
Her style gracefully weaves together refined realism, iconic imagery and symbolism, and subtle energetic geometries. However, her sustaining focus remains primarily in painting, which she finds offers the most freedom, luminosity, and versatility in her intuitive art-making. Autumn Skye perpetually explores and plays in many artistic mediums and modalities, from music to sculpture, cooking, event production, sewing, interior decorating, and jewelry making.

Through her wanderlust, she developed a deep reverence for the beauty of nature and the diversity of humanity, and continuously endeavours to translate this inspiration through her work.Īs a self-taught artist she is forever a student of the intuitive, creative process. Her childhood and early adult years were spent travelling the landscapes of both her wild Canadian backyard and distant international shores. May these reflections inspire your own unique voice, brave creativity, and resilient spirit.” ~ Autumn SkyeĪutumn Skye lives, breathes, and dreams art, and has done so since she was old enough to hold a pencil and reach for a piece of paper. For your journey I offer this art ~ a gift from spirit, through my heart and hands, to you. I am continually humbled and empowered by the potent teachings of the visionary process. By learning to listen, I have come to trust the mysterious compass of the heart to navigate both my imagination and life.

Since my earliest memories, I have felt a creative fire in my belly and an unyielding mission to share art with the world. Art propels me out of bed in the morning, whispering me awake with purpose and inhabiting the space between the in-breath and out-breath. In my bones dwells a sacred duty to play my small part in this collective blossoming. At moments of reckoning, I believe more than ever in the importance of art. While the world is at the precipice of change, artworks can be maps to help guide humanity forward into positive ways of seeing and being. Throughout history, society has looked to the arts to guide and inspire our personal and cultural narratives. It can start revolutions, shift paradigms, and present paths forward towards wholeness. It can shine light on critical issues and be a grounding touchstone of beauty in an otherwise bleak landscape. It can awaken and empower both the artist and viewer, connecting straight to the emotional subconscious. Art can heal emotional trauma, cure illness, bring renewed vitality, and cultivate joy. Paradoxically, art also has the potential to move mountains. Simply put, a painting is just colourful mud smeared on fabric pretty and frivolous for our fickle amusement.


Loving advice for the person who feels they don't even have the right to try - or may have been bullied by a loved one not to shine brighter than them.“Art is both trivial and essential. Our tendency as women to dim our own light.
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How to approach creativity in a way that helps it feel safe to come out What I do when I bump into limiting beliefs (and it’s not about silencing them!) Incorporating muscle testing in the creative process as a way to cultivate intuition Surefire ways to stop epiphanies and creative insight and how not to do those things How being willing to be surprised is a key in the magic of my artwork My advice for anyone experiencing fear about beginning to express creativity (hint: it's something you could go out and do today) Some things that kate and I discuss in this episode: A deep and deeply nourishing and expansive conversation with Kate Shepherd, covering a range of inspiring and empowering topics from the practical to the esoteric.
