Healing Retreats

For artist, Hillary Kane, the world continues to draw her out like the tide. Travel and work have led her to claim residence in several continents and innumerable countries. Inevitably, the artistic and spiritual culture of each has imparted indelible influence upon her consciousness and artwork, and continues to be an endless source of inspiration. Educated in the world of fine arts in the United States and France, and trained as a Sivananda Hatha yoga instructor in India, she now resides in Bali, Indonesia. She focuses her creativity in both clay and paint, enjoying the dynamic of two very different mediums and their possible confluence with her spiritual practice of yoga and meditation. Wood-fire ceramics, in particular, has led her recently to an international symposium in La Borne, France, a residency in Aomori, Japan, and as a lecturer at a conference in Tasmania, Australia. After a year as artist-in-residence at Gaya Ceramic and Design, she is now directing Gaya Ceramic Arts Centre: programming, teaching, and continuing with the creative process.

Artist statement:

I see my artwork as a journey in which the process, the very visceral act of creating is as significant as the final outcome. It is labyrinthine in its development and I am often surprised by the intuitive level of its revelation. I am entranced by the visual traces of this journey and the slow development of a patina of color and texture, the subtle variation of simple forms, and the impact of timing, of time. To me, these layerings offer clues to the many visual references,, the many possibilities of interpretation, and the many layers of Self .

"I carry in my blood a restless life, and in my wandering, uncertain, a pilgrimage, art goes lighting my way as if it were a fantastic comet." (Chief Nitsuga Mangore, Brazilian drummer)