” I love the freedom and timelessness that is
experienced through the creation of art. When I create, I am free
from the constant madding of the mind. I know art heals. I know this
from my own art process as well as the honor of witnessing others. I
enjoy opening my studio up to others to make art and experience the
absolute freedom in the creating of art. The Imagine Art Barn is my
studio of creative alchemy. I feel a great gratitude to be in this
whimsical womb. I work in many different mediums, my paintings I am
working on now in the studio are bright acrylics. My intentions is to
draw the veil back for the viewer to experience the unseen spiritual
dimension and for me I am creating this as a visual prayer very much
in ceremony through the process. My hope is that the paintings hang
in a space and pulse the energy they were retrieved in, bringing a
vibration and remembering that we are all connected. Always to remind
others of the expansiveness of their being. I enjoy working on
personalized empowerment portraits, commission style.
I also paint rattles, as a daily ritual, rattleing like art
allows us to connect to our inner knowing referred to as soul knowing,
here inside all of us we can open up to the fullness of all creation.
I also use rattles in my private work with individuals through guided
meditations and journeys. The allies on the rattles vary from animal
medicine, plants to goddesses. Art is a bridge. Yes heaven and earth
is no longer as separate as it once was the more and more we recognize
that all is one.
I am just at the beginning of creating medicine art and with renewed
joy looking forward to continuing to remember the magic.”
- JoAnna Conte Durham

