Charlotte Jane Kessler
Shop ALL Long Ladies Feminine Awakening A Time of Bees
Charlotte Jane Kessler

 
20170214_Charlotte_Portraits-0076.jpg
 

Restore yourself through creativity, art and coaching

Restorative Coaching is a way for you come back home to your true self and blossom fully into your life! The container I provide for you is woven with gentleness, the wisdom of cycles and creative enquiry. The healing intelligence of nature, and the power of archetype and metaphor nourish our work, where talking, mindful practice and therapeutic art are active agents of healing.

If you are wondering where your vitality has gone and want to manifest changes in your life I offer ways to remove obstacles and clear the way forwards. If you need deep support and a safe space, not only learning how to be with loss and change but how to transform and grow through it, I can help.

I offer a FREE 15 minute conversation to see if we are mutually happy to work together

 Women’s Circles in Lincoln

Every month I facilitate a women's wellness circle working with specially chosen themes to support your exploration and expansion of nurturing and self care.
My wellness group provides a space for like minded women to come together in a loving and supportive way. We tap into to the cycles of nature, lean into the presence of our inner and outer seasons and support each other with whole hearts!

If you are longing to come together with women to honour feminine wisdom and experience a sense of the sacred in every day life then this circle is for you.

buy Charlotte’s artwork

What you can buy in my online shop are limited edition prints, exquisitely hand finished by me to enrich your home and workplace. 
Some hang in collections in far flung places. Many more reside on bedside tables, in sacred spaces of healing and in softly-lit alcoves. Recurring themes of nature, rites of passage and the feminine are waiting to delight you.

These are Charlotte’s collections:

Meet the industrious winged creatures at A Time of Bees
Explore mythical portraits of Feminine Awakening
Meet the elongated and whimsical figures, the Long Ladies

 

My creative Practice

Reflections
Grief and Praise Mandala Workshop: Mapping Emotional Landscapes
Grief and Praise Mandala Workshop: Mapping Emotional Landscapes

"Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honours what it misses." Martin Prechtel

Private Commission: A creative response to loss
Private Commission: A creative response to loss

The sensitive nature of this body of work called me into a very special place to paint from. Quite different from any other commission work. The thread of respect and authenticity was palpable around me in the studio and it was an honour to work in this way for someone in their early time of grief.

Creative Responses to Grief: Part 2
Creative Responses to Grief: Part 2

'Early one morning I awoke after dreaming, confused with time frames and life events. It dawned on me that he was no longer here on this plane of existence, and yet in my dream we were together. I picked up my pencils and sketchbook and walked down to the beach. There an angel appeared on my page…

Creative Responses to Grief: Part 1
Creative Responses to Grief: Part 1

"In the process of grief and loss, I found conversations through paint and pencil deeply nurturing. Such an important life line which mirrored back my personal journey and in some way kept me company in my solitary path through the unknown landscape of grief."

If you are interested in attending 2018 Death Conference, you can follow the link to find out more about Creative Responses to Death and Dying. 

 

Behind The Waterfall
Behind The Waterfall

New for 2018

Charlotte has been creating therapeutic art workshops and invites you to find out more here. If you're wishing to step into sacred space, away from the hustle and bustle of every day life for safe and creative self exploration then this workshop is just for you.

Working with the seasons, this workshop offers a wonderful opportunity to reconnect, to the natural world and your natural heart centre.

 

Gentle is the power of letting go
Gentle is the power of letting go

Taking inspiration from the seasons in my art making practice also branches out in to therapeutic group workshops. The way of Autumn is a perfect time to gather the fruits of our labors, to reflect on things we have achieved & also learn the art of letting go.

The Gift of Light- Summer Solstice Alignment
The Gift of Light- Summer Solstice Alignment

Being part of nature's song, we can experience a wonderful openness to receiving her gifts. At this time of year there is a feeling of such abundance. For me, bringing into focus the connection between environment, body and the well being in our minds hugely benefits my creativity.

Where does my inspiration come from?
Where does my inspiration come from?

I portray nature and her elements in a realistic yet dreamy way. My work is an extension of soul and spirit, and contains within it stories of the power, fragility and grace inherent to the preciousness of life. 

How did I create a commissioned piece for a lady inspired by stone?
How did I create a commissioned piece for a lady inspired by stone?

"Charlotte has captured precisely what I wanted and at an affordable price. I absolutely love it! It is something I will treasure forever. " Ms D Milward, Manchester