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Art as Path, Refuge
and Inner Medicine
Chichester, West Sussex, UK
CREATIVITY ACHORED IN PURPOSE,
ROOTED IN MEANING AND CONNECTED
TO THE HEART
“Creativity flourishes in a state of inner spaciousness. When we allow ourselves to be still, to be open and to connect with the heart, we discover the wellspring from which all true inspiration flows.” Sharon Salzburg
Joanne Farley-Webb (b.1973) studied painting at The Royal Academy Schools, London. Her work forms part of an ongoing intuitive enquiry into wellbeing and self-transformation, combining elements of wisdom practices, such as meditation and devotional teachings. Her practice is deeply-rooted in a spiritual and soul-led approach to creativity as a medicine. She is a contemplative artist, guide, Reiki Master and trained cacao ceremony facilitator, space holder, Buddhist, and heart-centred connector. Her work explores consciousness, wellbeing, joy and stillness. Her artwork is held in both British and international private collections, reflecting a growing recognition of her unique contribution to contemporary spiritual art.
Her art studio is based in Chichester, West Sussex, UK.
“Everyone is creative. Creativity is our very nature... To do this, we must bypass the voice inside of us that says stop.” Jack Kornfield
Her teaching philosophy emphasises embodied presence, intuitive process and sacred attention. Joanne facilitates offline, unplugged art classes and contemplative workshops from her city centre studio space in Metro House and at the Green Door Centre in Bosham. These offerings invite participants into a co-creative, reflective space - where art becomes a medicine, a vehicle for healing, awakening and transformation.
“When you learn to trust yourself implicitly, you no longer need to prove something through your art... This is when creating art becomes effortless.”
John Daido Loori
With over three decades of lived experience working with creativity, Joanne walks beside individuals and groups as a gentle guide and teacher. Within the stillness of her private working art studio, she offers both traditional fine art instruction and intuitive, heart-centred ways of working. Her non-clinical, creative pathways to wellbeing are rooted in contemplative practice and the mindful ritual of meditative mark-making. Here, art is a form of medicine fostering deep connection, inner work, and quiet transformation. She is inspired by Kirtan chanting and her paintings honour the sacredness of the everyday.
''Living a soulful, creative life is both ecstatic and humbling. Those deep, life-recalibrating moments and life tidal waves that shake our core can sometimes be challenging. They often call us to root down, to return to ourselves. Yet within that space and experience lies an opportunity to reveal, affirm, align and bring us into wholeness. Creativity becomes a subtle medicine teacher, gently guiding us home - toward purpose, belonging, and a deep sense of grounding
that unfolds over time'' Joanne Farley-Webb
In 2020 during the COVID pandemic, Joanne co-founded and implemented an Arts-on-Prescription project in collaboration with My Sisters’ House Women’s Centre, NHS Innovation Primary Trust, NHS West Sussex, Aldingbourne Trust, Pathfinders, and Richmond Fellowship. Funded by Arts Council England and The Big Lottery, this significant and impactful 12-month initiative highlighted the significant benefits of creativity as an intervention,
promoting wellbeing and transformation.
View Exhibitions & Awards - HERE
''Over the years, my work has continued to evolve, shaped by loss, love and Buddhist philosophy, devotional teachings, and the quiet holiness I find in everyday moments. Whether it's a light across the floor, a cracked stone, or a whispered mantra, I'm drawn to the kind of beauty that asks us to slow down and be with it. I paint to make space for that kind of stillness, for the extraordinary within the ordinary'' Joanne Farley-Webb
Contemplative Fine Art is a gentle, mindful approach to creativity - where art becomes a form of meditation, inner listening and soulful expression. Rooted in presence rather than performance, this practice invites you to slow down, tune in, and let your brush, pencil, or hand move from a place of deep connection. It’s not about proving anything. It’s about just being.
The Peaceful Paintbrush welcomes artists, dreamers, neurodivergent thinkers, and soul-led creatives who are done with burnout, perfectionism, and trying to do it all “the right way.” This is a space to slow down, reconnect, and create from a place of truth - not pressure. Joanne combines real-world know-how with grounded holistic wisdom practices. She helps you build a creative life that actually works for you - one that reduces isolation, is anchored and aligned with who you really are.
All clients paint alongside Joanne at her art studio as she develops her ongoing body of work and projects. This real world collaborative approach fosters a dynamic creative environment where participants actively engage in the artistic process and arts business, gaining insight into professional practice while contributing to a shared journey of exploration and expression.
This is an opportunity to return to yourself, a refuge of breath, stillness, and creativity. Of being fully, tenderly here. You pick up your brush, your pencil, your fingers - whatever feels right - and you let them move, not because you have something to prove, but because you have something to feel. Each mark becomes a prayer, a whisper, a sigh. Not perfect. Not polished. Just real. Just yours. This is your sacred pause. A quiet meeting place where stillness and creativity hold hands. And oh, what beauty lives there.
Joanne's paintings arise from an ongoing, intuitive enquiry into form and formlessness, and the path of self-transformation. Each work belongs to a perpetual unfolding: a series of inward metaphysical explorations expressed through streams of consciousness Asemic writing, iridescent metallic mediums, resin, rhinestones and reflective particles that shift with the light.
As the light moves, so too do the images; at times they shimmer into being, and they also dissolve, disappearing into silence. This dance between the seen and unseen invites the viewer into stillness into the liminal space where perception meets devotion, and where the boundary
between the inner and outer world softens.
Visit the Peaceful Paintbrush Art Studio
Chichester, West Sussex
Whether you want to awaken something deeper, learn meditation, journey with Cacao, pick up a paintbrush, build a website, connect with your inner artist, write a funding application - or finally (finally!) carve out time for your own wellbeing - Joanne’s right there with you. No pressure. No judgment. Just grounded tools, clear direction, and real, honest encouragement to help you take that next step. This isn’t about doing it perfectly. It’s about showing up - exactly as you are - and having the courage to create from that place. Because that’s where the real transformation begins.