Intuitive Art and Creating Fairies and Mermaids with Clay

Hi everybody,

This time I would like to tell you something about my more unusual work. As you probably know, intuitive art can be practiced in any medium. About ten years ago I had a period in which I have created a lot with clay. Gosh, time flies. I made little figures of fairies and mermaids and a whole enchanted landscape for them to reside in. Soon my focus switched back to intuitive painting, drawing and mixed media. I created some clay beads for making jewelry later on but after that I completely lost touch with crafting with clay. Sometimes I feel drawn back to it but my frequent moving the last few years hasn't allowed me to assemble my materials back together and set up a space for working with this particular medium. I hope to find the opportunity to get back into it some day. Until then, I thought I would share my creations from the fairy realm. Everything emerged from the same intuitive process as my drawings and paintings.

Fairy Realm, Clay, Wood, Wire, Styrofoam and Embellishments, 54cmx81cmx41cm, Intuitive Art 

Why Not Using Mystical Black in Intuitive Painting?

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In this blog post I would like to share how my attitude towards the color black, technically a neutral or a non-color, changed throughout my life. Consequently this evolution influenced the use of black in my intuitive and spiritual painting and in my artwork in general. I have studied the question over the years and I concluded that the use of black in art is a rather controversial topic, especially in watercolor painting. Some think that black straight out of the tube or pan does not belong in a watercolor painting at all. Others plead for mixing lively blacks and again some people swear by the use of pure lamp black or payne's grey. Although not as often, the question gets also debated in acrylic and oil painting. 

Cosmic Dream, Acrylic and Ink on Cradled Birchwood, 20cmx20,5cmx2,5cm, Intuitive Painting (solid black)

Intuitive Art Diaries 11: The Painting Cosmic Flower

Hi everybody,

In this episode of the series, I would like to tell you a bit more about the creation of the following intuitive painting.

Cosmic Flower, Watercolours on Paper, 30cmx40cm, Intuitive Painting

Intuitive Art Diaries 10: A Painting of Mother Mary

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In this episode I would like to talk about the depiction of the Madonna in my intuitive artwork. The Virgin Mary is a figure most dear to me and her appearance was first interpreted as such in a painting that I started a couple of years ago. This work is still a WIP (work in progress). When it was time to move out of our home in Belgium I had to stop working on her. She was carefully wrapped and shipped with our household goods to the USA. As I travelled back and forth between Belgium and the USA for the past year I didn’t have a chance to unwrap her and finish her. In my philosophy everything will come together when the time is ripe. I will show you a sneak peak of this WIP. Today I would like to talk about an intuitive painting that I started fresh during one of my visits to Belgium. The work was completed with watercolours, gouache, coloured pencil and gel pen. This makes it a mixed media piece. 

Mother Mary's Heart (Detail: Eye, WIP), Watercolours and Gel Pen on Paper, 48cmx36cm, Intuitive Painting

Intuitive Art Diaries 9: A Semi-Abstract Intuitive Painting

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In this episode of the series, I would like to let you take a look behind the scenes of the creation of the intuitive painting below.

"Cosmic", Acrylics, Inks, Paint Pens and Gel Pens on Paper, 18cmx34cm, Intuitive Painting

Intuitive Art Diaries: One Artwork at a Time

Hi everybody,

In the series Intuitive Art Diaries I would like to take you behind the scenes of my work, one piece at a time. That could be a drawing, a painting, a mixed media work, a sculpture, an art journal page, a collage, a piece of jewelry or a craft project. I aim to share more about my process, the materials and the colors I chose and my thoughts from start to finish. The idea is to give you a sneak peak behind the scenes of the creative process. I hope to inspire you and, if nothing else, bring you some joy.

"Phoenix Witch", Pencil on Paper Digitally Manipulated for the Purple Color, 20cmx15cm, Intuitive Drawing

Chatting about Intuitive Art with Samuel T. Woodbury, Artist

Hi everybody,

Today I have a very special guest for you. It is my sweet husband Sam who is a talented photographer and an aspiring writer. He is often photographing my artwork and portraits for me. I feel really lucky that I can freely dig into a photographer's stash to illustrate my articles and to find reference materials. I enjoy when he tells me the stories he has written. They often have a magical element to them or are referring to past times. Let's ask Sam to tell us a bit more about himself, what intuition means to him and how it fits into his creative work if at all and where we can find out more about his work.

This is Sam skiing in Herrenberg, Germany, 2010, where we have lived for a few years.