Stewart Cubley is founder of The Institute for Art & Living, dba The Painting Experience. His work has carried him throughout the world to work with groups in a process of inner exploration using the tool of expressive painting to access the potential within the human heart and imagination. For more than two decades he has taught his unique approach to literally thousands of people at growth centers such as Esalen and Omega Institutes, multinational corporations, programs in prisons and countless other public forums.
Stewart's method of working is through a respectful questioning process that invites you to extend yourself into new areas of thought and feeling. He has the ability to meet you where you are and to ask the right question at the right time. Stewart is a down-to-earth teacher whose personal interactions allow you to see yourself differently in ways that can be life-changing.
Stewart lives in Fairfax, CA. He is co-author of Life, Paint & Passion, Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression, Tarcher/Putnam 1996.
The Painting Experience appeals to people who are interested in the dimensions of the artistic/creative, the healing/therapeutic and the meditative/spiritual.
Artistic/Creative
The essential artistic freedom is the right to create unburdened by pressures to perform, produce or succeed.
Healing/Therapeutic
It’s deeply healing to express blocks creatively and to use them as a catalyst for change. Not knowing allows innocence. Accepting imperfection yields compassion.
Meditative/Spiritual
Painting offers a exceptional opportunity to profoundly inhabit the present moment. It’s an engaged spirituality – a practice of learning to stay in the face of whatever arises. It’s a unique journey into the Great Mystery.