeling her as “home”.

In this painting, Mary is inviting me to contemplation. The ravens are my ancestors coming to tell me I’m to hold strong and stand in my faith in my Guides. This is my time for Me, so that I can better serve others.

When someone on Facebook commented that 3 crows symbolized healing, that made so much sense to me.

When my sister brought me to my first meditation back in 2010, I had a profound intuitive experience – the initiation into healing. For 5 years after that, it was all about me opening to me. “What is this? What is life? What is the Universe? What is me?”

Mary has come through during my channeling, especially when I’m opening more for me, healing more, finding grace for myself at times of healing.

In 2015, I grew more confident in my intuitive skills. I had more of the wanting to be of service. It took time to figure out how what came through could be good for someone else.

(It was during this time that I, Dominique, received a reading from Lesley, during which Mary came through for me. Full circle!)

I’m now opening to being of even greater service. I’ve asked my Guides for help and they’re answering. Instead of being dragged out, I want my intuition to be quicker, so I can help more. That’s when I really started channeling. Before then, it was more through imagery, clairvoyancy.

When I spotted the background of this painting in progress on Dominique’s Facebook, it screamed out “soul”, “healing”, “grace”. When I saw Mary’s side profile a week later, it was literally a feeling of that moment of soul, grace & healing.

Dominique had mentioned she’d received a vision of Mary meant for this painting. Even before that, though, this painting felt like home. The colours of the background felt like being in a womb, nourished by the nutrients of the placenta.

Now that she’s in my home, I’ve joined Mary in the contemplation. We’re doing it together.

There’s a reason I’m still following Dominique on social media.

Her art is about feeling, not logic. Anything she puts out there as the intuitive visionary artist she is, is extrasensory -be it the oracle cards I purchased years ago or her paintings.

Even if a particular painting isn’t meant for me, I can totally understand why it would resonate with someone. I look at and appreciate everything she creates.

Her work has a whole different energy to it altogether. When she creates in that energy flow, it keeps on going through and beyond time. Dominique creates on a different vibration than most art out there.

Not surprisingly, my 8-year old daughter picked up on that energy before she even saw the painting live. She uncharacteristically  asked to see a picture before I picked it up and said “Mommy, this is absolutely beautiful!” My child picks up on vibration, on beauty.

She and my sister Kara had to see it live before the official unveiling at my family reunion. Our friend Meagan who was there was in awe seeing Dominique’s art for the first time, especially since 2 other pieces of that collection were all there on the table.

The energy has a definite ripple effect.

I had picked this painting before it was even finished because it felt good to me online. I’d already tapped into its unique energy thumbprint. I felt the energy through the screen. So now that it’s at home, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the energy is still flowing through it, resonating with my very soul.” ~ Lesley Rumsey

Title: Healing the Transitional Flow Through Humanity
Year: © 2021
Size: 12″ x24 ″ (30.5 cm x 61 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas.
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD

Art for your Heart & Soul

It touches my heart & soul to hear how people relate to what I’ve been guided to co-create with Spirit. Thank you Lesley for that sharing.
I now invite you, dear reader,  to nourish your heart & soul with my art here and on social media. When you’re ready to invest in bringing one of my pieces home, browse my online store and FEEL your way through it.
Trust your Self in your selection – be it for yourself or as a gift. This painting here would make a great Mother’s Day gift.
We are all channels of the divine when we answer those intuitive calls – co-creating through our flow.
Contact me if you’d like to discuss a payment plan. If a piece was created through me for you, we’ll find a way.
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The Making & Gifting of “Wolf Moon”

It’s rare that I get a vision for a completed painting before I start – it usual evolves intuitively one inspired layer at a time.

But as soon as I finished “Spirit of saint Patrick“, “Wolf Moon” appeared in my mind’s eye.

My joy at rediscovering the fun of working with Golden’s Clear Tar Gel definitely had something to do with it. I used it here for the edge designs and for the moon, which took overnight to dry clear. Notice how the coloured swirls in the moon itself seem to emanate from the wolf’s call.

Clear Tar Gel was developed by Golden Paints for the Pollock Movie (2000) to imitate the string like quality that Jackson Pollock achieved with enamel house paint.

My techniques seen in “The Making of Wolf Moon” video above (3:44-minutes) are much less wild than his … but just as fun for me!

I’m thrilled I listened to the call to bring this howling full moon wolf to light. It was purchased as a gift minutes after I posted this video on Facebook – bringing joy to at least 3: the artist, gift-giver & receiver! May watching it evolve be a blessing in your day too.

What is calling you this Spring? Make the call. Answer the call….

If you truly enjoy working with a medium, spending time with a particular person, doing a hobby or learning a new skill – make sure to schedule it in your week. It’s those moments of joy that raise our vibration and do so much good on so many levels.

Embrace the mystery as life unfolds before you, one inspired Spirit Call at a time.

The Gifting of Wolf Moon

I was thrilled and surprised when my patron Judy (read her story here) messaged me on Facebook soon after I posted a photo of this painting to say she wanted to buy it as a gift.

She didn’t tell me who it was for, and I didn’t ask.

Her last purchase from the same collection had been a gift for her daughter Janelle.

Although Judy was on the island, a series of events led to her niece Lesley coming to pick it up weeks later, at the same time as her own purchase. I’ll introduce you to that one in next week’s blog post.

Lesley kindly agreed to share her story here, knowing it may add to this painting’s inspirational experience for you.

“When Judy messaged she was picking up something from you and offered to pick up my painting at the same time, I got an intuitive hit:  “There’s something there for you”.
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Then plans changed, and I ended up coming to pick them up. When I was holding both bags, something resonated from the smaller one. Something told me it was for me. 
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We went to Janelle’s the next night- she brought hers up from downstairs. I unwrapped mine. And then, Judy unwrapped “Wolf Moon” . When she took it out and I saw it, my body started vibrating. Before she even started coming to me, I started sobbing and backing away.
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There was such resonance – I knew the vibration of it, of Judy. I knew on one level what was happening, but my body didn’t want to receive it. There’s an attitude to gratitude. I was scared of receiving. 
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Now, I know that was about 2 things. First came the physical form of letting myself receive a gift. That’s was my human self resisting. Second,  was the underlying energy of me coming back to my own Source. The wolf was part of my very first intuitive experience in meditation back in 2010.
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Our foundation guides / totem animals are always there, but they come back to us as different times when needed.  For “Wolf Moon” to be given to me by my aunt Judy, who is very much in touch with the soul level, was a reminder to me to come back to Source.
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I knew what she was doing. I had to let myself receive. Wolf is my soul. It’s my spirit guide. It was back for a reason.”
Lesley Rumsey – the Happy Medium

 

Wolf Moon

Title: Wolf Moon

Year: © 2021
Size: ″12 x 12″ (30.5 cm x 30.5 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work, on gallery-wrapped canvas.
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD
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Sheila’s Brush – A Newfoundland Weather Tutorial

blue painting of tree

“Sheila’s Brush” (12″ x 12″) – SOLD

I live in St. John’s, a city where the last snowfall often happens in May, although it’s been known to come in June too.

This year has been unusually mild, and we didn’t receive nearly as much of the white stuff as during last year’s Snowmageddon, when the army had to come dig us out.

But we did have a surprise snowstorm soon after St. Patrick’s day in March, a weather event folks around here call Sheila’s Brush.

You can see why an island like Newfoundland, which is known for its rich & charming dialect, would have a ton of weather-related expressions. It even has its own dictionary!

As a Come From Away (CFA), having moved here in 2011, I’m still delighted, surprised, and sometimes confused by what I hear.

Just the other day, a friend commented on the foggy harbour photos I posted on Facebook with “Lovely. Tell your mother”.

Confused, I responded: “I’m not sure what you mean?”. This friend knew my mother had transitioned a little over a year ago. And anyway, why would I tell my mother about fog in the harbour?

Another friend responded: “Newfies say that about everything, lol. Some of us were brought up or raised up to tell your mudder everything.”

I smiled, having learned one more local turn of phrase.

(By the way, “Newfie”, an old term of endearment, is now usually perceived as offensive if spoken by outsiders).

I Love Newfoundland Weather

I’ve had friends move away from the island because of the weather. With its fog, snow, wind and rain records, it’s not a place for those who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

But it’s one of the reasons I love it here. I can’t tolerate extreme heat. I think the weather rocks! It’s not too hot or too cold. It has an average summer temperature of 16°C (61°F), while the winter hovers around 0°C (32°F).

Since I don’t do well in extreme heat, that’s a perfect summer in my books! And there’s usually enough snow to snowshoe in the winter, so that’s great too.

It saddened me to read / hear complaints about Sheila’s Brush a month ago.

Why? Because it seems such a waste of energy to gripe about something that’s out of our control, like the weather. Doesn’t it feel so much better to embrace it?

A shift of perception can transform your whole experience. Weather is a great place to start practicing that.

Weather – the Great Teacher for Worry-Warts

I used to be a worry-wart, a control freak. I can easily get anxious, which is why I practice all I do and share it here with you. I can only teach what I myself have learned.

And I’ve learned that worry only happens when I shift out of alignment with Source – when I lose my faith, my trust. It comes from our human selves, not our Spirit selves.

Worry comes from a desire to be in control. We either want to control our environment or the outcome of situations. That anxiety then leads to micromanaging, blaming, and complaining. Basically, it’s a choice for unhappiness.

Face it, there’s lots more out there we can worry about. But worry drains us of the energy to be and do well in this world.

I love Mark Twain’s quote:

‘I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.’

The key is knowing what is in your control and what isn’t. Then comes the choice to shift your perception, attitude and behaviour to make the best of a situation.

The weather has taught me that.

I can complain all I want about snow in late March or delight in a sprinkling of white as late as June – the photographic opportunities would be amazing!

The real question is:  “Is this a problem I can solve? Or do I need to change how I feel about the perceived problem?”

Sheila’s Brush 2021:

When Sheila’s Brush hit, I was in the midst of a creative flow in the studio. I delighted in taking breaks in the backyard, photographing the crocus flowers piercing through the snow – which in turn led to the painting “Awakening“.

When the crocus disappeared under a blanket of white, I was glad to get an extra snowshoe in – likely the last of the season.

As I write this, we’re starting week 2 of heavy wind and rainfall warnings. I took a few very wet walks in great rain gear, but am choosing to do more dancing at home instead.

Weather is definitely a great teacher of radical acceptance and letting go of control. It simply is.

What else might you be worrying or complaining about that’s out of your control? What’s in your control to be or do that can help you regain your balance?

The Painting – Looking for a Good Home

May this painting created during this year’s Sheila’s Brush be a reminder of the freedom that comes from letting go of a need for control, complaining, and worrying.

May it be a visual anchor for your power to choose happiness through radical acceptance and inspired action.

When you look at it from different angles, you’ll see subtle iridescent colours appear behind the branches. You have to look to spot them though.

Title: Sheila’s Brush
Year: © 2021
Size: 12″ x 12″ (30.5cm x30.5 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD

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Awakening – A Crocus Lover’s Delight

Enjoy this celebration of the crocus and all its symbolism through my new painting “Awakening”  &  photography.

What Does the Crocus Mean?

As one of the first flowers to poke its head through the snow in the spring, the crocus is a messenger of hope, new life, new beginnings.

It also reminds me of Easter because of its timing – a Christian celebration of resurrection with much of the same symbolism.

And even if the crocus gets buried again and again by those spring flurries and storms, it emerges triumphant  to open its lightbulb shaped bloom into a radiant cup – open and ready to receive the light no matter what.

Symbol rebirth and often the first splash of colour after a long winter, this beauty has added layers of meaning according to its colour:

  • purple crocus: success, dignity
  • white crocus: innocence, purity, truth
  • yellow crocus: joy, good cheer

May the crocus flowers in this video be a reminder that it’s OK to stand out, tall and proud in all your colours.

And may they spread their cheer in your heart no matter your inner weather today.

crocus painting

“Awakening” (12″ x 12″)

Title: Awakening
Year: © 2021
Size: 12″ x 12″ (30.5cm x30.5 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work, mica (love & compassion) & labradorite (healing, Archangel Raphael, awakening intuition) on gallery-wrapped canvas with painted edges. No framing required.
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD
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The “Freedom Dancer” Surprise

painting of woman dancing with scarves

“Freedom Dancer” (12″ x 24″) – Sold

Want a feel-good story? Read on!

Amazing things happen when you follow the intuitive flow. Here’s a story of Universal orchestration involving 5 people on 3 continents and my new painting “Freedom Dancer”.

It all started when I dove into the intuitive painting process, not knowing what would evolve on this 12″ x 24″ canvas.

My friend Elaine Marie Dunphy, a name synonymous with “joy” and “dance”, kept cropping up in my heart & mind  – maybe even before the painting started.

I hadn’t connected with her in months, although always enjoyed her Nia Dance & chicken adventure posts on Facebook.

After multiple layers on canvas and visions of her in my mind’s eye, I finally followed through and sent her a message to see if everything was OK, letting her know she was very present with me in the studio.

When it came time to paint a main subject within the archway, I wasn’t surprised to feel a dancer come to light and to life.

Of course, I kept Elaine in the loop as the painting progressed, as well as all my Facebook Friends.

Sidebar – Being a Freedom Dancer!

Dance has been big in my life for as long as I remember.  There’s such freedom, such release, such joy in moving your body to music.

Apart from being scolded for performing a choreographed dance show to “These Boots are Made for Walking” for a boy in my bedroom at the age of 8, dance has always opened me to the pleasure of self-expression.

Being carried away by the rhythm in clubs as a young adult was thrilling. As the designated driver, I easily got drunk on music.

Later, I discovered the pure exhilaration of organized dance gatherings like Dancekinetics, Chakra Dance, Sacred Movement, Yoga Dance, and a bunch more in the various places I lived.

Here in Newfoundland, I met Elaine who introduced me to Nia, whose philosophy “is about connecting with your body, mind, spirit and emotions and giving yourself time to dance them all!”

The Quote

Was it any wonder, then, that I was moved to reach out to Elaine to write a quote about the benefits of dance to go with the blog post I was planning for “Freedom Dancer”.

She came back with this:

Finding joy through movement is the biggest gift I can give to my body, mind, spirit and emotions.
Become a sensation scientist. Shine the beautiful light that is uniquely you. The world needs more of that! Move your body your way and dance through life. Become a Freedom Dancer, like the one in this beautiful painting by Dominique. ~

Elaine Marie Dunphy – Nia on the Rock

As the blog post wouldn’t appear for a few weeks, I decided to include the quote on Facebook. I tagged Elaine, which automatically shared the images on her timeline.

A Message from Qatar

In comes a message from her brother Bill in Qatar.

Hi Dominique. We haven’t met but I’m Elaine’s younger sibling Bill…or Billy to her 🥰. So I’m teetering on the idea of surprising her with your gorgeous new Freedom Dancer painting. I was flying her to Portugal for her 50th birthday present from me and the summer of 2019 when it was supposed to happen wasn’t meant to be and didn’t pan out…so we then planned for 2020 and well yeah…obviously that was a write off. So bottom line is I haven’t celebrated her 1/2 century gift wise and this seems like a much more tangible and beautiful way to mark that bright light and colorful soul that is my full-of-joy sister. …I wanted to reach out and introduce myself to you before someone else scoops up HER painting…well of course your painting that has her name all over it…it is destined to be Elaine’s to enjoy and be reminded of her connection to you, her beautiful words she wrote about it, her connection to me and I think most importantly the connection she makes with all that cross her path as she introduces them to dance full of color and freedom and a release that I see so vividly in your expression in Freedom Dancer.

He just needed to double check with his wife in Portugal, yet another time zone.

A handful of messages later, the deal was done!

The Freedom Dancer Surprise- As Told By Elaine

It was a beautiful sunny day here, and I was out for a drive. My brother messaged me, so I pulled over to read it. It said:
Are you home? If not, when you get home, can we connect for a quick Zoom call?

Since I was parked on the side of the road reading this message, I thought – well, if it will only take a second, let’s Zoom right now. He said no, I need you to do it when you get home.

I spend a LOT of time online teaching, on Zoom, so the last thing I really wanted to do was get involved with a Zoom call as soon as I got home. The time difference between Newfoundland and Doha dictated that part! So glad I did!

Con joins me downstairs in my studio and we log into Zoom. I’m completely caught off guard when my brother says

please close your eyes and trust me.

Then I realized something was going on and Con was in on this….so I close my eyes,

Con steps out of the studio, returns, and places something in my arms. Bill tells me to open my eyes.

I just get this incredible feeling. I rip the yellow tissue paper, and I see the words FREEDOM DANCER. I just start to cry. Not the unhappy sad tears – literally happy tears and complete surprise!

I cannot believe this beautiful painting is mine! I dreamt of owning her. I even considered asking Dominique about putting her on a payment plan, as I felt so connected to her.

Except I didn’t do any of that – I quietly put it out to The Universe saying I really loved FREEDOM DANCER. She listened!! Then things unfolded as Bill’s story details.

After our Zoom call with Bill ended, I sent a teary-eyed thank you video to Dominique. We’ve been friends for many years, connected through mutual friends and our love of dance!  I always wanted to own one of her beautiful pieces of art for my dance studio. This week my wish came true!

Feeling very blessed about the whole story, my joy is literally bubbling over right now! It reinforces the connection that my brother and I share despite our physical distance.

Every time I visit my studio, it reminds me of this awesome Freedom Dancer Surprise!

 

As Told by Con, Husband & Collaborator

Background:  When I was a kid, I was a Star Trek and science fiction junky. So, my young life had lots of episodes where a force field surrounded a person and had a huge impact on their body, mind or both.

On to the present.

I was so happy to help out Bill in his quest to gift Elaine with Dominique’s beautiful artwork. He and I messaged back and forth, as did Dominique and I. I made excuses to Elaine about where I was going, etc.

I met up with Dominique, got the painting, booted it home, and hid it.

Elaine reluctantly agreed to do the Zoom call on the computer instead of the phone, grumbling and mumbling about how all this was unnecessary.

So she connects with Bill and is sitting in front of the laptop and camera, lights and audio gear all hooked up. Whew.

Bill says close your eyes for a moment. I put the painting in Elaine’s hands. She was probably tipped off by the shape of the package but she didn’t say anything and continued to unwrap it. She saw the words Freedom Dancer printed on the back of the frame. Immediately, she burst into tears. Happy tears but deep sobbing. Oh boy!

That’s when it happened: The force field hit me. Elaine was emitting so much emotion that she completely overwhelmed me. I was 2 feet away from her and it was a physical feeling as much as an intellectual or emotional one. What an amazing sensation!

So please imagine how Elaine must have been feeling. For her energy field to throw off so much power of feeling. Realize how much this special gift affected her!

I hope my memory serves my body well into my dotage. If I can hold onto that memory, I will be a fulfilled person for the rest of my days.

Well done, BIll. Well done, Dominique.

Thank You Universe – and all its moving parts

Well done everyone!

Inspiration is being moved to do something and following through.

We’re all moving parts in a Universally orchestrated manifestation for the Highest Good of all.

Intuition is useless without action!

We don’t need to know what the big picture will look like ahead of time. Often, we may never even know the impact of our follow-throughs.

This time, however, we did,

We all wanted to share this story to encourage you to follow through on your intuitive guidance, no matter how big or small.

Each one of us heard our calls and answered:

  • I unknowingly created this painting for Elaine and reached out to her as she repeatedly entered my heart & thoughts.
  • Elaine gladly responded to my request for a dance quote.
  • Her brother saw the post and acted on his desire to gift it to her.
  • His wife agreed.
  • Elaine’s husband jumped on board to coordinate the surprise.
  • Elaine opened to receiving the painting she wanted in an unexpected way.
  • No one else interfered by offering to purchase it before this could all happen.
  • and the story goes on –

Who knows how sharing this story might inspire you and others to follow through on their intuition… and the impact that could have on the world.

We are all instruments of joy, love, peace, etc. God, The Universe, Source Energy (whatever name you’re comfortable with) acts through us. Our job is to open to hearing and to act.

I can’t express how fulfilling it was to be a channel for the love and thanks being expressed to Elaine for all she is and all she does through this “Freedom Dancer Surprise”. I can only tell you there were plenty of tears of joy and giggles as the messages passed back and forth.

From the isolation of my studio, I got to connect with people around the planet to help co-create special moment for someone I care about.

Dance on Elaine! Thank you for being you!

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Title: “Freedom Dancer
Year: © 2021
Size: 12″ x 24″ (30.4cm x 61 cm)
Artist: Dominique Hurley
Materials: Professional acrylics & channeled energy work on gallery-wrapped canvas.
Genre: intuitive painting, visionary art, energism art, spiritual art, inspirational art
Price: SOLD
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