Meet Lee-Anne Peters as she seeks deeper meaning in the flow
I receive a lot of joy and personal satisfaction from my art.
It is difficult sometimes to pinpoint exactly what and why. I think part of the reason is my love for the challenge of creating.
Not only do I enjoy the challenge, but I am also thirsty for depth and meaning in life and I explore things I am interested in within my creations.
Because I create using a wide variety of mediums I find that I can go to the one that most represents and reflects what I am trying to explore and bring to life.
Creating is a source of personal alchemy for me that I am somewhat addicted to.
A thing for trees
Tasmania inspires me in so many ways. I enjoy the laid back setting here. I have a long line of Tasmanian ancestors so am pretty familiar with the landscape.
I have a thing for trees and have for years. I recall as a child frequently driving along the Midlands highway with my parents being mesmerised by the shapes and quirky-ness of the dead trees standing in the fields.
From the trees and landscapes, I am also quite influenced by the animals I connect with in Tasmanian, and especially our Raptors.
Temple of Balance
My artistic career started seriously in 2005 when I had two young children and I was hoping I could continue to bring them up without having a full time job.
So I thought I’d try and sell some of my art and spiritual support services on eBay.
This took off and before too long my online presence grew. I am best known through my online business – Temple of Balance.
Temple of Balance is focused around my art creations, support, spirituality and the sharing I do of the things that help me work through issues etc in life.
I feel very fortunate to have this internet access and to be able to do what I love, including creating art for my customers worldwide.
Creating the Dream Studio
My studio space is currently undergoing renovations. Now, with an empty nest, my husband and I relocated to Campbell Town from the Sorell area in mid 2022.
I have been steadily getting myself set up, with my ceramics kiln now connected to three phase electricity, and I am working on some inside renovations ready for workshops, open studio and classes to start from mid Nov 2023 or earlier.
I am also very excited about the Sculpture Garden I am creating outside my home Art Studio.
In the last couple of years I have been exploring and creating quite a lot of outdoor ceramics, and more recently exploring the use of concrete – mainly for home landscaping, for now.
Choosing to Go with the Flow
There’s nothing really I wish I knew before starting my online creative business. I just trusted in the unfolding of the journey and ran with things that inspired me at the time.
This is what I tend to do with life, I call it ‘going with the flow’. I am not a dead fish though, being washed down the river. I am actively swimming and navigating my way through.
I try and think of things and approaches creatively and practice in a huge variety of ways to keep me and my customers interested.
My hairdressing background gave me good people and organisational skills that I still use now 23yrs later. I am just so glad I started and didn’t follow the advice from others around me who were less courageous and wanted me to return to hairdressing.
I took a risk, used my common sense, have been loyally committed and honest, and followed my heart, and its been amazing!
Building Artistic Skills
In my experience the three best ways I’ve found to build my artistic skills are to (all in equal order):
1. believe in my self;
2. practice practice practice; and
3. keep raising my standards and create better work than before.
Creating with Authenticity
I have to look over what I’ve done with a critical eye and with one that strives towards improvement.
Lack of self belief and self confidence allows room for doubt and insecurities to weave their way in.
The few times I have let this happen in the past is when I feel low about the things I am producing.
I have no room for doubt in my life. I need to remain confident within myself and believe in what I am producing in an honest and real way.
If I don’t like it, I throw it out or start again – this doesn’t happen that often.
About the Artist
Lee-Anne Peters is the founder of Temple of Balance and is a passionate visual and fine artist, sculptor, intuitive and creator of many things.
The author and self publisher of multiple books as well as five hand drawn, self published oracle (like tarot) style supportive card decks.
From jewellery, to large outdoor ceramic pieces, Lee-Anne is an award-winning artist and is best known for her quirky characters, down-to-earth support and honesty.
Find Lee-Anne on Facebook and Instagram and visit her website for news about latest designs and creations, events, classes, works and exhibitions.
Artist Profile Stories
I want there to be more arts and crafts in our world, in our communities and in our own lives. Hopefully you’ve found this blog post inspiring and interesting.
So I’m creating, with your help, Art Trails Tasmania, allowing all of us who feel this love to create more of it.
And the Art Trails Tasmania blog is a key part of making this happen, telling the stories of members. It’s about what they have happening with workshops and classes, exhibitions, open studio trails, where to find their outlets, markets, fairs and festivals so you can shop their creations as well as their art and craft retreats.
Also being shared are the supporters of our artists, the galleries, shops, cafes, art societies and groups, places to stay and artist in residencies.
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