The most important thing you bring to your art is YOU. If your heart for painting has gotten squashed by perfectionism, criticism or fear of failure, let me help you to find freedom to make art you truly love that reflects the beauty you long to share.
Reaping the quiet work of experiments & open-ended exploration
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Hi artist, As this year starts to near its end, I've been looking over some of the many pieces of paper that my brush has touched in the last few years. There are a lot of paintings there! Some paintings hold a clear link to my favourite themes, like this study in pen and watercolour from my sketchbook. Others teach me; do these colours work? What if I used bolder strokes? This sketchbook piece is from a sunset during one of my workshops in Tucson, Arizona. And sometimes I break out entirely new mediums. A recent venture into acrylic paint markers might not seem like it could help me be a better watercolour artist, but I fully believe these forays into new territory are rewiring my brain to think outside the usual and explore color relationships, design and edges more confidently: As I've looked through this collection, what I see might not feel like a cohesive, consistent pattern of developing style, but I'm celebrating that. Other artists might want to share curated collections of work, and certainly I like my body of work on the gallery page of my web site to feel like it came from the same artist. But in this assortment of interesting, rule-breaking, curiosity-driven paintings, I see an artist who is commited to growth. And that's always been my priority. I want to share this collection with you. As a member of my email list, you've followed me (some of you for years), watching me grow and evolve further into freedom, presence and intuition. So I'm opening up my sketchbooks, my experimentation chambers, to release a selected collection of my studies, sketches and experiments at prices up to 30% lower than my gallery rate. There's another bonus to this special collection: I had to suspend shipping to the USA because of the automatic tariffs being charged on packages going to the US. Since these small paintings fit into a manila envelope, I can ship them letter mail. I'm so pleased to be able to offer at least a small collection of paintings that will be shipping out to arrive in time for Christmas! About the Sketches & Experiments Collection: Sale opens on November 13 2026, at 10am Mountain Standard Time. Prices range from $60-236 CAD ($42-167 USD) and sizes up to 9x12 inches. Sale will close November 25, and paintings will ship by December 1st. I hope you'll find something that delights you, awakens your sense of curiosity and wonder, and inspires your own commitment to growth, whether in art or life. That's what these paintings say, and I hope they speak to you too. Watch your email on Friday with the link to the Experimental Sketchbook collection! Happy painting & discovering, Angela |
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The most important thing you bring to your art is YOU. If your heart for painting has gotten squashed by perfectionism, criticism or fear of failure, let me help you to find freedom to make art you truly love that reflects the beauty you long to share.
Hi artist, One of the key principles my recent art retreat was built on is on making a critical mindset shift from prioritizing outside input to learning to look within ourselves for what we need from our art practice. I think we tend to come to painting with all kinds of expectations. It’s easy to focus on our desire to build skill, refine technique, or strive toward excellence. And it's not wrong to want those things. But sometimes the demands placed by those expectations can become...
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