3 new paintings inspired by the Orion Nebula...

The Stairway 2 Heaven Rocks (Acrylic)
Spirit Flower (Acrylic
Avatar Tree Spirit (Acrylic)
Inspired by the movie... Avatar

Healing Vision (Colored Pencils & blown glass)
(A recent self-portait)
Aliah comments about this drawing:
"This drawing was done for a Spiritual Singing Class at Inner Light in Santa Cruz... everyone was asked to do a self potrait... and this is what came. I speant a lot of time relaxing the lips.
I was telling myself to do that with my body as I did it with my drawing. I was blessed with singing lead in front of this amazing Gospel Choir - a life long vision.
There is talk of being blessed with the Inner Light Gospel Choir - singing on some tracks... on the Bless The Water CD & In Light Of Now CD.
I am focused on Energetic Healing. And teaching Self -Healing tools that have come through.
All my music and creativity in every modality... is all about healing within and inspiring others to do the same - this is what that drawing is saying to me.

And older ones now photographed...

*Future Vision (Oils)
(*A self-portrait done at age 20)

"Future Vision" was the first real painting Aliah had done and the only oil painting she has ever done.
She was to be painted by an art student who just didn't feel it... so he left the cavas - there with only her hat that he had started to paint on it.
Her roommate - Jamie Erfurdt - an amazing painter who had all the paints there. Jamie gave her the inspriation to finish the painting. It took 7 hours and she knew exactly when to stop and that is what the painting taught her.
When to stop.
Jamie became a mentor to Aliah in painting... just being around this prolific painter who loved Georgia O Keefe and Monet just like Aliah - with beautifully vibrant colors.
They shared a flat on the corner of Haight & Ashbury where the corner living room became a hang out place for many deep thinking artists who would come to talk about life and art at their Pot Lucks.
Aliah's Piano Teacher Steven Dennis was a regualar who would play his classical music effortlessly & accompany Aliah singing modern songs by his teacher and folk songs by Judy Collins and Joni Mitchelle.
He encoraged her to play her own songs and espeically these long meditative jams she would do on the piano - as he said ..."where Aliah would color with sound."
During this painting session she was told by Juldy Davis (who only accepted professional singers) that she had been acceptted as her student - she studied with her for 5 years and learned
Judy Davis's covertone method that Judy had learned by working with Barbra Steisand - who did it naturally.
It took 7 hours to complete her first & only to date oil self-portrait painting and she knew exactly when to stop and that is what it taught her.
How to know-when the creation is done & stop. A vital lesson for an artist to learn.

Cloud Vision (Acrylic) This was Aliah's 3rd painting 1994- it taught her about light and shadows.
She placed a lamp to be the sun where the sun would be (with the shade off) and watched the natural shadows and light fall and painted them in.

Heart Tree (Acrylic) This was for her Foundations Class 2004 - as part of her final presentation.
Miracle Of Love... an a capella song was another offering that came for a friend's wedding while the class was going on.

Still to come... several collages & more paintings.


Also these paintings will be in used in our pads for our new TV show: CREATIVE EVOLUTION
Aliah's slowly but surely putting together a Spokenword Multi-Media Experience of her art work called: Isness Vision Questing

It will also include some that Aliah painted with her son Zack- these are 2 Acrylic painting of his:

Warrior Spirit (2001 Acrylic at age 4) & Heart Work (2002 Acrylic at Age 5)

All paintings are available on 5 x7 Art Cards.


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