Naomi Rose ART

Line drawing of a woman and a young boy embracing and smiling.

Visual art is a largely right-brained activity.

But this ability to “image-ine” comes into writing as well.

When the left brain and right brain can work together, a state of flow takes place in present time.

Yes, images are essential to powerful writing as well as part of drawing and painting. The unconscious often thinks in images, and the practice of concentrating on an image — whether to fix it in the mind as a desirable impression, or to develop the power of concentration in its own right — can bring glorious results to the creation of a life as well as forms of art. When you were young, you undoubtedly thought in images, whether or not you view yourself as a visually oriented person, now.

My visual sensibility also deeply informs my work as a Book Developer & Creative Midwife. When I help clients write their books, I draw on this ability to help them create vivid, sensory writing that comes to life on the page.

For me, art preceded writing, although it dropped below the surface at various points in my life. I’ve always been grateful when it rose back up; and somehow it almost always has been the stronger for its sabbatical, its rest.

Line drawing of a woman lying in bed looking at a baby who is sitting up and reaching out. There are leafy plants in the background.

On this page I want to share with you some of the drawings I have done in recent years. They form certain themes that fascinate me: “Postures of Love” (especially mother-and-child), nature, and light. I am drawn to expressions and postures of intimacy, in many different forms.

If you would like to live with or gift any of these works, it would be my joy to share them with you, and know that they have given you as much comfort and beauty as they have given me.

If you would like to purchase one or more “Postures of Love” drawings, simply fill out the form on my Contact page and let me know which you would like, how many, and what size (e.g., 8.5” x 11”).

And if you are “drawn” towards having a drawing made of yourself and/or a loved one from a photo you provide, I can do that too. Contact me about this here.

All drawings are on archival paper and are signed by the artist.

The “Postures of Love” Series

The “Postures of Love” series of drawings draw from my observations of how the body moves when love is present. Mother-and-child drawings predominate, since this bond in early childhood is a primal and sacred one, and I believe that it heals (and warms) the heart to see such images. Even if we may not remember receiving such tender, supportive love in our own childhoods, perhaps we knew it as parents — or, if not, perhaps the longing for this kind of exquisite love, even adoration, is indicative not of a deficiency in our makeup or experience but rather of the soul-call to open to this ever-present aspect of the Divine.

Sometimes, a picture is not only worth 10,000 words, but it can stimulate our inner being to embrace what is depicted. These drawings can, then function as a kind of visual mantra. When concentrated on, they impress our imaginations and our souls, and make this love real inside us.

Here are 10 drawings from the “Postures of Love” series: