Archive - Kris Cahill - Making Art With Spirit

Everything changes constantly, art is eternal

Making art in difficult times is necessary: artists make art no matter who is running the world.

Nov 12 •

October 2024

Light and shadow, and art healing

New paintings: the 'Light Series' is about how the light and dark need each other to exist.

Oct 29 •

The energy of Joy makes art making fun

Plus: my new 'Joy' series of paintings on paper is released today!

Oct 16 •

Intuitive painting and finding the magic

Plus a reminder: my yearly Big Art Sale ends after October 8!

Oct 7 •

Democracy is an art form: imagine a world

Artists care about the world in which we live. Art and activism go hand in hand.

Oct 2 •

September 2024

This week in the studio: color mixing

I'm working on expanding my color repertoire and getting a bit more sophisticated in my color mixing. Plus making a huge mess is the best fun ever.

Sep 25 •

Flowers for the end of summer

As I’m stretching myself as an artist, I’m noticing that I'm every bit as particular as my flowers.

Sep 17 •

The value of learning from other artists and teachers

I grew as an artist this year! Here's a few of the ways I did this.

Sep 10 •

Making art makes it possible for new growth and positive change to happen

We really do have the power to make changes that have a positive effect. It all starts within us.

Sep 3 •

August 2024

Notes on being a curious visionary and exercising the imagination.

What do imagination and curiosity have to do with Democracy?

Aug 27 •

Having fun and resting makes for new inspiration

Fun times visiting old friends and getting into present time with myself = new inspiration.

Aug 20 •

My best art is out of my control

I've been working on learning the fine art of letting go of control in my art making process. Fun things show up when I do this!

Aug 5 •

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