When was the last time you felt fully present with your creativity?

Intuition Painting® is an experiential painting practice that invites you to slow down, listen inward, and engage with creativity as a living process. People often describe it as meaningful, surprising, and unlike anything they’ve experienced before — a way to reconnect with creativity as a natural human capacity.

• No technique

• No critique

• No pressure to perform

• Just paint, presence, and process

What is Intuition Painting®?

Rooted in the expressive arts tradition and informed by the work of Aviva Gold, Shaun McNiff, Natalie Rogers, Michelle Cassou, Stewart Cubley, and others—and brought into its current form by Montine Blank—Intuition Painting® is a six-phase, non-directive painting process.

As facilitated here, the process emphasizes creative exploration and reflective engagement, rather than artistic outcome or interpretation.

At its heart, Intuition Painting® invites you to:

• Let go of judgment

• Loosen the need for control

• Follow the brush without knowing what comes next

• Allow images, colors, and gestures to emerge

• Trust the experience, even when meaning unfolds slowly

This is not about making “good art,” but about engaging with creativity as a lived, moment-to-moment experience.

ART AS A PRACTICE OF PRESENCE

This is not about technique.
There are no critiques, no corrections, and no pressure to perform.

It’s about what can happen when you stop trying to be “good” at art—and instead allow yourself to be curious, attentive, and present with the process.

Intuition Painting® is often described by participants as meaningful and expansive. It is valued for the way it reclaims creativity as a natural, expressive force—one that invites exploration, reflection, and insight through the act of painting.

This practice is:

• Structured enough to offer support

• Open enough to invite surprise

• Grounded enough to encourage self-trust

Through the process, participants often describe experiences such as:

• Reconnecting with creative instinct

• Gaining perspective during times of transition or uncertainty

• Noticing shifts in awareness or clarity

• Experiencing moments of flow, vitality, or renewed curiosity

At Its Core

Intuition Painting® is about trusting the creative impulse.

It’s about letting go of control, allowing the painting to lead, and engaging with the creative process as it unfolds — without needing to analyze, interpret, or fix anything.

Meaning emerges through attention, not effort.

A Unique Creative Process

Unlike traditional painting methods that emphasize skill or technique, Intuition Painting® centers on process rather than product.

The practice offers a structured yet open framework for creative exploration, allowing each participant to engage with painting in their own rhythm, without judgment or interpretation.

The focus is not on making “good art,” but on showing up honestly to the creative moment.

The Six-Phase Arc

Intuition Painting® follows a flexible six-phase arc that supports creative exploration:

• Center — Arrive and become present

• Let Go — Release judgment and expectation

• Connect — Paint spontaneously and follow what emerges

• Reveal — Notice images, sensations, or insights

• Transform — Continue painting in response

• Embody — Reflect on how insights may inform daily life

You don’t need to be an artist.

You don’t need to know what you’re doing.

You only need a willingness to show up, let go of control, and engage with the creative process.