Aboriginal Painting Workshop is Deeply Spiritual

Australian Aboriginal Painting Workshop is Deeply Spiritual

Australia’s Western Desert style paintings, often called dot-dot paintings, tell stories that are significant to the culture and the artist’s spiritual journey. Modern shaman Laine Cunningham offers an intensive workshop in this form. Participants adapt the symbols and methods to their own stories of growth, transformation and rebirth.

Although originally embedded in a culture, the art form is so accessible people from any background can create their own paintings

Participants paint an important story from their own lives to help them celebrate important milestones, move through grief, or recognize an important life transition

The experience is often deeply meaningful and provides a visual reminder of their spiritual growth

The six months I spent camping alone in the Australian outback was a transformational experience that informs these workshops