FLOW STATE: 6-week, 4-week, and 1-day workshops
Meditative painting for embodiment, reflection, and collective care
Flow State
Flow State is a contemplative painting practice I developed that brings together guided meditation, intuitive abstract mark-making, and collective reflection. Rooted in embodiment and mindfulness, the practice invites participants to slow down, listen inward, and engage the creative process as a space for awareness, release, and connection.
Originally developed as a multi-week museum course, Flow State has been taught for five years at the Denver Art Museum and adapted for workshops, talks, and community-based settings. Participants create individual works while also contributing to a shared group painting experience, allowing personal reflection to unfold alongside collective care.
Each session uses painting as a way to access felt experience rather than performance or perfection. The focus is not on making a polished final product, but on using abstraction as a tool for presence, emotional processing, and embodied insight. In museum settings, the practice may also include time with artworks in the collection, using close looking and meditation as an entry point into making.
Formats
4-week and 6-week courses
One-day workshops
Museum and gallery programs
Community-based workshops
Custom offerings that can include gallery engagement, large-scale collaborative painting, or both
Current Class at the Denver Art Museum
CURRENTLY SOLD OUT The next Flow State class at the Denver Art Museum runs April 21–May 12, 2026, on Tuesday’s from 5:30–7:30 pm.
