She walked into the studio convinced she was stuck.

She’d been carrying that feeling for a while — that quiet pressure of wanting to create something but not knowing where to begin. I told her what I tell so many of my students: stuck isn’t a problem. Stuck is the perfect starting point.

We began the way I always begin — with the breath. Then a visualization to drop her out of her head and into her body. Then stream-of-consciousness, where the thinking mind finally lets go and something more honest takes the brush.

By the end of our session, she had created a painting she never thought she was capable of making. That’s the moment I live for. Not because I taught her a technique — but because she gave herself permission to trust what was already inside her.

That’s the picture you’re looking at. Her painting. Her breakthrough.

This is exactly why students keep coming back for the last painting workshop of the season on May 30th. And this one is special — I’m offering it two ways:

Full 4-hour session — work on a larger canvas with the time and space to really go deep.

Half session — work on a smaller canvas, the same format as our last two painting workshops.

Whichever you choose, you’ll leave with a painting that came from somewhere real.