Featured Artists |Tiffany Chantel

Artist Statement

My work focuses on mixing rich and bold colors to create abstract scenes suggestive of landscapes or pure energetic flow. Sometimes using several colors at once, I blend paints in a spontaneous, intuitive fashion. The result is a body of unique works with layers of hue, often evoking organic states, fluid motion and varied emotional subtext.

It is important for me to get out of the way of the art as I paint. This requires that I truly trust my instincts in composition and color patterning. To do this, I feel the moment as a connective force linking my deeper consciousness, the colors, textures, and ephemera. It is very much like a meditation in color. The results are astoundingly calming and invigorating.

Art has a way of inspiring our natural capacity for healing. As a survivor of chronic myelogenous leukemia, it is even more important for me to send the message of "Art as Healer" to the world. By transcending the "idea" of form or limitation, a freer, more natural state of peace and vision emerges. As we put our "attention on our intention," we create our bliss of purpose. When we dip into creativity, and express from this wellspring of intention, great things are possible. We experience a healing of body, mind and spirit.

I believe that art vibrates at a very high frequency, much higher than most humans acknowledge on a daily basis. To truly honor the art, I try to turn off my mind and trust my instincts. The process that unfolds is often dynamic, confrontational, calming and euphoric. I call it "Abstract Energeticism™." Ultimately, my artistic goal is to share the images that emerge from this process as evidence of our limitless potential.

My philanthropic work includes artistic donations to Habitat for Humanity, Oregon Health & Science University, the GATES Project for Poverty Relief in Africa, and Emergency Communities/Made With Love Café programs for Hurricane Katrina relief.

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