I returned from a month in Germany, where I helped transition my father into a care facility due to his…
Relaxing, Intuitive (FREE) Art Classes
My dear friend and fellow Certified Therapeutic Art Life Coach Michele Stone invited me to lead a free Facebook live…
Exhibiting my art in Oregon
I am exhibiting my art at the Charbonneau Arts Festival in Watsonville, Oregon. Join me for the gala opening and…
Holding an art class with friends in Germany
My dear friend from our school days—still in Germany while I’ve wandered far—recently asked if I would teach an art…
NEWS! Participating in “Open Studio Damascus”
I am excited to be participating in the Damascus Open Studios for the first time, this Friday, May 17 to…
Learning and holding space – Art Therapy, pain and Nachos
I have been using intuitive and healing painting for many years and love it. It’s my favorite way to paint.…
Spring has arrived in Oregon
Spring has arrived here in Oregon and its arrival fills me with excitement and wonder. As I drove out for…
Showing my art at ACCI Gallery Berkeley, CA
One of my paintings “Drowning – A Piece of Heaven” has been accepted to the group exhibition “Personages” at the…
Reflect(ion) – word of the year (so far)
We are already well into the new year and I felt so rushed to make a New Year’s resolution when…
“…and I am that”.
read that…“Instead of thinking of experience as a collection of objects or nouns, feel only in terms of verbs:• Instead…
Autumn colors – I moved to Oregon
It is gorgeous here in Oregon, the colors are out of this world. God is the most amazing artist. Living…
Pilgrimage to Kashmir with a group of people
I am back after a wonderful journey to Kashmir. We (Lakshmanjoo Academy) had a group of 65 people joining us…
Thoughts of War
It followed me, into the beauty of art, the thoughts of war, like a giant hollow, in my heart, a…
Portrait of Swami Mahatabkak – saint of Kashmir
When I was in India in 2022, I saw a small captivating photo of my spiritual teacher’s teacher. His eyes…
“I see something that’s not literally there”
I went to the Anselm Adams exhibit in San Francisco with my dear friend Linda. I was curious to see…
Portrait of Swami Mahatabkak – painting in process
I started a new portrait painting. After finishing my latest digital painting I was longing for some “real” paint and…
The initiation of Swami Lakshmanjoo – digital painting in process
I had the great honor to be commissioned for a painting that will grace the temple walls where Swami Lakshmanjoo,…
keeping the wood stove going and painting updates…
Spending the winter alone in the Nothern California mountains, and enjoying it so much to have the space and time…
Painting for Trees again… A Valentine ❤️ for trees
Starting the year late… with a Valentine ❤️ for trees… for my first sale of the year. Join me for…
Join me for a centering doodle/automatic drawing
I am not sure where or how this year has gone so fast, it all seems like a giant blur.…
To be alive…
“It was perhaps one of your greatest acts of love, Claudia. Choosing to be alive at a time when so…
Bushfire Restoration Video Update 🌿🐨 Thank you for your support 🙏
Woohoo! I am happy to report that the organization that I donated and supported with the “painting for trees” fundraiser…
Moving into the middle of the woods – childhood magic rekindled
Moving into the “middle of the woods” has rekindled my childhood love of nature, seeing so many trees around me,…
Destroyer of the wheel of cognition (12 Kalis #8)
Ending the limited I-consciousness. The eighth Kali finally puts an end to the limited I-consciousness (containing 5 organs of knowledge…
Result – Auction for trees and spirituality
I am so happy to report that the Auction for trees and spirituality – painting to benefit the causes I…
Kali standing on Shiva – work in progress
As an indirect result of my study of the 12 Kalis, and perhaps the current circumstances in the world at…
Auction for trees and spirituality – painting to benefit the causes I am most passionate about
Update! I have added new items and re-opened the auction again for only this weekend… Check it out now! …
Fires coloring the sky in orange
We have been having so much smoke and red sky here in the bay area, I can’t even comprehend how…
Courage to Connect – Networking for Joy – Exhibit
I am happy and looking forward to a group exhibit that I am going to be part of in Florida…
Destroyer of Doubts (12 Kalis #7)
Furiously frowning in Her dance of destruction. By the flame of Her unlimited power, she devours in one gulp the…
Black Kali – feminine power – mother earth – nature
When I was starting to explore the 12 Kalis creatively, sketching and intuitively painting, and just letting happen whatever wanted…
Fountain of calm
Got myself a little aquarium pump, and together with a giant glass jar and a few pebbles it turner into…
The Kiss of Death – Destroyer of Death (12 Kalis #6)
The conscious energy, hungry for pure subjectivity ‘kills death’. Here in the cognitive cycle it is the death of the…
Containing in Herself everything (12 Kalis #5)
Where the senses awaken and all potential lies. A brain ready to receive its signals. Sending its tangles of nerve…
In the Eye of the Storm (Kali)
Mixed media painting (round fabric designed by me, watercolor, acrylic paint on watercolor paper 8 x 8 inches). An abstract…
Time in Timelessness
Watching (and “reading” the audiobook of) Outlander has been a real time-bender for my mind. It stretches and bends and…
Where the energy (of Kali) attracts everything into herself! (12 Kalis #4)
The void stage. This stage of withdrawal happens in the objective cycle after creation (#1 Sṛiṣṭikālī,) maintaining (2 Rakta-kālī,) and…
Circular Doodle – With Instructions
How has the COVID and #stayhome time treated you? Are you working from home, back to work with social distance…
A tiny seed from the bottom of my heart
नवरेह मुबारक “Navareh Mubarak”, as they say in Kashmir, congratulations for the New Year that just started according to the…
Painting for trees – Raising $2020 for planting 2020 trees in 2020.
I guess by now you have heard about the impact climate change has through the extreme example in Australia. The…
Exhibiting with Berkeley Art Center – Member Show
I finally joined the local art center and participated at their member show. The reception was incredibly packed, with people…
Hugging my inner child – while painting a toddler
Do you believe that the Universe or Higher Self or God or whatever you want to call it puts us…
Portrait painting of a toddler girl – a work in process
I am taking a welcome break from painting the 12 Kalis and instead working on a commissioned portrait painting of…
Emotional Literacy Survival Kit – FREE DOWNLOAD
What is emotional literacy and why do we need it? “We have to have emotional literacy to practice empathy and…
Resting peacefully in the destruction of objectivity (12 Kalis #3)
This is the continuation of a series on the 12 Kalis, read more about the concept behind the series… The…
I finally have my own art space – a dream come through
I just moved into my new studio in our garage, so I can finally paint undisturbed. I was yearning for…
Drinking from the goblet of the senses (12 Kalis #2)
This is the second Kali in a series on the 12 Kalis, read more about the concept behind the series……
A Tranquil Retreat: Japanese House and Zen Garden
Staying with my friend and her cute little dog in her Japanese themed house and marvelous Zen garden. It’s so…
Painting afternoon with my favorite art pals from the Culver City Art Club
Spent a wonderful creative painting afternoon with my favorite art pals from the Culver City Art Club.
A Doodle A Day > Arriving centered! – And a Gift for You
Back in LA, preparing for the birthday celebration for our spiritual teacher, followed by a study retreat. In an attempt…
Peaceful Spring time in Kashmir
We went to Kashmir for a family celebration and then ended up staying double the time we had planned, all…
Expansion – of my own – before moving forward with the 12 Kalis
Expansion! That is my motto for the year 2019. To find and expand my boundaries, stretch* and challenge myself. As…
My first rented art space – “a room of one’s own”
I had enough! Enough of not having a space to paint. Enough of doodles and small sketches and still being…
Art journaling while doing Ayurvedic Panchakarma (cleanse)
While I was in India to rejuvenate at an ayurvedic clinic/ashram doing panchakarma (cleanse), I was also planning to paint,…
Where the Ayurvedic medicine comes from
I went on my first outing since my mega cleanse. I had asked the doctor if we could see where…
Already two weeks in India
It’s been already two weeks in India and it seems like I have been here forever. We spent almost a…
Fire > consuming > fertilizing < 12 Kalis
Looking at some pictures of the recent, horrific forest fires in California, and also some photos of previous wild fires…
Trying the impossible – painting the 12 Kalis
Kali is an Indian name for the feminine energy, who like a divine mother creates, maintains and destroys the universe…
“Wonder Women” Local Treasures – thinking of 12 Kalis, feminine energy
Went to the panel discussion for the art show “Wonder Women: Local Treasures” at the Berkeley art center . .…
my heart will not be still . . .
Not sure why I love Persian music so much, and this one went straight to my heart . . .…
Inspired by the Beauty of Darkness
How do you cope with “dark” days? At least weather wise I am having difficulties to get used to the…
Impressions from the North of Germany
Today was a typical foggy day on the coast and I took the bus down to the small town of Vegesack,…
Stretched Canvas prints available now
I ordered a couple of stretched canvas prints of my paintings and really love the way they turned out. Check…
Pearls of Wisdom (wisdom of the trees)
I believe that there is wisdom in trees. “When we have learned how to listen to trees, then the brevity…
Heart Wisdom – the bridge between the heart and our brain
Did you know that the heart is actually what runs our brains? I read that… “Most of us have been…
Yoni and Voice – Expressing the Feminine Energy
This is the continuation from a series of paintings that started off digitally (A Sacred Sanctum for the Wounded Feminine…
Thank you and photos from the CCAG show 2017
Thank you all who came last Saturday at the Culver City Art Club annual Holiday Show in Playa Vista CA. to…
Mark the day Sat 11/11 and come see me and my paintings
You are invited to the CULVER CITY ART GROUP HOLIDAY – ART EXHIBIT 2017 Saturday November 11th, Noon – 6…
Can beauty save the world?
A friend of mine invited me to an award ceremony at the Bower Center here in Berkeley, for an organization…
A feast for the senses
In August we went to do Panchakarma in Kerala, South India. Panchakarma is an Ayurvedic means to purify your body…
Gurunatha (Abhinavagupta and the Lineage of Kashmir Shaiva Masters)
I updated the painting of Abhinavagupta by adding a dignifying shawl to his torso instead of him being bare-chested. So…
Painting of a Young Girl
I have been working on this portrait for my friends of their four year old daughter for quite a while,…
Teaching Healing Doodling Mandalas
Just came back from teaching my first doodling mandala class at a workshop in LA. Two very dear friends, that I…
A Sacred Sanctum for the Wounded Feminine Voice
That’s the title of one of the new course my dear Friend Natascha is offering on her website. Natascha is a…
Connections
As I was looking for an inspiring yet not too challenging project for teaching a student with no experience in painting,…
Zendoodlemandalas
I know this is a long word and probably doesn’t exist in English language. In German we connect words together,…
Finding my way back to the line with doodling
I am a “shader”! I have a hard time to leave a line all by itself. I feel more at home in the realms…
Thank you for coming to the art show (photos)
Thank you all who came last Saturday at the Culver City Art Club annual Holiday Show in Playa Vista CA.…
Come see my paintings and “art boxes” next Saturday, Nov. 12th.
You are invited to the CULVER CITY ART GROUP HOLIDAY – ART EXHIBIT 2016 Saturday November 12th, Noon – 6…
Unstoppable or what is stopping us
I am not exactly sure what I found so scary about attending a workshop called “Unstoppable” by Bill Baren Coaching. Bill…
Summer travels
What a summer it was! Exiting and adventurous travel in North India. Visiting friends and family in Europe to hang…
I bow to the surprise and wonder…. a tribute
Just re-reading Red’s book of poems that his daughter gave us after he passed away. I will forever remember the…
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Does the picture quarrel with the painter?
Been thinking about this a lot. How this crazy, at times wonderful, at other times painful illusion of existence and…
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“Cycle of life” earth mother/girl/embryo
This painting is about the cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy, shakti and how we are nourished and nurtured…
Cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy – a painting in process
My latest painting is about the cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy, shakti. I am still unsure about the…
Looking back to move foward
I was reading that in order to move forward we need to first look back at what we have already…
“Fragments”, small paintings
“Fragments” I was contemplating the experience of most people living in this world of feeling separated, fragments of the whole.…
Thank you! (and photos of the art show)
I had a great time today at the art show and really enjoyed seeing my friends and their new art…
Showing my art next Saturday
I look forward to meeting you… at the Culver City Art Group Holiday Art Exhibit 2015 Sat. November 7th noon…
Commissioned portrait painting and how it all started
Just finished a commissioned portrait painting. A friend of mine and devotee of Swami Lakshmanjoo asked me to paint his…
The masters, in all their glory!
Detail of larger painting of the Kashmir Shaiva masters: Abhinavagupta – Gurunatha In this detail: Swami Ram, Swami Lakshmanjoo, Swami…
Sunset triplet painting
I just finished a huge painting that I made for my friends living room. They have been so kind to…
Workshop with Julia Weaver
Went to a beautiful workshop with Julia Weaver and Barbara Karlsen last Sunday. “Devotion to the Ocean”: Awaken, Embody, &…
Showing my art in a group show
I look forward to meeting you… at the Culver City Art Group Holiday Art Exhibit 2014 Sat. November 22nd noon…
Fledgling
Encaustic (hot wax and pigment) on Masonite board, framed H 20 x W 16 inch (51 x 40.5cm), framed, ready…
Exhibiting with THE PEACE PROJECT
My painting “Burned Angel” has been selected for the traveling exhibit of THE PEACE PROJECT. If you are in the Bay…
Promise me….
“Promise me you will not spend so much time treading water and trying to keep your head above the waves,…
Drowning – painting from a dream
It all started with a dream: Where I slowly fell into the depth of a pool, really deep, and looking…