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  • About
    • My Story
    • Calendar
  • Gallery
    • Paintings
      • Oaxaca Collection
      • Word Collection
      • Painting the Feminine Collection
    • Pen + Ink
      • Into the Darkness Drawings
      • Grey Days Sketches
  • Workshops & Retreats
    • Paint FEARLESS®
      • Costa Rica
      • Mexico
      • Mexico Alumna Only
      • Sedona, Arizona
    • Painting The Feminine
  • 21 SECRETS
    • Current Editions
      • Summer Studio 2019
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      • Summer Studio 2018
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  • I found an old ledger at a used book store here in Oaxaca. It has the most creamiest paper & I totally love the exquisite penmanship on each page. Plus, it’s large & with a wonderful hard cover. Immediately it had to be mine & I knew that I wanted to dedicate it to charcoal + graphite + mixed media magic! Tonight, under the New Moon, I did just that. Here’s a detail of my piece. .. .. .. #conniesolera #fearlesspainting #drawing #sketch #worksonpaper #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #abstraction #art #artist #newmoon #newmoonritual #womanartist #workingartist #creativepractice #creativeprocess #oaxaca #mexico #moody #alteredbook
  • I’ve definitely been bit by the printmaking bug. .. .. .: #conniesolera #printmaking #linocut #linoleumprint #ink #drawing #line #linedrawing #blackandwhite #abstraction #art #artist #oaxaca #mexico #creativeprocess #creativepractice #workingartist #womanartist #makearteveryday #worksonpaper
  • I never grow tired of the colors of Oaxaca. .. .. .. #oaxaca #mexico #streetsofoaxaca #travel #artist #travelingartist #mexicanarchitecture #pink #paintfearlessmexico #conniesolera #lifeisart #walls #coloredwalls #womanartist #artretreat #paintingretreat #artistretreat
  • I’m working with my one-on-one mentee this week in Oaxaca (check out my Stories to see her AMAZING drawings) & we couldn’t leave Oaxaca without a little printmaking fun!! I’m a little rusty— but here’s a fun linoleum print I did as a demo. #connieandtigz .. .. .. .. #conniesolera #linoleumprint #linocut #printmaking #ink #drawing #worksonpaper #art #artist #womanartist #workingartist #creativeprocess #creativepractice #blackandwhite #linedrawing #line #mexico #oaxaca
  • My 11th Paint FEARLESS Mexico (& first ever “Alumna-Only” retreat) has come to a close. Here is one piece from each of my nine painters that attended. As you can see, each piece looks & feels different - because each piece comes from their individual heart & Soul. At my Paint FEARLESS retreats each painter creates a body of work that has depth & meaning to them. My mission is to help my students dig deeper, understand & embrace who they are as artists, & have fun doing so. I feel my mission was accomplished this past week! I had so much fun being with my repeat offenders (thanks Theresa!) & can’t wait to host my next “Alumna-ONLY” retreat in 2021. For all my past Mexico painters (there’s over 100 of you!)— keep an eye on your inbox — more details coming soon! #paintfearlessmexico .. .. .. #conniesolera #fearlesspainting #painting #dailypainting #mixedmedia #mixedmefiaart #worksonpaper #art #artist #womanartist #womenwhopaint #makearteveryday #artretreat #artistretreat #paintingretreat #travel #color #abstraction #creativeprocess #creativepractice
  • At #paintfearlessmexico I incorporate two full days of adventure into each retreat. Yesterday was our 2nd trip & we had a magnificent time. We visited the 2000 year old Tule Tree that is also the worlds widest tree. We explored the ancient ruins you see pictured here. While there, one of my painters & I crawled on our hands & knees underground to view a couple of tombs 😳! That was awesome! We went to the village of Teotitlán del Valle to learn about natural dying & weaving. Then we finished the day with a tour of an organic Mezcal factory — including a tasting. You can see more snippets from our fun adventure over in my Stories! I gotta tell you — this is my 11th Paint FEARLESS Mexico retreat here in Oaxaca & I still am surprised how much I love this city more & more each time I visit! .. .. .. #conniesolera #oaxaca #mexico #mitla #artretreat #paintingretreat #artistretreat #art #artist #ancientruins #travel #workingartist #teachingartist #travelingartist #creativeprocess #creativepractice #painting #sketching #mixedmediaart #womanartist #iloveoaxaca
  • Lots of shifts have been happening in my creative process — most of all a subtle hint of a narrative taking place with each piece. I just gotta say — it makes me very happy! #paintfearlessmexico .. .. .. #conniesolera #fearlesspainting #painting #art #artist #paintsketch #dailypainting #worksonpaper #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #womenwhopaint #abstraction #color #mask #womanartist #workingartist #artretreat #paintingretreat #artistretreat #paintwise #creativeprocess #creativepractice #oaxaca #mexico
  • One of the things I do at all my retreats is work on my own body of work during my “down-time”. I purposely do this so my students can get an intimate glimpse on how I work & ask questions if they wish. Some retreats I might complete 1 or 2 paintings, others times maybe ten times that! It’s hard to predict what will happen. Here’s a few of the pieces I’m chipping away at this week at #paintfearlessmexico & be sure to check out my Stories to see what my beloved painters have been working on. At Paint FEARLESS there’s no cookie cutters — everyone works on their own body of work & I meet you where you’re at on your artist path & guide you deeper. It’s a lot of fun! .. .. .. #conniesolera #fearlesspainting #painting #art #artist #mixedmediaart #mixedmedia #color #worksonpaper #wip #paintsketch #dailypainting #creativeprocess #creativepractice #artretreat #paintingretreat #artistretreat #workingartist #womanartist #teachingartist #abstraction #womenwhopaint #makearteveryday #mexico #oaxaca
  • I got a lot of sketching done yesterday at #paintfearlessmexico . Some of my sketches were studies of the hands & faces I dug at the Monte Alban Museum. Some were done as a way of simply being fully being present with the beautiful environment. But my favorite sketches were the quick loose ones I did of two of my painters & this lady — a complete stranger that was sitting on the other side of the restaurant totally engrossed in a conversation with her loved one. Sketching people are my favorite, even though I find it the hardest to do. Hop on over to my Instagram Stories to see all of my sketches from yesterday. .. .. .. #conniesolera #ink #sketch #sketching #sketchbook #urbansketcing #pittpen #tombowdualbrushpens #drawing #dailysketch #dailydrawing #art #artist #artretreat #paintingretreat #artistretreat #womanartist #workingartist #creativeprocess #creativepractice #linedrawing #oaxaxa #mexico

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