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About Vanessa

​​I like to create sacred portals, paintings that invite a remembering of wholeness through colour, form, and feeling. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1987, I’ve been creating art for as long as I can remember. From an early age, creativity felt like a natural way to express what couldn’t be spoken with words, a connection between inner and outer worlds. During high school, I discovered the visionary and surrealist painters who inspired me to capture the dream realm through images. Their work reflected what I felt inside, that there is more to this reality than whats on the surface. In my adult years, I studied the Mischtechnik, a layered painting method that has been passed down through the visionary art lineage, it is revised from the techniques of the old masters. Through this process, I have found a way to give form to dreams, archetypes, spirit,

and landscapes of transformation. These works can act as portals. By this I mean they open a doorway into an inner experience. They invite the viewer to pause, feel, and perhaps remember something true within themselves. The use of sacred geometry, symbolic elements, and light infused forms gives voice to a deeper knowing. Often guided by visions, dreams, or awakenings in my own life, my art reflects an ongoing journey of discovery. I make art to offer beauty, resonance, and healing. I hope that each piece can serve as a reflection, an invitation, or simply a place to pause and reconnect. I currently live and create from my studio in the Tasman region, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island.

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