Energies of Creation

I never had the slightest desire to paint a rooster. Then one day I was standing in my friend’s greenhouse that is dug part way into the ground. At eye level I saw a grand rooster walk up to the window, the setting sun behind him illuminating his comb and wattles.
I gasped and knew I […]

This joyful burst of color ruled my days while I painted and painted until the work came to life on the canvas. I love my sunflowers and grow many in my gardens.
The goldfinches love them too and come to feast on the seeds every year, dodging the neighborhood cats in the process. Birds smartly dressed […]

I feel the paint blowing through me
Bearing feathers and flower petals.
An inexorable softness
Shapes the universe
In songs of color.
Note about Lexi Sundell’s painting: “Poppy Dancer” is acrylic on canvas. Other original paintings and prints available at RiverStone Gallery.
 
 
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Poppies of the dawn wear soft veils of knowing,
Gently kissed by light arriving from the void.
Translucent petals
Shimmer in trembling air,
Deceptively fragile,
Yet brimming
With indomitable purpose.
The flowers begin to rouse the bees
To worship at their golden altars of life.
The mysteries of pollen
Hold the songs of creation,
Crystalline poppy forms
Bringing petals born of times past
To blossom in moments yet […]

What energy goes into the painting when the artist touches brush to canvas? This may not be a common question, but much is revealed in the answers. I learned many times over that what I hold in my personal energy when I paint is what shows in the painting.
As a simple example, long ago in […]

Fear of failure stops success right in its tracks. Failure is an illusion of the ego with no basis in reality. This powerfully inhibiting fear is an illusion based on misunderstanding the creative process, the process of life itself.
What we call failure is actually a learning process, a method of gathering […]

These two paintings are a striking illustration of the contrast between painting with specific constraints and strictures and painting with complete creative freedom. You can probably tell at a glance which painting had the most restrictions placed upon it.
The peony on the left was the final painting for my book about how to paint flowers […]

This painting is the visible apex of a multifaceted creative adventure. I painted it at a time my gardens were undergoing rapid expansion, particularly with thousands of my favorite poppies, those amazing Shirley poppies. These gardening projects were propelled by the energy processes I use on a daily basis. Both Reiki and the Perelandra nature […]