There is a moment many people reach in their creative life that is not about learning something new.
It is about remembering something they once felt.
A way of seeing more freely.
A way of noticing without judgment.
A way of making without needing to already know the outcome.
This is often where abstract painting begins.
Not as a technique, but as a return.
WHY ABSTRACT PAINTING DRAWS PEOPLE IN LATER IN LIFE
Many of the people who come to abstract painting classes are not beginners in life.
They are often experienced, thoughtful adults, people who have spent years being practical, responsible, and attuned to others.
At some point, something shifts.
There is a growing desire for space. For expression. For something that is not about performance or correctness, but about presence.
Abstract painting offers exactly that.
It does not ask you to copy the world.
It asks you to respond to it.
And in that response, something unexpected often begins to appear, a personal visual language that is not imposed, but discovered.
WOMEN OF ABSTRACTION SERIES This is the foundation of my current studio work:
A continuing exploration of women who reshaped abstract painting across New York, California, Europe, and beyond.
These artists were not part of a single story. They were part of many overlapping histories, gestural, lyrical, structural, intuitive, experimental.
In this series, we move through different “worlds” of abstraction:
New York Fire, California Light, European Voices, Hidden Figures, Living Women Abstractionists, and Ways of Abstraction.
Each one opens a different lens on what abstract painting can be, not only historically, but experientially.
Alongside the visual work, we look at exhibitions, museum collections, and the evolving way art history continues to be rewritten.
This is not only about looking at paintings.
It is about learning how to see them differently — and how that changes the way you paint.
WHY THIS KIND OF LEARNING MATTERS
Abstract painting can feel unfamiliar at first.
There are no fixed rules. No clear path to follow. No single correct outcome.
For some people, that feels intimidating at the beginning.
But over time, it often becomes the very thing that makes the work meaningful.
Because what begins as uncertainty slowly becomes exploration.
And exploration becomes voice.
This is where many people start to realize that painting is not about producing something perfect, but about developing a relationship with process, attention, and intuition.
THE SOUL RETREAT WEEKEND
Alongside the Women of Abstraction Series, I also offer a very different kind of experience:
The Soul Retreat Weekend
This is a small, immersive retreat designed to step away from everyday pace and return to a slower way of working.
There is time for painting, reflection, and simple creative exercises that help quiet the internal pressure to “do it right.”
It is not about output.
It is about space.
Space to breathe.
Space to notice.
Space to reconnect with a more intuitive way of working.
Many participants describe it as a reset, not only for their painting, but for how they relate to themselves creatively.
TWO PATHS, SAME ORIGIN
Although these offerings look different , one a structured series, the other a weekend retreat, they come from the same place.
A belief that creativity is not something separate from life.
It is a way of being in it more fully.
Both the Women of Abstraction Series and the Soul Retreat Weekend are invitations to step back into that space, each in its own rhythm, and each at its own depth.
If this resonates with you, you are warmly invited to explore the current series and upcoming retreat dates on my website.
Sometimes the first step is not learning something new.
It is simply giving yourself the space to begin again.
