Wherever you are on your creative living journey, you’re welcome here.
Bring your inspirations. Your desires and stories. I’ll bring the paints, tea and playfulness. Together, we’ll craft a life full of meaning, presence and self-care.
Are you here after diving into my Introductory Course and are looking for some more creative living love and support? Wonderful! Pour yourself a cuppa and get cozy … you’re so welcome here.
If you’d like to go deeper after the introductory course, you should know my main teaching is inside Flourish: The Art of Creative Living. It’s a global, year-long creativity school with live coaching, virtual creative retreats, painting workshops, guest teachers and more. It’s the most comprehensive way to nurture your creativity, get support from me and find inspiration and guidance in your creative life.
Explore my global year-long creativity school, Flourish: The Art of Creative Living.
Flourish: The Art of Creative Living
This year-long, global creativity school is the fullest expression of my work over the last 17+ years. You will be supported to be kind to yourself as you dissolve creative blocks, learn to paint & enjoy expressing yourself with gentle guidance, inspiration & teaching.
The Art of Creative Living Podcast
Inspiration, tips & stories about creative living for aspiring creatives, creative professionals and creative entrepreneurs.
Enjoy solo chats with me and interviews with experts about overcoming creative blocks, nurturing your creativity and being true to yourself. With practical advice on how to move through self-doubt, deal with criticism, follow your heart and cultivate more playfulness, it’s your burst of inspiration and motivation to live a creative life.
Inspring & Essential Articles, Podcasts & Videos
PODCAST
Surrender, Space & Self-Expression with Bronnie Ware
Listen as Bronnie Ware, best-selling author of The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, and I talk about the tender terrain involved in creating a life that is true to your heart. One of my community’s all-time favourite podcast episodes.
VLOG
French Box Easel & Behind the Scenes of a Virtual Creative Retreat
A day in my life on a 35 foot sail-boat. We go behind the scenes of a virtual creative retreat inside Flourish: The Art of Creative Living and, using acrylic and ink, I share with you the process of painting a series of playful, abstract paintings.
BLOG
Amy Cunliffe – Inspiring Creative Stories
Amy Cunliffe is a softly spoken, kind-hearted woman I had the pleasure of meeting through Flourish: The Art of Creative Living. Her days are full as a young mother and yet still, she felt the pull to nurture her creativity. So she set about making creative expression a priority in her life.
BLOG
My Largest Painting Commission, Ever
My painting installed in the foyer of The Darling, on the Gold Coast. Read about how mindfulness helped me deliver the painting on time for the client, without burning out.
VLOG
Painting on the Beach on Humpy Island
When I figured how I could paint with oil paints as we sail up the coast, I was pretty excited. Peek behind the scenes of my painting adventures. As you watch, I hope it inspires you to consider something you love to do and how you can do more of it in the current season of your life.
INTERVIEW
Inspiring Women Nicola Newman
The story of how my husband and I decided to live on a sail-boat. In this interview with my friend and author Kate James, you’ll discover more about a typical day in my life and find out how I manage to continue teaching, coaching and painting as we sail the east coast of Australia.