Spring Greetings,
It is my hope all are gracefully emerging out of the hibernation of the winter season.
After having completed a large body of work last fall along with a full teaching schedule, I have used the last few months to slow my internal pace in contrast to an outside world that has warped into quickening speed bringing more constant anxiety that seems to be the new normal.
As a painter, I search through abstract language to communicate how I experience the world in which I live. My art has evolved and changed over time and I have grown to depend on my lived experience of the evolution or de-evolution of the world to come through me and onto surface in subtle ways.
Lately, my painting and teaching appears to be asking more of me, and I am not sure what that should look like. But, some deeper questions that have arisen are providing clues:
What brings inspiration to all of us in these changing times?
What brings deep nourishment and connection?
What acts or non-acts can I incorporate into my process and teaching to really listen and
guide myself and others into more authentic ways of being in the world?
I believe engaging in creativity is a way to know ourselves and others deeply. Painting consistently with a group every Wednesday for the last four years has taught me that.
Some participants have served as anchors every week while other visitors have attended from various regions of the world.
I have witnessed how of the power of creating can bring people closer to their selves and the seat of their souls.
I bear witness to my own painting process, and everyday learning to trust in the “not knowing”, but doing what I can to just show up and stay conscious to the subtle needs of the painting and to those that attend my classrooms. My hope is through this process we may all bring our deepest authentic and courageous selves into the world.
“Dare to not rush any faster than we are ignited from within.
Dare to slow into true presence.”
Mark Nepo
Below is a short list of upcoming workshops and Mantecon Studio announcements and registration links are highlighted.
New- Virtual Studio Mentorship
Mantecón Studio- Ongoing Wednesday Open Studio 1:30-4:30pm
Mantecón Studio The Creative Visonary Intensive Saturday March 24th/ Catherine Trapani and Lauren Mantecon
Weehawken Art Center, Ridgeway, Colorado Expressive Painting & Mixed Media Techniques May 19th-20th / Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Soul Work in Action-Art & Psych June 2nd-3rd / Nina Rossand Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Color Theory -Why Color is Important / Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Anything Goes An in Depth 4 -Day Mixed Media and Painting Investigation June 23rd-26th/ Lauren Mantecón
New Work, Exhibit Muse Gallery, August, 2018/ Lauren Mantecón Hilton Head, South Carolina
Cullowhee Mountain Arts Lake Logan Art Retreat, North Carolina, August 20th-25th / Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Abstract Painting with Krista Harris- Full- please contact Krista for wait list.
Mantecón Studio The Space Between- Painting with Intent & Intuition November 1st-4th /Stacy Phillips and Lauren Mantecon
Coming Soon- On-Line Video Tutorials
It is my hope all are gracefully emerging out of the hibernation of the winter season.
After having completed a large body of work last fall along with a full teaching schedule, I have used the last few months to slow my internal pace in contrast to an outside world that has warped into quickening speed bringing more constant anxiety that seems to be the new normal.
As a painter, I search through abstract language to communicate how I experience the world in which I live. My art has evolved and changed over time and I have grown to depend on my lived experience of the evolution or de-evolution of the world to come through me and onto surface in subtle ways.
Lately, my painting and teaching appears to be asking more of me, and I am not sure what that should look like. But, some deeper questions that have arisen are providing clues:
What brings inspiration to all of us in these changing times?
What brings deep nourishment and connection?
What acts or non-acts can I incorporate into my process and teaching to really listen and
guide myself and others into more authentic ways of being in the world?
I believe engaging in creativity is a way to know ourselves and others deeply. Painting consistently with a group every Wednesday for the last four years has taught me that.
Some participants have served as anchors every week while other visitors have attended from various regions of the world.
I have witnessed how of the power of creating can bring people closer to their selves and the seat of their souls.
I bear witness to my own painting process, and everyday learning to trust in the “not knowing”, but doing what I can to just show up and stay conscious to the subtle needs of the painting and to those that attend my classrooms. My hope is through this process we may all bring our deepest authentic and courageous selves into the world.
“Dare to not rush any faster than we are ignited from within.
Dare to slow into true presence.”
Mark Nepo
Below is a short list of upcoming workshops and Mantecon Studio announcements and registration links are highlighted.
New- Virtual Studio Mentorship
Mantecón Studio- Ongoing Wednesday Open Studio 1:30-4:30pm
Mantecón Studio The Creative Visonary Intensive Saturday March 24th/ Catherine Trapani and Lauren Mantecon
Weehawken Art Center, Ridgeway, Colorado Expressive Painting & Mixed Media Techniques May 19th-20th / Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Soul Work in Action-Art & Psych June 2nd-3rd / Nina Rossand Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Color Theory -Why Color is Important / Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Anything Goes An in Depth 4 -Day Mixed Media and Painting Investigation June 23rd-26th/ Lauren Mantecón
New Work, Exhibit Muse Gallery, August, 2018/ Lauren Mantecón Hilton Head, South Carolina
Cullowhee Mountain Arts Lake Logan Art Retreat, North Carolina, August 20th-25th / Lauren Mantecón
Mantecón Studio Abstract Painting with Krista Harris- Full- please contact Krista for wait list.
Mantecón Studio The Space Between- Painting with Intent & Intuition November 1st-4th /Stacy Phillips and Lauren Mantecon
Coming Soon- On-Line Video Tutorials
