Glowing Roots Blog - Visionary Art and Art Alchemy by Rika Dehombreux

Hi everybody, Our guest today on 'Chatting about Intuitive Art' is my artist friend Karimeen from India. We met on Instagram while enjoying each other's work. Karimeen is creating wonderful imaginary drawings and paintings. Her work is beautiful, colorful and full of happiness. Let's pass the word to Karimeen! Could you tell us a bit more about yourself and how you became an artist? Karimeen

  Introduction My grimoires are not created as finished art objects from the outset. They are working books that grow through research, experimentation, and use, and are completed over time. They are not intended as spiritual manuals for rituals or spells per se. I use the word ‘grimoire’ in a personal, interspiritual way — as a poetic container for creative practice and research — while honoring that the term carries different meanings in other contexts and traditions. Originally intended as: a sketchbook for life drawing and observation Working title: Sketchbook 2001 Within the grimoire ecosystem: intuitive transformation, visual reflection, and existential writing layered over long-term observation Artist: Rika Dehombreux Year: 2001 - ongoing : The book is still in progress but as a grimoire now From categorization to coherence For many years, I struggled with categorizing my creative work. I kept separate sketchbooks, art journals, glue books, research notebooks, color stud...