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Spring Happy Dance for Cherry Blossoms

My sketchbook drawing with ink and stamps copyright 2013 I love spring and I’m thrilled that my cherry trees, finally planted into the ground, seem to be thriving. Deer ate some of the early blossoms, but I have been spraying … Continue reading

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Fu Dog: The Guardian Lion Dog Reincarnated

Fu Dog /Acrylic and pastel on paper/ Elaine Clayton copyright 1997 I had a collie I very much loved as a child. I had a lot of deep emotions about this dog that I was not very conscious of having, … Continue reading

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You Are One with Spring, With Everything

  Once a few years ago, I was dreaming (just before waking up at dawn) and was hovering over some rocks and plants. I had the complete sensation of being not just one with everything, but of BEING everything.  The … Continue reading

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Animals In Heaven

Detail from Planty Goes to Heaven/ Elaine Clayton copyright 2013  My beloved companion, Plantagenet, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel died a few months ago and I was so sad, feeling his devotion, love and innocence to the very end. I … Continue reading

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Old Bubble Gum Wrapper Dress

Seeing intuitively, the way I experience it, is to be visually open and to expect that things will show you more than just whatever their literal meanings or uses might be. There is always an opportunity to create and play … Continue reading

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Synchronistic Sign of the Dove: A Recent Spirit Painting

Spirit Painting for J.R. 2013 copyright Elaine Clayton www.illuminara.com This is a recent Spirit Painting commission that had a powerful synchronistic happening connected with it. I noted for the client that there is a “cloud bird”—a dove flying overhead in … Continue reading

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Guest Artist: Katherine Miller

Katherine Miller was in my graduate program at School of Visual Arts in NYC. I know her to be sensitive, empathic and a fun, gifted and lively person. As an artist, that deep sensitivity in her powerfully comes through her … Continue reading

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When Visions are Premonitions: Was This a West, Texas Premonition?

Was this a premonition vision? This is a repost of an illuminara.com post I put up in 2012. In this meditation/astral vision (I was fully conscious and felt I was being “instructed” or shown important things) I saw a terrible … Continue reading

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Streams of Watercolor

Watercolor Ladies/ Elaine Clayton copyright 2013 I heard it may be a very wet April. Great time to take out the watercolors and let them flow and flow. I also can’t wait to use the brayer (a roller, one of … Continue reading

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Sign up for the Illuminara Card of the Week

A Spirit Painting Commission copyright Elaine Clayton 2010 Every week or two, I create an email newsletter (a work of art and reflection) that arrives in mailboxes of newsletter subscribers. My intention is to offer an image that will enrich … Continue reading

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