Creative people are curious, flexible, persistent, and independent with a tremendous spirit of adventure and a love of play.
Henri Matisse
Play to make sense of the world
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect, but by the play instinct.”
- Carl Jung
Always stay connected to the art child inside you
“Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance.”
- Joseph Chilton Pearce
Welcome to my space for dreaming. Making art is good for you!
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw
SEEDBEDSTUDIO IS MY SPACE FOR DREAMING
Here I make art create and connect, and you can too!.
@paulineagnew
Hi, I’m Pauline
I’m an artist and art teacher, living in Ireland and I am passionate about art and creativity.
Why? Because, for me, being creative is a basic human given,available to everyone, and an essential part of being engaged in life in a meaningful way. When we make art we feel more alive, playful,and grounded. We become more capable of expanding our comfort zone, actively open to possibilities and risk. I love creating and sharing what art as a practise does for me and can do for others.If you have time,please take a look at my online portfolio where you can see the subjects that interest me as an artist,subjects like the human form:
“The human form in its strength and vulnerability,and how that can be captured in the hold of a head, the look in an eye,the arch of a back, or the stoop of a shoulder, fascinates me.
I am interested in figurative art and contemporary portraiture. Landscape also interests me, especially the way weather alters how I see it,that constantly changing relationship I have emotionally to it.
Everything is connected,the body is a landscape and I love the shifting emotional weather that it encapsulates.
Life is constant change, this I do know!”
Visit myE-courses page if you would like to learn more about the art that I teach online and my teaching style.
[It has been described as playful, immersive, challenging and fun!]
‘Head study’ – Oil pastel and ink,on handmade Indian paper. 8″x 11″. 2013
I have never painted figuratively before, so this was very new territory for me, but I soon discovered that Pauline had made a very supportive online learning environment, where everyone no matter what level, got the feedback and support that they needed.
With this Ecourse my drawing has been enriched with beautiful color and paint and wonderful ideas to create. I feel so rich now with a sparkling treasure chest available for me to open again and again at any time.
This Ecourse opened up new paths and possibilities for each student to pursue in their own individual way. I have dropped out of a few online classes before, but not this one!
Pauline’s Ecourse moved me from being a buttoned up small-scale painter to enjoying a sense of space and freedom and possibility. I feel it’s been a course for life, not just for five weeks!