Art by Eva (B213)
You no longer need to live in a big city to have access to fantastic art. With Eva's online gallery you can visit anytime, anywhere, no matter where you are on the planet. All you need is access to the internet. Whether you just want to take a pause from your work or take an afternoon stroll through the canvases, the art gallery is there, free of charge.
When you visit http://picasaweb.google.com/
- My art is about letting go, says Eva. To be the creative process and enter into whatever wants to happen. When I paint, all my training comes into play. I let my emotions flow, I use creative dance to enhance the process, I meditate and breathe, so that the energies can flow onto the canvas. My process goes beyond the principles of Vedic Art…
Eva started painting while in Shen Therapy in Seattle. Her therapist/artist encouraged Eva to express emotions without words. Using intense watercolors, Eva poured her pain into haunting images that spoke more than words could ever express. Years later in Sweden, Eva found Vedic Art, a set of 17 principles for the creative process developed by Curt Källman and the Maharishi.
After the initial course of four weekends, Eva and her friends started a peer learning group, continuing to meet one weekend a month. They talked and painted and socialized. They shared techniques and explored ideas and philosophies. After six years, Eva felt a need to move on, in order to grow another notch.
She painted at home for a time. Then in the summer of 2008 she went to Öland, an island in the Baltic Sea, where Vedic Artists from all over the world congregate to paint in barns.
- I loved the large easels, Eva says. I could work on several canvases at once, and best of all I didn't have to worry about making a mess. I felt free to just let it explode.
And explode it did. In the two weeks she was there, she completed 26 paintings. Granted, some were already in process. They were in a way brought to fruition on Öland. She returned in the summer of 2009 for another three very productive weeks in the barns.
- There is such a joy in just letting it rip, she exclaims. I hardly used any brushes at all. There wasn't time. Maybe I'm not limited by any formal technical training. And being a Sagittarian, I don't have sense enough to know it can't be done. I think painting is a great way to explore. It doesn't matter how it turns out. You can always paint over it or throw it away. Sometimes nothing happens, the process is resting, and that's ok too.
Eva closes with some suggestions for viewing her art:
"Let time stand still while you ponder the paintings. Let your eyes rest, let them float through the art, allow yourself to be swept away on a “walkabout”
Eva Dillner's 24/7 Art Gallery is located at http://picasaweb.google.com/
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