Medicine In Bloom
I’m not going to lie putting myself out here is some scary shit. Excuse the language. The easiest way to do this I think is to make posts about what is happening in my life on my spiritual journey but also showcase some of my artwork that I have been working on. Selling art has always been a huge fear of mine. It goes back to being in middle school art class and never truly feeling good enough about my art. I had a teacher in high school that criticized my work and that trauma alone made me never want to be seen as an artist.
Well, here I am at 28 years old truly putting myself out here showing my art in a new healed light.
As an artist, I love testing my limits and creating pieces that fill my soul but usually, I would get that nagging feeling that no one would want to buy them and my paintings sit in a room collecting dust where no one sees them. I limited myself and my art by thinking I was an amateur at best. Trying to create things that maybe someone would buy or not and not loving what I was painting was painful. But then I started healing, and a voice said “Uhh Kaelyn how is anyone going to even buy a painting if you don’t allow anyone to know you want to sell artwork? Or allow yourself to be free to create the art you want.”
One day I was listening to an audiobook about plant medicine, something I’m interested in. I hope to be able to complete the herbalism class I started a year ago..but that’s another topic. Anyway back to plant medicine, I grow many herbs in the garden that bring me great healing and I thought well maybe I’ll paint some healing plants I love working with while listening to a book about different plant medicines and the energy attached to them. And that my friends is how Medicine in Bloom was created. I was able to let go of the fear of painting something that would just collect dust and allow myself to throw paint on the canvas and create something healing for myself.
In this piece you will see chamomile, calendula, yarrow, st.johns wort and thyme.
If you don’t know about these wonderful plants this is a great opportunity to get to learn them and the energies they hold.
I have print options available for this piece as well as the original painting. If you are interested in purchasing a print or the original please reach out.
If you have plants that bring you great healing and are interested in a custom painting I would love to work with you. Feel free to connect by Email at rootedwithpurpose@gmail.com or Instagram @Rootedwithpurpose.bykae