“These days children spend less and less time outside and more and more in front of a TV or computer screen. They desperately need to reconnect with Nature and what better way than through art. I hope a lot of teachers and parents will find this book.”                    - David Suzuki

BEAUTY MUSE: Painting in Communion with Nature

by Lisa Lipsett 

This beautiful award winning 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 you an opportunity to:

Explore artful personal transformation inspired by Nature

Develop a Creative Nature Connection  practice of your own

Trust the creative wisdom of your hands

Discover the connecting power of resonant seeing

Nurture a deep connection with life.

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 will be inspired by Beauty Muse. This book is especially valuable to parents and teachers committed to honouring and preserving children’s natural impulse to create.

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