Rudo Art

Tag: art heals

  • Upcoming show all about relating to the body

    Upcoming show all about relating to the body

    Hey sweet one. I’m proud to say I am on a healing journey involving loving my body. Unconditional love. How radical is that? Well it is for me, because all my life I’ve felt the urge to FIX MY BODY, it was always too fat in my opinion. Doesn’t help that doctors also told me to lose weight EVERYTIME I went to the doctors no matter if I were there for a related to weight issue or not. Anyway the point of my story is that through the journey of radical self-acceptance I am now able to draw self-portraits. As an artist, I can tell you it is a GREAT AND IMPORTANT challenge to do self-portraits, they are a great exercise in subject/object perspective switching, great methods for processing how you feel about yourself, and an awesome story-telling tool. But I have always struggled with self-portraits because I saw myself as deeply flawed. I have always like my facial features and my boobs but NOTHING else. And now I love it all because it IS ME. It houses my spirit, it allows me to move through this world, it carries me and it carried my child…it is a vehicle for intense sensual joy and erotism…I mean it’s my magical wonderful body!! And now I’m doing a whole show with about 25% self-portraits in it! I. am. floored. And so excited to invite you to that show, you may have noticed the previous blog post, that’s my flyer. How cool is that?

  • Process over product

    Process over product

    If you’ve taken art you will have heard this phrase. It’s important, and I urge you to consider what is most important: the final destination or the adventures you had while getting there. This is so true in art making, and for me the art of SEEING what is unfolding is a theraputive/informative/transformative/spiritual/empowering ritual.

    This picture captures a moment in time, the final product didn’t turn out at all like this. Partly because I’m using such amazing pigments often the water reacts with them while they’re wet and creates galaxies of alchemical wonder for the viewer…all to settle and transform to something else when dry.

    I am intensional about being present and treating these moments with reverence. I’ll often take photos to commemorate a moment. Recently I’ve taken to sending in process shots to my best friend DK, or sharing a painting session with the treasure that is Connie. Sharing this world is also a process…

  • Aqua Therapy

    Aqua Therapy

    Colour therapy can be experienced just by gazing softly at a colour for a long time, or wearing a colour because it makes you feel empowered. Reach out if you’d like to know more. This card is from a colour ray therapy card deck being offered by Yvette Sitten in conjunction with her amazing healing oils.