✨ My Newest Solo Course is Now Open for Registration! ✨ Hello, lovely ones! I’m SO excited! My newest course ‘Creating Cuties’ is now open for registration! This last month I’ve had the joy and pleasure to be working on a series of paintings (and lessons) that contain basically THE CUTEST CHARACTERS you’ve ever seen! Many Read More
✨ Hope Crafts Group – A Year of Light Scholarship ✨ Hello, lovely ones! Some happy news! For my year long courses I often give out group scholarships to those in need! In addition to other philanthropy projects; his is one of the ways I hope to spread joy, compassion, love and support! This Read More
✨ New Episode – Creative Sanctuary ✨ Dear Creative Friend, How are you really doing these days? If you’re anything like me, you might be feeling weary, depleted, even carrying a quiet (or not-so-quiet) grief about the state of the world. It can feel like a lot, can’t it? So much pain, so much uncertainty. It’s Read More
✨ FREE *NEW* Video – Art Journaling with Tam ✨ Dear Creative Friend, I’m in a particular kind of exhausted but blissful state of happiness after having just run 2 amazing weeks of Mastering Mixed Media! This was truly an incredible event with over 27k beautiful creative souls joining! Thank you to all of you who attended and Read More
✨ Creative Sanctuary with Tam & Jen ✨ Episode 2: Collage & Anger Dear Creative Friend, I’m super excited to let you know that Jen and I have just finished our 2nd episode of Creative Sanctuary with Tam & Jen! This time we discuss the feeling of anger, feeling our feelings and Jen shares a healing collage Read More
*FREE* New Video + 25% off Spotlight Class! Dear creative friends, Wow, how are you all doing? How are you riding this “interesting” wave that’s pulling us all along around the world? I gotta be honest with you; I’ve been quite down about it all. For a while there, I found myself in a Read More
Free Retreat: Woman Unleashed is Back! I am excited and very honoured to let you know that I am part of the amazing Woman Unleashed Retreat again this year! This is always a very nurturing, inspiring and healing experience for many people! You are invited to join us! For free!! 😊 Yay! 🥳 🎉 Read More
Create a Quirky Owl with Me! For Free! 😊 Dear Creative Friend, I know the tensions have been running high over the pond and many in my beloved art community are deeply upset by the outcome of the US elections. All my love and light is with you all as we process this news. Read More
Sketchbook Revival is Back! YAY! Dear Creative Friend, I have exciting news! Sketchbook Revival is back! I love being part of this event every year, it’s full of inspiring sessions and inspiring artists! What is it? Sketchbook Revival is a FREE jam-packed gathering of 30+ practicing artists coming together in the spirit of creative discovery, experimentation and play. We’ll all be Read More
Huge Important Announcement! Dearest Creative Community, I’m coming to you today with a huge message that’s both filled with gratitude and a touch of bittersweetness. It’s hard to finally share this with you, it isn’t without sadness and I’ve shed many a tear, but I have to let you know that after 13 years of Read More
Art Soul Gathering is Back! 😍 Dearest Creative Friend, I have exciting news! My dear friend Ida Andersen Lang is running another round of her wonderful Art Soul Gathering! This is a wonderful free event each year that focuses on Celebrating Mother Nature and the Divine Feminine! Come join us and enjoy free lessons from 13 celebrated artist teachers! Read More
Should You Pick An Art Style? 🤔 Hello Creative Friend, Hey ho there fellow creative travellers! How are you hanging in there over there? I hope you’re ok and that you are finding moments of joy and creativity in your days and that you take time for breathing and sitting still. I’ve been busy preparing Read More
When I was a teenager, I collected elephant statues; by the time I was 18, I must’ve had hundreds. I’ve always adored elephants. There`s something about their grounded presence and quiet wisdom that feels profoundly comforting. I love that they’re matriarchal, that they mourn their dead, that they move through the world with a seeming intelligence and heart.
When Andy and I lived in Sri Lanka for three years, we visited an elephant sanctuary and it was honestly one of the most magical experiences of my life. Watching the gentle connection between carers and elephants moved me deeply. They had a beautiful closeness I silently envied!
So it’s no surprise that elephants have wandered their way into my art again and again. I love painting them both whimsically and realistically. Their shapes are so satisfying to work with: cute chonky feet, soulful eyes, those expressive trunks and giant ears; it’s like they’re built for art! 🎨🖌️
This piece, painted back in 2014, is a special one. I was exploring how to bring more “grunge” and texture into my work; layering deeply, playing with contrasts. The rough, earthy background felt like the perfect contrast to the milky-white skin of the elephant, who gazes out with such a soft, knowing expression. Even here, she seems to whisper: be gentle. be wise. be still.
I hope she brings some of that same quiet comfort to your day, too. 🤍 🐘
This is day 16 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱
Hello my lovely friends, a quick reminder that my friend Ida Andersen Lang is running her FREE retreat called ‘Art Soul Gathering’ again this year aaaaand … YOU are invited! 😃 Yay! 🥳🎉🎊
Celebrate the Wonders of Nature and the Beauty of the Human Spirit with 12 days of artmaking.
Come, hear the winds of your intuition whisper, and let the waves of blissful nature infuse creativity into your art. 🎨🌿
In the Art Soul Gathering 2025, you’ll enjoy free lessons from 16 celebrated artist teachers. Each are gifting you with their beautiful visions and artistic techniques to inspire your creative journey with Nature and Spirit.
For my lesson I want to teach you how to paint a beautiful happy dolphin that is jumping out of -what can only be called- CONFETTI OCEAN. 😂😁😆
Look how joyful!
You will become part of a worldwide community of creative souls and get to know the teachers. And oh, there will be plenty of art bonuses, give aways and surprises all the way through the gathering.
This free event is suitable for creatives of all levels - beginners, intermediate and experienced. The lessons are designed for you to enjoy, from just where you are in your creative journey. As we move through this experience together, we will lift each other up and hold creative sacred space. ✨🙏✨
I hope you’ll join us there! @followers Join us here: https://bit.ly/4lhZYjy ♥️♥️♥️ or link in my bio/ story/ linktree
Much Love,
Tam 💕
SALE Ends Tonight: Last Chance to Save ❤️ ⏳
Hey Beautiful Creative Souls! ✨🙌✨
Final Chance to take advantage of this sale! Deals like this don`t come round that often! Grab your deals before midnight, otherwise they`ll all be gone! A big thank you to anyone who has picked up a class or two in the Summer Sale. I hope you have a wonderful sunny experience creating your artwork!
Here are the codes again:
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Happy shopping my amazing artist friends!
Much love,
Tam 💕
While reflecting on the meaning and challenges of life, I stumbled across this old painting of mine from 2014, titled You Shine. It reminded me of a song I once wrote as a teenager, also called You Shine; inspired by a boyfriend I had when I was around 17 or 18. I remember how touching it was to witness someone’s inner light, to catch that quiet glow when they were truly themselves; smiling at something simple, gazing dreamily into the distance, or lost in their favourite hobby.
The phrase `You Shine` (or Shine Your Light) has long been part of my art, and to me, it speaks to the pure, radiant core that lives in all of us.
Sometimes that shine is hard to see; hidden beneath the layers we build to survive, to function, to belong. Life, with all its pressures (especially the grind of capitalism...), can leave us weary and dulled. It can feel as though our shine has been chipped away.
But here’s what I believe in my bones: the shine can never be destroyed. It is eternal. Untouchable. At most, it gets buried beneath a little dust and soot.
This painting is a gentle nudge; a reminder that your shine is still there, no matter what you`re facing today or tomorrow.
How is your soul doing these days? How is your shine?
Mine is still here… a little tired, yes, but glowing quietly, and always ready to rise again.
✨ You shine, my friend. Don’t forget. ✨ ♥️♥️♥️
This is day 15 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱
