IntuARTiv Expression

I began painting for pleasure around 2008. At first, my style was quite rigid and simple—until I discovered the artist Flora Bowley. Her way of painting in layers, weaving in spirituality and playfulness into her process completely shifted how I looked at art. I started experimenting with layering myself, playing, exploring with layers  and letting go of control. That’s when something magical began to happen. As I painted, I could actually feel emotions moving through me, and they started reflecting back in the painting in front of me.

I decided to test this idea through running workshops. What unfolded was extraordinary. People were not only discovering their creativity and leaving with the confidence to continue painting at home, but many were also releasing emotions, sometimes with tears, sometimes with laughter, always with a sense of relief and feeling lighter. 

The workshops grew, and one day a friend suggested I bring my doTERRA essential oils into the process. That was a complete game changer. The oils, chosen intuitively, began mirroring and amplifying the emotional layers people were processing on the canvas. The synergy was powerful and deeply healing.

In 2021, I casually mentioned in a doTERRA group on social media what I had been doing. Within hours, there were over 500 comments from people all over the world wanting to learn more. I knew I was onto something.

Very quickly, a name was born—Intuartiv™ Expression—and within a month I had created my first online facilitator training course. Today, there are facilitators in Canada, the US, Lithuania, Italy, the UK, and France, each guiding others through this unique blend of creativity, intuition, and emotional release, in schools hospitals, prisons and cancer centres as well as at peoplesq homes.

What started as my personal painting journey has grown into a global movement—helping people reconnect with their creativity, process their emotions, and express their soul through paint.