Self-Portrait and Nature-painting:
Creativity is when you are not
with Abilasha Van Nes and Pathika Schuilenga
June 25 - 29, 2023 on the Greek island of Thymena
Dear Friends,
we invite you to paint with us in Thymena! This year we open our program of retreats and trainings for the summer season in our Pearl Center in Thymena with a five-day painting group.
We are excited to host Abilasha and Pathika , trained artists and experienced art teachers, that will open and hold the space for experimenting with our creativity. Thymena offers the perfect silent space of meditation , where we can expand and deepen in our inner process, dive in, and connect with our inspiration . The sea and the sky , the beautiful Greek light , the silent, sacred, intimate nights under the stars, offer the ideal ambiance for us to unfold.
In this group , we will explore our original face , coming from our depth. Through painting and meditation, we will reveal from our unconscious the imprint from our mother and father, to recognise and come to terms with it. This process will support us to differentiate in order to allow our true face to emerge.
Cost: 325 Euros, including painting material
For more information about the workshop you can contact Abhilasha at veetabhilashanl@yahoo.com and Pathika at pathikanow@gmail.com.
To arrange your travel, accommodation or for any further information please contact Devi at devi_legaki@outlook.com
Abhilasha Van Nes started painting in the Osho Meditation Resort and did there the Painting Trainingwith Meera Hashimoto in 2000. This was a very transformative experience for her. To connect with nature outside and also inside. She discovered that for painting you don't have to be perfect, but come from a place of authenticity within. Still this process continues in painting, but also in daily life. She loves to share this way of painting with other people.In a group you can learn so much from each other. You do'nt have to be perfect to enjoy painting and express yourself just to open yourself to what wants to be expressed and being curious, ready to explore.
Pathika Schuilenga
1951-1978
After finishing my medical studies and working in the medical field , I went to India and could allow myself in the Buddhafield of my master Osho to follow a bigger love: painting. His view on creativity was very liberating: innocence and playfulness was more important than technique or ideas.
1988-2013
This started off a life of painting, giving painting groups together with meditation and 25 years working as a portraitpainter. To really meet , perceive and capture the essential beauty of a person in a portrait is a great challenge and very fulfilling.
1991-2007
By the side I kept working with terminal patients , death and dying , what was also an intense, enriching and often a meditative experience.
2013
I started -again in Pune- a new phase: Inspired by the groups and teachings of Meera Hashimoto;
I was struck by the self-portraits (by the mostly inexperienced group participants), so very true and deep,l ike they were looking at you directly from their beings. I was touched and started again to learn from her , her simple and direct teachings , bringing creativity back to its source; The often transforming experience of painting as an intense meeting with ourselves and the beauty of the world around us in an unique expression in our very own way is what I love and want to share.
So from 2013 till now we (with Abhilasha van Nes ) paint together in groups with Nature painting, Free painting and ( Self)Portrait.
facebookpage: Nature Painting.