Waking up before dawn when I was around four years old…I would sneak out of bed careful not to wake up my sisters in the same room and quietly descend the stairs down to the floor heater with coloring supplies in hand. I can remember the whistle of the heater, how present the sensations were in my body…like my cells were drinking in the Stillness, a profound contentment, a kind of creative ‘sooth’ that informed my whole Being. Art and spirituality have not ever been separate for me.

I wish to create as often as possible from this natural state, my aim is to create the environments that allow for this creative ease in action to deepen…as an adult, the world of art can be overwhelming with pressures of needing to make it ‘right’…advance in skill…this pressure has at times killed my initial love of creating.

But here I am 30 years later still picking up the paint brush still allowing the journey to pull me into its mystery’s that are always surprising me…art isn’t predictable for me and I’m not a predictable person…so it really is a wild ride. It’s a joy to watch the diversity that wants to express itself through these hands.

Alysha has been an artist since she was a child. A little odd, a little wild, a little sensitive, it’s just what’s happening.