Increasingly my painting and drawing is looking at ways to express ideas about mind-body-soul connection, horses and riding, drawing on my experience as a horse owner and Alexander Technique teacher, as well as hopefully connecting with some of the spiriitual magic and timeless inspirational power that is horses and the lessons we learn from…
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What my horse drawings are about…
‘Connections’ – A drawing of two horses about elasticity, flow, direction, spatial awareness and connection. In February I set myself a drawing project, the weather was wild (snowed in home alone for 6 days) a drawing a day seemed like a doable project. I decided to concentrate my artwork on horses. For years…
Letting Go of Blocks to the Creative Flow
I have felt blocked in my artwork. Despite having masses of ideas bubbling to get out, the flow of energy to pick up a brush has not been there for a few weeks. That is a first for me for years and years! So I have been thinking about letting go of psycho-physcial and…
Withdrawn and I
In my last blog (link) about drawing through February I used the word withdrawn, realising I have been a little withdrawn of late. It is an interesting word in the context of drawing as it appears negative, withdrawn as in stand offish or depressed, but is it? The act of drawing – to move…
A Walk in the Woods – Art Muscles and The Tree of Life
‘The Tree of Life’ by Kirsten Harris You don’t get big bulgy biceps, if that’s your thing, without a lot of time spent developing them. The same can be said of art – developing a painting, an exhibition or collection of drawings takes time and dedication. Skills, like trees, take decades to grow. …
The Nun, Picasso and Me
First day of school, age 11 – knock knees, straw boater and white gloves! The Nun, Picasso and Me by Kirsten Harris I have recently started writing about art and the process of making art. It has led me to the question, why did I chose art as a route in life in…