Resting in Nature, Exploring Movement, Creating Art

About Louise

Artist & Art Tutor

I have always had a deep love of nature, throughout my life walking the hills, woodland and seashores wherever I am. I’ve been drawn to engaging creatively in life, making things, drawing, dancing and enjoy collaborating with others on creative projects. I’ve worked in the hospitality industry, managed a Complementary Health practice, led walks (Soles & Souls) and facilitated a variety of art workshops & classes.

I studied Art – printmaking - in Sydney in the 1980’s which inspired a love of life drawing and more experimental approaches to drawing, painting & printmaking. I completed a Mindfulness Teacher Training course in 2016 and have a regular meditation & energy cultivation practice, with the intent of bringing present awareness to all aspects of living, working and teaching. I am particularly interested in collaborating with dancers and practising embodied drawing, using dance and movement as a portal to creative expression and mark-making to develop tangible works of art.

I currently live in the beautiful Cuckmere Valley near the south coast of England and have a studio in Lewes where I make and teach art.

“‘Getting yourself out of the way’ can be achieved by becoming mindfully absorbed with the process of making something, so that the process takes over and the mind becomes calmer and more focussed.”

Qualifications

BA Visual Arts (Sydney University)

City & Guilds Adult Education Teacher Training (Sussex Downs College, Lewes)

Life Coaching Certificate (Newcastle College)

Mindfulness Teacher Training ( TT1 Bangor University)

Creativity Coaching Course (Eric Maisel)

Certified Zentangle Teacher Training (Zentangle Inc. Rhode Island, USA)