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Process painting makes the experience of painting more important than the outcome. When the pressures to perform, produce or succeed are removed, magic happens.
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The Painting Experience is an opportunity to embark on the greatest of all human adventures—embracing your own path and confidently following it.
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The process painting workshops are for educators, counselors, artists, activists, meditators and mavericks. No prior art experience or training is necessary – only your willingness to explore.
The Painting Experience Process
In these process painting workshops, you’ll be given the support to:
- Discover a creative voice that’s entirely your own
- Trust your intuitive perception, not the mind’s critical chatter
- Follow your energy rather than what looks good or makes sense
- Overcome blocks by embracing their hidden message
- Experience your imagination as intelligent – a doorway to deeper knowing
- Explore process painting as a genuine path to spiritual awakening<
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The Community
The Painting Experience has grown from modest beginnings in 1976 to many thousands of painters worldwide today. The community is a diverse group of individuals that value the creative process and recognize it as central to a fulfilling life. Participation in the community takes many forms:
- Periodically attending Workshops and Retreats
- Joining Online Courses
- Keeping active on The Painting Experience Blog
- And now, for an increasing number of people, discovering the joy of becoming a process arts facilitator.
We hope you’ll find the level of involvement that feels right to you, and we welcome you to the rich discussions and in-depth experiences that await you within The Painting Experience Community.
Latest Posts
Expressing the Sacred
We are delighted to offer this guest post by Amy Kisei Costenbader. Kisei is an ordained Zen priest who currently lives and practices at Great Vow Zen Monastery, where she has resided since 2010. She also teaches meditation at Reed College in Portland, Oregon....
Connecting With Your Own Energy
After creating a safe and spacious environment, working with energy is a facilitator’s primary tool. The energy determines how you move within that space -- for example, the questions you might ask and the suggestions you might offer to a painter. ~ Stewart Cubley,...
Process Painting Through Grief
My dear old 94-year-old Dad died in late September. After the initial grief and busy-ness, including helping my 91-year-old Mom resettle, I was exhausted. I noticed my mood fluctuating between sadness and grief and feeling pretty flat. By flat, I mean not quite numb,...
Safe Place, Sacred Space
“An artmaking space is a “mishkan” a portable sanctuary. Each artist working there is alone with her image and the message it brings as well as being in a subtle communion with others in the space. (…) The witness of others and our ability to struggle alongside them...