How Nine Women, One Year Ago, Left the Plan Behind — and Found Something More Beautiful 📍 Story Moment: Trixi's Creations' Studio, 29 March 2025 — nine women arrived with brushes in hand, a sunflower to paint, and a canvas full of possibility. There's something holy about a blank canvas. It stands waiting — white, wide, and full of promise — like an unopened morning, like a held breath before the first word of a song. Nine canvases lined the table in Trixi's Creations'

How paint, prayer, and honest conversation became a sanctuary for every woman in the room 📍 Story Moment: A sunny Saturday morning in Auckland, 28 March 2026 — women gathering in a studio that holds more than paint, discovering they're holding more than brushes. 📖 "We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." — Ephesians 2:10 (NKJV) My studio is a sanctuary. I don't use that word lightly. It's t

The physical and emotional benefits of painting, and why creativity restores what life has worn thin There are seasons when the soul carries more than words can bear. Thoughts circle endlessly, emotions feel tangled, and the body holds tension it cannot name. In those moments, God often invites us not into explanation, but into expression. Painting offers such an invitation. Not as performance.Not as productivity.But as presence. When we paint, something gentle yet profound t

This month's community paint party drew less than a hand ful of people but we had loads of fun nevertheless.

This weekend we had another community paint party at our church. 7 people arrived, most of which haven't painted in years. Once again we...

I guess it's safe to say I have a very happy customer... Peter came up to me after the service last month in which I shared my testimony...

This has been a fairly productive week. Jesse made me a carry box for the paint party easels he had made for me last year & I decided to...

This week we start up our weekly paint parties again. There will be one in the morning with a virtual link up for those who would like to join from the comfort of their own homes.

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A choir buddy asked me to host a Mother's Day paint party for the moms & tots at the kindy where she works... Together with 1 of the...

This weekend's paint party was small & has made me realise, that even if I have only 1 signup, it is still worth the time & effort to...

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Charlie Chaplin Contemporary palette knife portrait. Acrylics on canvas pad. Here's another one of those messy, mess with my brain...

Trains & Spring Blossoms This week's acrylic on canvas pad came with a variety of new techniques with various layers of paint. Start with...

This week I celebrated 2 years victory over a lifelong struggle with anxiety & depression. I'm excited to have been able to celebrate...

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Last weekend I hosted my final paint party for this year. I had a full table for my Christmas paint party. It was a tight squeeze but fun...

A couple of weeks ago I asked Jesse if he could make me 6 easels for my paint parties. Yesterday he brought me this set of 18 pairs in a...