San Miguel de Allende: Creative Collab Session

Thanks to Flora Bowleys foresight, we have this wonderful house with an art studio.  This week here in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico- we have had a chance to experiment with collaborative art pieces.  Myself along with Flora and Alena Hennessy we played around on four pieces.  It was a wonderful way to celebrate each of our styles, personal creative flow and natural rhythms.  It was wonderful to get to play alongside other artists for me.  They both have such an easy knowingness when they're working.  And it's so rare to get to share that focused creative time with other creators.  I really enjoyed getting to watch them work and have the luxury of time to make it happen. I see a lot of collaborative projects in the future for miss Flora Bowley, who is innately drawn to creative community, supporting one an others process, collaboration and the spirit of sharing.  A wonderful message all around.  So stay tuned for more emphasis on this in the future from her!
And in the meantime lots more artwork will be flowing from this little retreat space... Good times! xoxox...

Comments

[Katie]

beautiful collaborations! i love the idea of collaborating with other artists but i'm also a bit scared of it. did you notice any resistance in yourself to giving up control?

[anahata]

Hi Katie, Thank you for your comment. I think it is indeed a bit scary to work with others. And we weren't sure how it would unfold either. We all work differently but the wonderful part was that we all trust the creative process and have a similar relationship to its flow. I think this is a great exercise for any artists. We started in with a sense of letting go and just trusting the process no matter the outcome, personal feelings etc. We also had no rules other than if we wanted to keep something as is we needed to tell the others. Flora bowley will be diving into collar ideas more this year. It's a new concept for me as well! xoxox...