Landscapes of My Mind: Colour, Light & Beauty

★★★★★"This book inspired to move forward on my own adventure of positive creativity."Paint landscapes with feeling, passion and purpose!Landscapes of My Mind: Colour, Light & Beautycelebrates the joy and beauty of painting the New Zealand landscape seen through the eyes and heart of award-winning artist Cassandra Gaisford. It illustrates the joy of abstract expressionism and shows there is no right or wrong way of painting a scene and no perfect medium.Cassandra has studied with other artists and is largely self-taught...what she shares are the landscapes from her mind and her love of nature and talent for recreating it in paintings with soul and feeling. Cassandra Gaisford (BCA, Dip Psych) shares insights into her creative process.She is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice exudes an uninhibited, spontaneous spirit. Her artistic output includes a repertoire of decidedly varied formats. Drawing, painting, sculpture, furniture, photography, and other creative pursuits combine playful energy with bright, optimistic themes and colour palettes.A Reiki Master and healer, she takes inspiration from the spiritual world and her immediate natural environment: the sea, sky, clouds, flowers, birds, streams and trees. Her work is a call to rebelliousness—to feed our lives with beauty and love, not hatred and fear.The artist explains landscape paintings in a range of styles and mediums. Find out what inspired the paintings, how each artwork was composed and what techniques were used. An excellent book for artists and anyone interested in art.Beautifully illustrated with links to videos and other media to deepen your inspiration and understanding.Landscapes of My Mind: Colour, Light & Beautywill inspire and encourage you to free the artist within, paint intuitively and create art that sustains your life.READER REVIEWS"I have read and enjoyed your wonderful book!! I feel so inspired now to get back into my sleep out / studio and my creativity.""I have just been on a joyous journey full of love, light, happiness, fun, peace