New Beginnings

“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.