Janet Hovde, Artist and Healer
Art is play for me—play with images, textures, colors, energy, healing, and intuition.

In my mixed media art, I follow an internal rather than external authority. To the best of my ability, I do what my piece asks of me. I may not fully understand the choices in the moment but am often surprised by the artistic success.

As in my energy healing practice, I begin my art work by setting an intention, in this case for the greatest good for myself and future viewers of my work. I imagine that my fabric is infused with healing energy.

I make decisions in the course of my work by accessing and following my intuition. This inner knowing guides my decisions about materials, techniques, themes, and elements of design. I have studied intuition academically as well as personally, and have been teaching soulful living classes for 12 years and intuition development for 8 years.

For me, art making is deep, holy work . . . and should not be taken too seriously!