This new canvas is a lot of what I’ve been up to these days, at my parent’s farm-home “Muyawasi”, in Quilmana, Peru. It’s an activated portrait of my good friend and spiritual doctor @herbert_quinteros . He has been helping me lots for the last 6 years and will marry Arianne and me later this year too. At this point the painting is at 30%, so there is still lots of work to be done, but I gifted myself this winter (summer down here though) to work on it. In order to make this time to paint, I had to turn down many commissions and event performance gigs that I had been offered. But I had saved enough to pay my bills these months, as to have this freedom to do some art for myself. Though I am happy to be of service, being on the road a lot, painting for the communities that resonate with my work, it is important that I also give myself some of my own time. Time for family or solitude, to be peaceful and recharge. Time for pure self expression, without a client or money influencing the process. I am super grateful to be here now! Hope you have a blessed winter too! #painting #home #acrylicpainting #muyawasi #quilmana #peru #timeformyself #herbertquinteros #shaman #cosaipa #visionaryart #painteveryday #ayahuasca #ayahuascaart #grateful (at Quilmaná, Lima, Peru) https://www.instagram.com/p/B63Rba3HeUv/?igshid=12m7pn4jla7b5