I Went on a Painting Retreat… and Had a Breakthrough

This week. I went on a painting retreat. The setting was stunning, the company inspiring (and sometimes exhausting!), and the creative energy intense. But somewhere between the quiet moments alone, a conversation with an energy healer, and a few unexpected lessons about limitation… something shifted.

This video is about that shift — the breakthrough that changed how I paint. I finally understood how all the layers, traces, and memories in my work connect — and how to trust the process again.

Join me in this episode of The Artist’s Diary as I share what I learned, how the retreat unfolded, and what’s next for my art now that I’m back in the studio.

???? The Artist’s Diary is my ongoing vlog series about life as an artist in the north of England — the ups, the doubts, the breakthroughs, and the beauty of the process.

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