Hello and welcome to my thoughtful gifts art studio!
I'm a visual and fibre artist based in Vancouver, Canada. I make gifts for Cancer Patients rooted in Love and Prayer. I work with watercolour, felt, repurposed fabrics, oil pastels, acrylics, mixed media and photography.
We all know someone that has been affected by Cancer, either a family member, a friend, a colleague, a teacher. And during that cancer journey, the most important ingredient for healing is Love! There is nothing like the power of love and self-love and the incredible healing that can come from recieving and experiencing unconditional love.
My heart project is inspired by the Corazón Milagros (Healing Hearts) tradition of Mexico, that in folk traditions, are believed to bring healing and protection to whoever receives a heart.
My hope is to create thoughtful gifts for cancer patients and survivors or whoever is suffering as we all need a little more love in our life. I hope that my little art studio and the hearts that are made with love will bring a joy and hope and healing to your loved ones. Stitch by stitch, brush stroke by brush stroke, each gift comes to life in the hope it will bring comfort to your loved ones.
One of my most memorable moments was being at a botanical garden at opening time, only the the trees, the flowers, the bees, the birds, the gardeners and me and I felt so connected, more than I had felt in years. I started learning watercolour painting and it has brought me so much joy, I feel a deep connection to flowers and trees when I am painting, it is a meditation, a prayer, an activity that I find very grounding and healing.
It has been scientifically proven that spending time in nature heals and it has been my sanctuary, a beautiful flower filled garden with gently scented roses is heaven. Or, simply feeling the breeze run through your hair. The best thing we can do to heal is to stop what we are doing, connect to that moment in time and feel.
I have discovered that passing a rose petal over your jaw line before sleep really relaxes the jaw and helps you sleep better, or simply spending 20 minutes in nature lowers your cortisol levels.
When you need to relax, going for a walk in the forest and say hello to the majestic trees. I have learned through shared knowledge, that there is a Mother tree and that all trees are interconnected through their roots, hence there is an amazing energy when you go in the forest for a walk, or go forest bathing. Trees sweat and when you walk in the woods you receive the refreshing healing mist from their leaves. Hugging a tree is so powerful and comforting and so magical. Not everyone is blessed to live near ancient forest or near a magical garden; so, I paint and create fabric arts with flowers to bring the garden and the forest to you or your loved one. A little piece of art for their walls or to have near by.
Plants go through Autumn, and Winters where plants go into a sort of hybernation, and there is always the hope of Spring when the buds of the new flowers start to appear. Spring and Summer bring us a bounty of flowers and fruits to enjoy and to nourish us. There is nothing more special than seeing the first buds of flowers starting to come alive again in the Spring. Nature brings so much. hope and I truly believe there is hope of healing for all Cancer patients.
Special thanks goes to BC Cancer and Inspire Health for the dedicated care and support they provide to Cancer patients during their journey.
May you or your loved one be loved, may you or your loved find hope, may you or your loved one find healing.
With much Love, I send prayers your way,
Coni xoxo
(in Remision)
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