turn me on Archives : alena hennessy

Breathwork for the Sensual Self

April 22, 2022April 23, 2022

Here is an article I recently wrote for Spirituality & Health magazine. These two topics are something I am quite passionate about, breathwork and sensuality. I define sensuality as an intimacy with one’s core being and one’s desires, and a capacity to give and receive pleasure. Sensuality is also a personal expression—an attitude and an ability to …

New Painting Series

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

I think we can all safely say that this year has been whirlwind. Thank goodness art is never cancelled! The below series I have been working on for awhile, some just completed, some recently given a little extra love. There are a variety of sizes and formats. If you wish to have the sides gold-leafed, …

Sharing my Favorite Art Media!

March 7, 2019May 14, 2019

After years of receiving this question I am finally compiling a list of my favorite supplies (see them all together here)! If you are like me I know most of us are admitted art material junkies. For those of you who don’t know much about me, I embrace my style as a wabi-sabi, semi-abstract, botanical-loving, …

A Love Letter from Me to You

August 9, 2017August 10, 2017

Dear beautiful you (or exquisite soul who is housed in a physical female or male body in this lifetime): You can feast again upon the senses, allow the distance from the past hurts to breathe into your space. The grief may not go away, it just changes form and your relationship to it. These scars …

A Year of Super Fresh Creating!

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016

YOU ALL! This feels so so good. It’s that time of year again and this time I am re-doing it all over again with brand new lessons and painting adventures… it’s time to go on an art retreat ~ virtually ~ all year long! So just to let you know, we are filming brand new …

Current Turn Ons

June 13, 2016June 13, 2016

Painting together in the spirit of collaboration with Faith Evans Sills and in retreats and workshops. Planning my Summer workshop where folks arrive in just a few weeks so that we can paint outside together. Oh my… Outdoor pillows, easels, rugs and circling under birdsong and wind/light in leaves. I welcome you! Having a proud …

Current Turn-Ons

February 21, 2016March 19, 2016

Painting a whole lot again… one of my favorite remedies and nourishment for the soul. Going back to my roots with bird painting too: a pure and perfect symbol for the heart. My Mama’s new ecourse and the amazing work being created! So different than in my classes. I love the contrast. These precious healing …

Current Turn Ons

December 24, 2015December 24, 2015

And how gorgeous are these women?? (Clockwise from top left): Marianne Mitchell, Michelle Madden Smith, Jen Grey, Flora Bowley, Tam LaPorte, Rachael Rice, and Juliet Blankenspoor, just some of the guest teachers in A Year of Healing: Abundant Wild Living (closing VERY soon).

A Big Love Giveaway! (Winners Announced)

October 21, 2015October 28, 2015

Usually about once a year I have a biggie giveaway ~ and that time has come once again! How perfect that I have an array of virtual offerings or learning experiences in which you can enter to win any and all of them!!! This is a MEGA-GIVEAWAY as I will be gifting the following: 7 …

Soul Painting Autumn

October 2, 2015October 9, 2015

Above 3 photos by Yulia Mikhalchuk. Above two photos by Miranda Wildman. Again, it was an incredibly soulful and transformative experience! We soaked (hot springs), we laughed, we journeyed, we ate ridiculously well, we danced, we hiked, we sat, we reiki’d, we cried, we laughed some more, we biz talked, we flower crowned, …

How do you heal?

August 13, 2015August 15, 2015

Lately I have been reflecting on what can bring a feeling of healing to a human. How can we go from a place of pain or brokenness to a feeling of wholeness, completeness, or in-the-moment-ness? How do we move from a place of feeling lost, confused, weak, or disenchanted to a feeling of a heart …

Birth of a New Dream

April 15, 2015April 15, 2015

“Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.” – Anais Nin For the past 6 weeks I have been working steadily (albeit if not obsessed) on opening up our new gallery, gift, and workshop space entitled rosewater. It’s been a …

Radiant Heart Giveaway: Winners Announced!

March 23, 2015March 29, 2015

All the windows of my heart I open to the day. ~John Greenleaf Whittier Are you wishing for more sweetness and warmth in your life? Do you wish to create paintings and photos that come from an authentic place, that deeply resonate within your soul? Do you sometimes feel you need help with boundaries or …

What brings you joy?

October 28, 2014November 24, 2014

“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” — Aberjhani “Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves …

Current Colorway Inspirations *

October 15, 2014October 21, 2014

Been painting up a storm for my Year of Painting classes and these are my current favorite color combinations. I love how color can cause us to think outside of our creative box! I have been really trying to push my typical color range into new hue fields and relationships.

Art Transforms Life

July 21, 2014

Lately I’ve been pondering just how much art making, painting, and active creative pursuits have impacted my life. I began to realize that it’s influenced so much…perhaps everything. For this, I am endlessly thankful, in fact I often tag my Insta photos with #thankfulartistgirl. It just fits. So I thought I’d write a simple post …

Current Turn Ons

July 7, 2014September 19, 2014

“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God “We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from …