Artful process #AranaART

With ongoing pressures of everyday life. Once and awhile you are thrown a curve ball that upsets the balance of your inner peace. Pain is when my body takes over and my mind shortly follows... I pick up my pen and start to draw. Clearing my mind and focusing on an image, releasing my feelings in pictures as I am defenceless to stop the process.

Fear, pain and hurt, quickly transform into creativity and ideas... The world seems suddenly full of possibility, my mind takes time to process what I have drawn. I'm giving a poetic version and beauty to a dark feeling. Look towards the light, we are like moths to a flame, the light draws you in and opens your mind to a magical world of possibilities. 

All our answers are hidden deep within
A3 ink on paper
March 2016
contact info@AranaART.com

Transform your pain and fear from within, release it with beauty share love and positivity. Your battles are your own, take pride in the treasure you produce in life. Pain doesn't always need to be feared, learn from it, take out the positive... focus there...

My mind slowly starts to breath as I slip into a meditative like state, repetitive motions are calming and relax my fast moving mind.

After clearing the rage of emotion, the journey begins....

Alternative Imagination
Ink on Paper A3
March 2016
Arana Kennedy

Now I'm centred and focused and calmy drifting out at sea, seeking an adventure and daring to dream. Who cares about the small stuff when there's so much good to do!

Junks on the horizon #AranaART

Alternative Imagination
Ink on Paper A3
March 2016
Arana Kennedy

On the horizon a dark shadow appears,

Mysterious in design and passionate in appearance.

The main sail becomes one with the breeze...

Guiding a vessel across unpredictable seas.

A lucky glimpse of a treasured beauty,

Down below the currents of emotion stir.

Solid by design the body of nature,

Foundations of strong timber holding it in.

Exploring the limitations of an adventure so true,

The undertaking of the leap from within.

The vast open waters provide continuity and motion,

How free it is out roaming the ocean.

17th March 2016 - Arana Kennedy

Things change...

The wind dances across the sails,

Creating rythmic music

An orchestral rainbow of inspiring sound

Notes of adventure travel through time and space.

The stepping stones on the path we walk

Imersing underbelly with cleansing fresh sea

Drifting with the emotional change

New beginnings await right ahead on the horizon.

Deep light floating in the silence

Caressing mind and comforting soul

Divine in the graceful knowledge

Fearing only the wrath of a storm.

19th March 2016 - Arana Kennedy

Is the key to unlocking the universe deep within ourseleves?

Roaming my world,

in troubled seas.

The ocean providing,

succulent scenes,

Breathing so calmly,

deeply begin.

Overpowering surrender

to the sounds all around.

Written and illustrated by Arana Kennedy

All our answers are hidden deep within
A3 ink on paper
contact info@AranaART.com

When life around me gets hectic, I want to run and hide and burry my head in the sand. Over the years I have learnt to channel this pain or release into my artwork. I revert to images that dance in my mind. With negative energy coursing through my body, I need to calm and slow down my brain. Relax and let go of the emotion and just focus on the moment. With a deep breath and a tiny spark of hope, I pick up my pen and begin to express what I feel in my pictures... This process quickly transforms the negative into a positive and before I notice I am once again inspired by the magic of life. We all living in the garden of Eden, Lets start respecting that!

Sometimes we need to go back to go forward...

The key to unlock the universe is deep within our soul.

As a child I watched Walt Disney movies... I believed that if your shared your dreams and wishes, they wouldn't come true. So I kept things of true value close to me while I observed my surroundings.

As a teenager I watched Star Wars... I believed in the force and that if you made a true sacrifice then one person would have the power to change the world. So I become a vegetarian and discovered a whole different perspective in the world.

In my twenties I watched Friends... I lived in a one bedroom apartment with 3 others. I learned that with next to nothing, you can survive and have a very rich life. You learn to share when you have nothing.

In my 30's I felt like I lost everything I had worked for so I moved to lamma island but it was too small so I went to the biggest island and lived in Sydney and sold wine! I thought at the time I was directionless... how wrong was I to think such thoughts... Everything in ones life has purpose and meaning.

I imagine that when I reach my 40's I will start to discover the true meaning of the word 'freedom' I believe I will quit my job, go in search of simplicity and focus on the dreams and wishes from my childhood. 

I am a work in progress, my artwork is a reflection of that process, if you free your mind and focus you can find true meaning in everything around you. My trick is to figure out how to do that with my art. Or has it started already ;)

Art is open for ones own interpretation, the trick of the artist is to tell a story in their art... If you can't see the story, maybe you need to look a bit closer.

THanks for reading!