Phoebe Gander is a landscape, abstract and still life painter, inspired by the beautiful ocean, skies and landscape where she lives with her family in Wainui Beach on the east coast of New Zealand. Phoebe started her journey of self-discovery by carving out time for art to help her overcome severe panic attacks and anxiety. Nostalgia, solitude, vulnerability, texture and light are themes that reoccur in her art. During our conversation she talks about the importance of listening to the niggly voices, her love of light and shadow and her insatiable curiosity.

Takeaways

1. Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
2. Paint what you see, not what you think you see.
3. Listen to those niggly voices.
4. Reframe the act of creating from outcome-driven to process driven.
5. "If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper

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Embracing Neurodiversity with Phoebe Gander podcast with Susan Nethercote podcast

Permission to Paint and Embrace My True Self with Phoebe Gander on The Laura Horn Art podcast

Edward Hopper