Painting the Pause: The Power of Stillness in Art

In this week’s episode I’m exploring something that’s deceptively simple but deeply powerful: stillness.

Not just in life - but in your art practice.

As abstract landscape artists, we often focus on the doing - the brushstrokes, the scraping, the layering. But what if one of the most powerful tools we have… is the pause?

In this episode I explore:

- Why so many of us resist stillness in the creative process (me included!)- How I work fast - often too fast - and why I’m learning to let paintings breathe- The difference between fixing a painting and letting it unfold - The fear of incompletion - and why it's okay not to rush to resolution- How stillness is not a lack of progress, but a part of growth

This week’s creative challenge:

Pick a painting in progress and don’t paint on it.Instead sit with it. Let it speak to you.Observe. Reflect. Write.

Ask yourself:- What is this piece holding?- What does it want to say?- What part of me is showing up here?

And if you feel inspired share your stillness reflections or artwork with us inside the Abstract Horizons Community

Thank you for listening.