"An engaging, affirming set of tools and activities
for awakening to Nature through our own creativity."    - Starhawk

BEAUTY MUSE: Painting in communion with Nature

 is the story of one environmental educator’s transformative journey of creative awakening. By following what attracts, a fresh way of artful seeing and creating is born that melds inner experience with Nature encounter, bringing her back to life again. She rekindles a long lost love of Cecropia moths who become her muse. This beautiful book artfully connects- creative process, vibrant images, easy-to-try painting activities and inspiring quotes from writers in ecology and creativity- with the author’s own story, offering readers an opportunity to:

• Explore artful personal transformation inspired by Nature
• Develop a Natural Painting practice
• Trust the creative wisdom of the body
• Discover the connecting power of resonant seeing
• Nurture a deep connection with life
• Create with and through Nature

This book will appeal to environmental educators eager to explore creativity and personal transformation, artists interested in ways to bring art-making back to its living roots and everyone aspiring to live more creatively, harmoniously and naturally. It is especially valuable to parents and teachers committed to honouring and preserving children’s natural impulse to create.

About the Author

Lisa Lipsett holds a Doctorate in Transformative Learning from OISE/UT and is founder of the Creative by Nature Centre. From her studio on Salt Spring Island BC she offers Natural Painting workshops for adults and children. Her paintings are in collections in North America and Europe. Proceeds from the sale of this book support wild silk moth habitat preservation and restoration.