About My Paintings & Creative Process:
Jewel Janan: Photo by Amanda Dean
The opening of my first solo exhibition, "A Gift from the Heart" in 2025 at the David Giles Gallery in Fremantle, was a beautiful experience. Through the process of preparing for my art exhibition, I connected even more deeply with my love of painting and the profound impact it has on my life.
Painting is a Heart-Centered, Intuitive and Spiritual Practice for me. There are usually many layers to my paintings in acrylics and I enter a state of deep presence and flow as part of the process that leads to the final painting 'emerging'. In this space of surrender, I often feel I am being guided...
I love music...and listening to music when I paint, often helps me enter into a state of flow, presence and creativity. I sometimes have one song for a painting that I deeply connect with...during the latter stages of painting "A Gift from the Heart", it was the beautiful song "Grace and Gratitude" by Olivia Newton John. But there are some paintings where I am drawn to stillness and quiet...where I feel called to be in a meditative space of silence as the final painting emerges.
The title of a painting comes not from a place of analytical thinking, but from a heart place of emergence…where I “hear” the name of the painting. If my mind gets in the way, I usually discover in a short space of time that something doesn’t feel right…Once I am aware of this, the title that resonates deeply with the painting, usually comes through in the next few days. I am drawn to explore the symbolism in my paintings and I love experimenting with colours.
I am excited that I will be immersing into the beautiful world of watercolour Veil Painting this year and discovering a whole new world of grace and beauty open up.
I hope my paintings will resonate for many people on an emotional, spiritual and healing level and deeply touch their hearts and souls. Part of my vision is also about “giving back” through my art and I look forward to more opportunities to support different groups and not for profit organisations with their art fundraisers.. I am inspired by UK artist Mackenzie Thorpe and his philanthropic giving and to the Veil paintings of Ana Victoria Calderon in Mexico.
I am deeply grateful to David Giles for all his inspiration and mentoring and for helping me discover the incredible gift of painting.
Painting is a Heart-Centered, Intuitive and Spiritual Practice for me. There are usually many layers to my paintings in acrylics and I enter a state of deep presence and flow as part of the process that leads to the final painting 'emerging'. In this space of surrender, I often feel I am being guided...
I love music...and listening to music when I paint, often helps me enter into a state of flow, presence and creativity. I sometimes have one song for a painting that I deeply connect with...during the latter stages of painting "A Gift from the Heart", it was the beautiful song "Grace and Gratitude" by Olivia Newton John. But there are some paintings where I am drawn to stillness and quiet...where I feel called to be in a meditative space of silence as the final painting emerges.
The title of a painting comes not from a place of analytical thinking, but from a heart place of emergence…where I “hear” the name of the painting. If my mind gets in the way, I usually discover in a short space of time that something doesn’t feel right…Once I am aware of this, the title that resonates deeply with the painting, usually comes through in the next few days. I am drawn to explore the symbolism in my paintings and I love experimenting with colours.
I am excited that I will be immersing into the beautiful world of watercolour Veil Painting this year and discovering a whole new world of grace and beauty open up.
I hope my paintings will resonate for many people on an emotional, spiritual and healing level and deeply touch their hearts and souls. Part of my vision is also about “giving back” through my art and I look forward to more opportunities to support different groups and not for profit organisations with their art fundraisers.. I am inspired by UK artist Mackenzie Thorpe and his philanthropic giving and to the Veil paintings of Ana Victoria Calderon in Mexico.
I am deeply grateful to David Giles for all his inspiration and mentoring and for helping me discover the incredible gift of painting.
