Saturday Night Live Art Shows- Are You Taking the Path with Heart? Part 2
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows. I’m Mary Ann Benoit, an energy artist and Interior Designer from Seward, Alaska. In this show, I share five fractal art designs in my “Path with Heart” series and a beautiful living room I created highlighting 2 of these pieces. This fractal art inspires you to take that path in life that lights you up. My fractal art is sacred geometry. It represents the building blocks of life and what energy might look like if you could see it. Everything is Energy. Why not raise the energy around you to a higher level with art, for your health and well-being? All paths lead to the same place in the end. The important thing is that you pick a path with heart, do what you love, and enjoy the journey. Are you?
Learn more about each piece of art and how it affects the energy of the room below. All combined create a living room that is supportive and inspires you to live joyfully and stay in alignment with who you are meant to be.
Be sure to check out all the other artists from around the world, having art shows in their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Follow Saturday Night Live Art Shows on Facebook by searching #snlartshows.
“A Path with Heart” Aligned Energy Art
If you have watched some of my previous shows, you know everything is energy.
“The Path with Heart #7” is inspired by the idea that all paths lead to the same place in the end. The important thing is that you pick a path with heart, do what you love, and enjoy the journey. Are you?
The room also highlights ” A Path with Heart”, the first piece in the series inspired by the same idea.
Aligned Energy Art is another layer of meaning beyond the visual beauty in creating your perfect space that is aligned with who you want to be.
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Here are a few of the other products I used in the design. Contact me to work together and create a design that is perfect for your space.
“Dimensions” fractal art serving tray.
Beverly Area Rug
What is Fractal Art?
Fractal art is digital art I create on my computer.I love creating fractal art because it allows me to work with brilliant colors, interesting textures, and incredible detail. Learn more about how it is created in my Saturday Night Live Art Show, ” A Passion for Purple” where I show some videos of the process.
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows! I am Mary Ann Benoit and am with you tonight from Seward Alaska! So excited to share a new idea, Energy Art Portraits! These are sacred geometry designs I create using fractal art to express your unique energy signature. This inspiration comes from photos of you that express the essence of who you really are.
Here, I share one I created for Joan Marie of Joan Marie Art.
Be sure to check out all the other artists from around the world, having art shows on their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Follow Saturday Night Live Art Shows on Facebook by searching #snlartshows.
When You Shine Your Light, What Does Your Energy Look Like?
When You Shine Your Light, What Does Your Energy Look Like?
Like the definition of beauty, that goes on for infinity.
Really. It is called fractals.
Everything is energy. Your house, your car, your cat, your cell phone, your thoughts and you.
You probably have heard about Einstein’s famous equation. E=mc2.
Albert Einstein- Photo from Wallpaperflare.com
Ultimately, it means that energy and matter are the same, and they just vibrate at different rates. Things that vibrate slowly, look solid, and things that vibrate really fast, at or beyond the speed of light are light energy.
When you shine your light and let the true essence of who you are show, what does your energy look like? Is it a beautiful work of art?
Science knows that the entire universe is a sea of energy, all interconnecting. Everything vibrates energy, and all the energies don’t just ignore each other, they dance together at one big party. Each interaction causes something to happen.
Red and Yellow Light frequencies. Photo from Pixaby.Universe. Photo from Pixaby.Blue and Purple sound waves. Photo from Wallpaper Flare.
Those, fractals, when they meet in a way that they are in the “Golden Ratio” to each other, create magic! The Golden Ratio is sacred geometry that creates beauty and life! Literally.
Either the energy waves cancel each other when they are not in harmony, or create new waves, like children. I guess there was some harmony there Sometimes, those interactions create something amazing, like super children, called fractals.
Fractal art and the Golden Ratio. PHoto from Wallpaper Flare.The Golden Ratio- Photo from Wallpaper FlareThe Golden Ratio. Photo from Pikist
“Sacred geometry describes the forms that energies create as they interact, share and play together, each adding to the whole in an infinite and harmonious way. Sacred Geometry is defined on the Urban Dictionary as “the underlying geometry in nature.” Including fractals, reoccurring patterns, and ratios. It underlies the growth of plants and animals and our own DNA. Some believe this is the true cause of the formation of matter, gravity and consciousness.
Sacred geometry creates balance, including both male and female energy. Famous architects, and artists such as Salvador Dali, and possibly Leonardo Da Vinci used sacred geometry and the Golden Ratio to create their art.
Sacred Geometry Flower Of Life Mandala from Max Pixel
An Example
Joan Marie of Joan Marie Art is an inspiration to everyone that knows her. She radiates joy, love and positive energy to everyone around her and through her art, and in doing so, she inspires others. She is always “shining her light” to the world.
Joan Marie of Joan Marie Art. See her beautiful art at https://joanmarieart.com/.
Joan has loads of pictures on Facebook, but when I saw this photo of her, I thought it is the epitome of who Joan is. She is a burst of color and positive, radiant, fun, and loving energy surrounded by a world of people in dull colors. As she unapologetically shines her brilliant colorful light to the world, onlookers are torn between “I am trying not to look but can’t help it” and “You are weird but I wish I was more like you”. I just love the expressions of everyone in this photo! You can see how her energy is interconnecting with people and “creating something new” in their minds, like the little super children energy waves, or fractals.
Joan Marie shining her light. Photo by Toki Lee Photography.
And here is what it inspired. The colors are very close to what is in the photo, which also captures the shapes of the balloons and the “shiny”aspect of Joan shining her light out on to the world. Joan is at the center of the spiral of beautiful and colorful energy that radiates out to the world, creating “super children” which will keep radiating out and repeating into infinity.
“Shine Your Light” Fractal Art by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design. Close Up of “Shine Your Light” Fractal Art by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design. Another close up showing the fractal children. “Shine Your Light” Fractal Art by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.
When you shine your light on the world, you never know who you will inspire and then who they will inspire, and so on and so on.
Whatever you do, whether it is a word, a smile, a piece of art or just holding colorful balloons in public can have an impact.
What a fabulous vision! …capturing ones’ energy through such expressive and beautiful movement and colors is so powerful and captivating. Your expression of our own dynamic and fluid energy stays in our soul, connecting us with a new and inspiring vision and experience of ourselves! I just love this! Yes, everything is energy! And now you are offering a new way to experience our energy. What an amazing new mirror! Joan Marie
Shine Your Light With Your Own Energy Portrait
Fractal art is a form of Sacred geometry that expresses patterns of harmony through which nature draws and creates and can be used guide to one’s own life.
Fractal art is a reminder of how nature does things, a way to reconnect with the perfection of everything that is natural, in harmony and beautiful.
I can create a fractal art -sacred geometry energy portrait of you, to express the essence of your energy as I perceive it.
I use an inspiration photo and do a short interview with you on zoom or through a questionnaire. Once the design is complete, I upload it to my store on Society 6 where the digital image becomes available on a wide variety of products such as framed art, furniture, pillows, coffee mugs, cell-phone cases, stationary etc. You can purchase what you like to remind you to “shine your light”.
Here are a few ideas of things you could put your personal energy art on. Explore my store for more ideas.
What is Fractal Art?
Fractal art is sacred geometry and digital art I create on my computer.I love creating fractal art because it allows me to work with brilliant colors, interesting textures, and incredible detail. Learn more about how it is created in my Saturday Night Live Art Show, ” A Passion for Purple” where I show some video of the process. See examples at my store on Society 6.
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space?
Are you ready to create your perfect space with amazing art? Let’s tell your unique story and find the alignment of art, science, and energy that makes you happy. Try my Aligned Design consultation and let’s get started. It combines an Interior Design, Color and Energy consultation and includes custom designed fractal art. You can choose from an energy art portrait as described above or I can create a design to work with your color palette that focuses on an energy concept that is important to you.
Saturday Night Live Art Shows- “The Shiny Ones” Aligned Energy Art
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows. In this show, I share four pieces of energy art I created and highlighted in a dream office Edesign. The design highlights a beautiful fractal art piece called “The Shiny Ones” which I entered into a national billboard contest through Fine Art America, as well as several other pieces, also in the contest.
Be sure to check out all the other artists from around the world, having art shows in their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Follow Saturday Night Live Art Shows on Facebook by searching #snlartshows.
“The Shiny Ones” Aligned Energy Art
If you have watched some of my previous shows, you know everything is energy.
“The Shiny Ones” is inspired by those who shine their light, beauty, and energy to help light the way for others and make the world a better place. For all you light workers and light warriors, thank you. The world needs you.
Aligned Energy Art is another layer of meaning beyond the visual beauty in creating your perfect space that is aligned with who you want to be.
“The Shiny Ones”.fractal art/sacred geometry” by Mary Ann Benoit
Your selection of art determines the energy you want to surround yourself with.
How do you want to feel?
The Fountain, The Rose #3, and Circle of Light and Laughter Energy Art by Mary Ann Benoit,”””
“Circle of Light and Laughter” Energy Art
The second piece is called “Circle of Light and Laughter”. This design was named after a description from one of my viewers. “It looks like women gathering with lights and enjoying the ideas, laughter, and support they’re sharing”.
“Circle of Light and Laugher” Energy Art by Mary Ann Benoit
“The Rose #3” Energy Art
The third piece is called “The Rose #3”. Everything is energy and flowers all emit their own frequency or vibration. The rose has one of the highest vibrations of all living things. Add their beauty and energy to your space to raise the frequencies around you for your own enjoyment, health, and well-being.
“The Fountain” Energy Art
The fourth piece is called “The Fountain” and was inspired by a beautiful fountain of water. In Chinese healing arts, the water element represents birth and death, the beginning and the end, renewal and destruction, form and formlessness. It is imagination and the source of creativity. Use this piece in your space to attract wealth and inner strength.
“The Fountain” fractal art/sacred geomtery by Mary Ann Benoit
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My office Edesign combines all the energy elements I infused into my art. While you work, shine your light and be your authentic self, support others and have fun. Surround yourself with things and people with high vibrations. Working in this environment can cultivate inner strength, peace, and financial abundance.
Love the look of this space? Click on the pictures to link to the some of the specific or similar pieces I used in this space.
“The Shiny Ones” 8 x 8 wall mural “The Shiny Ones custom chair by Mary Ann Benoit
What is Fractal Art?
Fractal art is digital art I create on my computer.I love creating fractal art because it allows me to work with brilliant colors, interesting textures, and incredible detail. Learn more about how it is created in my Saturday Night Live Art Show, ” A Passion for Purple” where I show some videos of the process.
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space with Art?
Isn’t it time to create a space that is aligned with who you truly are?
My unique Interior Design philosophy combines:
The ART of beauty
The SCIENCE of color
The ENERGY of well-being
Art + Science + Energy = Magic
Get an Aligned Design consultation which includes an Interior Design, Color, and Energy consultation, and custom fractal art to tie it all together.
Learn More About Energy, Healing, and Transforming Your Life
Many of the energy concepts that inspire my art to create harmonious energy in your home, I learned from Jim Fortin’s Transformational Coaching Program (TCP). His program changed my life and almost everyone that I know that has taken it. Get on the waitlist for the next TCP program here.
Saturday Night Live Art Shows-Aligned Energy Art- “Eternity”
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows. I am really happy to share my Aligned Energy Art series called “Eternity”, with four fractal art /sacred geometry pieces in an Edesign I created to highlight them.
This is a special collaboration with my followers. I am doing a creative challenge to create a new piece of art every day for 100 days. I created the first piece and did not know what to name it. I asked my followers how it made them feel. Their comments were amazing! I created a story that included every comment, and this video is the result. Based on the comments, I call this series “Eternity”. Watch the video to find out why”.
Fractal art is sacred geometry, expressing the energy that you can feel but can not see. Add Energy art to your space to remind yourself what is important.
Be sure to check out all the other artists from around the world, having art shows in their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Follow Saturday Night Live Art Shows on Facebook by searching #snlartshows.
The Story of “Eternity”
Once Upon a Time there was a girl (me).
She challenged herself to create new art every day for 100 days.
One day around week 4, she created something and didn’t know what to name it.
So she asked her followers…..how does it make you feel?
“Eternity #2” Fractal Art by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
She was amazed at all their answers. A story started to unfold.
“He found the fossils in a secluded area. He had an overwhelming sense that ancient wisdom was written in the stone and within it was the heart of some long-lost ancient treasure. As his mind wandered, the story started to unfold, as if in a download from the universe. There was once a place, an interwoven world, filled with heroic beings with many superpowers. Each was earned as they moved through never ending layers within the spacious and regal palace of woven metal. But it was easy to get lost and feel trapped. Many areas were filled with ice and other crystals growing and expanding toward the light. The only way out was to pass a test of enlightenment, to move on to the next layer. While trapped, it was like being in a cave filled with ice crystals, but when enlightenment was found, they could be transported to a new area, sometimes filled with the golden sun of summer, or sometimes even to another country or time. Each place had its own special wisdom to be imparted.
Eternity
There was a special dance that provided a secret key out, if only they knew what the moves were. And there was a sacred object they would have to carry in their hand…
They soon learned that the secret key out, was learning how to use the message of enlightenment in their own life, as everyone is different. Each had their own special move and sacred object needed to move on.
“Eternity #3” Fractal Art by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
With each new lesson learned, they moved closer to knowing themselves better and becoming who they truly were. If the lesson was not be learned, they might spend eternity in the same area.
“Eternity #4” Fractal Art by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
That’s a very long time! Are you learning your lessons?
How can you use “Eternity in your space?
If the message of “Eternity”, resonates with you, then adding art like this that is meaningful as well as beautiful is a great way to create your perfect space and remind yourself of what is important in your life each day when you see it.
Because this art is digital, it can also be put on a variety of home decor products such as pillows, bedding, serving trays, coffee mugs, notebooks, and more. Think about your own transformation as you sip your morning coffee or write in your journal, or while doing yoga.
Aligned Energy Art is another layer of meaning beyond the visual beauty in creating your perfect space that is aligned with who you want to be.
Your selection of art determines the energy you want to surround yourself with.
How do you want to feel?
What is Fractal Art?
Fractal art is digital art I create on my computer.I love creating fractal art because it allows me to work with brilliant colors, interesting textures, and incredible detail. Learn more about how it is created in my last Saturday Night Live Art Show, ” A Passion for Purple” where I show some video of the process. See examples at my store on Society 6.
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space with Art?
Are you ready to create your perfect space with amazing art? Let’s tell your unique story and find the alignment of art, science, and energy that makes you happy. Try my Aligned Design consultation and let’s get started.
The show includes 59 artists from 12 countries, all having art shows in their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Artists will be joining from The United Arab Emirates, India, Israel, Sweden, Germany, France, Austria, England, Italy, Canada, the United States, and Mexico! I am excited to be representing Alaska!
I am excited to share my fractal art with you, called “ A Passion for Purple”.
I am an Interior Designer specializing in Edesign, or virtual or online design and I like to create fractal art and home decor to go with my designs.
Sometimes I create the art first and then design a room to highlight the art, and other times I create the room first, and then design art to go with it.
What is Fractal Art?
Edesign and fractal art, “A Passion for Purple”, by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.
Sounds complicated but working with it is kind of like magic. It is like traveling through the inside of a kaleidoscope and looking for a cool place to stop and stay awhile. Once you stop and everything freezes, you can play with color and texture and light and shine, and all kinds of things until you create the perfect image. Then you take a picture of it. From that, I can create art on a canvas, in a frame, on a wall hanging or fabric, curtains, rugs, bags furniture, and whatever you want! This makes it really versatile for Interior Design which I love.
Let me show you what I mean. Let’s take a little trip into the kaleidoscope and see what it is like.
Traveling through the “kaleidoscope” when working with fractal art.
Once we stop, we can play with the color and texture, and light. When you have just what you want, you take a picture. Every creation is unique. If someone asked me to make something just like another one I had made, say in a different color, I could never find the exact spot again in the kaleidoscope….it would be like finding a particular drop of water in the ocean.
Playing with color, texture, light, and shine in the “kaleidoscope”.
What Comes First? The Room or the Art?
So in the case of this particular series, A Passion for Purple, I created the room first and then designed the art to go with it. I had wanted to explore how purple can be used in Global Style designs. and what the energy would feel like using this color.
Edesign and fractal art, “A Passion for Purple”, by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.
What’s So Great About Purple?
On the color wheel, purple is between red and blue and can take on aspects of its neighbors. Like blue, purple can feel calm and relaxing, and is the color of nature, as many wildflowers are purple. Like its neighbor red, it can feel stimulating, energetic, and passionate. Darker shades of purple are sometimes associated with wisdom.
Purple is a symbol of status, wealth, and royalty, and it has also been used in religion, linking it to spirituality and mysticism. Some believe it inspires creativity. Because it is versatile in its meaning, it connects with a wide range of people and is a complex color.
“A Passion for Purple” Fractal Art
I wanted my art to reflect the complexity of purple so that it was calm, yet vibrant, mysterious, spiritual, and elegant at the same time.
Edesign and fractal art, “A Passion for Purple”, by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.
I like the way the dark rich purple grounds the room, yet the light purple glows with serene energy. It feels very calming, yet vibrant and mysterious as well as if it has the secret to some ancient wisdom.
Edesign and fractal art, “A Passion for Purple”, by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design. “A Passion for Purple” Fractal Art by Mary Ann Benoit “A Passion for Purple 2” Fractal Art by Mary Ann Benoit “A Passion for Purple 3” Fractal Art by Mary Ann Benoit Edesign and fractal art, “A Passion for Purple”, by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design. Edesign and fractal art, “A Passion for Purple”, by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.
Your selection of art determines the energy you want to surround yourself with.
How do you want to feel?
Change the Art, Change the Energy of the Room
I thought it would be interesting to explore how other art would change the energy in the same room so put art from Saturday night live art host Brooke Harker and co-host Joan Marie in it to see what would happen.
As you can see, each piece changes the energy! Learn more about these amazing pieces, “Buzz and Flow”, by Brooke Harker and “Oogenesis” by Joan Marie, in my blog article, Let the Art Be the Heart of your Home.
Brooke Harker is a contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, California ad the creator of Saturday Night Live Art Shows. Learn more about Brooke and see her work on her website.
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space with Art?
Are you ready to create your perfect space with amazing art? Let’s tell your unique story and find the alignment of art, science, and energy that makes you happy. Try my Aligned Design consultation and let’s get started.
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Edesign and fractal art home decor by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
Saturday Night Live Art Shows- “Yin and Yang” Aligned Energy Art
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows. In this show, I am sharing three fractal art designs in my “Yin Yang” Aligned Energy Art series and an Edesign of a living room I created to highlight them and express their energy in a space.
Why Yin Yang? Everything is Energy.
Yin is female energy, and Yang is male energy. We all have, and need both, to get things done. Are you an over-doer of all the things? Try focusing less on masculine doing and more on feminine receiving. Yin receives ideas and inspiration. Yang puts the ideas into action. Yin receives the rewards of your actions. Yang takes the action and celebrates.
Balance is the key to happiness.
As above, so below. As within, so without.
Surround yourself with art that reminds you what is important and enhances the energy of your space.
How do you feel in your space? Is it ALIGNED with who you truly are?
When your space is better, you are better. When you are better, the world is better. The world needs you.
Be sure to check out all the other artists from around the world, having art shows in their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Follow Saturday Night Live Art Shows on Facebook by searching #snlartshows.
“Yin and Yang” Aligned Energy Art
If you have watched some of my previous shows, you know everything is energy.
I like to make at least three pieces that can work together in a group, say behind a sofa.
In this room, notice the masculine Yang energy in the white accents and straight lines, mixed with the feminine Yin blacks and curves. There is a calming balance of elements, yet is still interesting and exciting.
If the message of “Yin and Yang”, resonates with you, then adding art like this that is meaningful as well as beautiful is a great way to create your perfect space and remind yourself of what is important in your life each day when you see it.
Try it in your living room, meditation, or workout area or wherever your intuition guides you to put it.
Because this art is digital, it can also be put on a variety of home decor products such as pillows, bedding, serving trays, coffee mugs, notebooks, and more. Think about your own transformation as you sip your morning coffee or write in your journal, or while doing yoga.
Yin and Yang #2 Rectangular Pillow
Aligned Energy Art is another layer of meaning beyond the visual beauty in creating your perfect space that is aligned with who you want to be.
Your selection of art determines the energy you want to surround yourself with.
How do you want to feel?
Get the Look with “Magic” Aligned Energy Art
Love the look of this space? Click on the pictures to link to the energy art I used in this space.
What is Fractal Art?
Fractal art is digital art I create on my computer.I love creating fractal art because it allows me to work with brilliant colors, interesting textures, and incredible detail. Learn more about how it is created in my Saturday Night Live Art Show, ” A Passion for Purple” where I show some videos of the process.
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space with Art?
Isn’t it time to create a space that is aligned with who you truly are?
My unique Interior Design philosophy combines:
The ART of beauty
The SCIENCE of color
The ENERGY of well-being
Art + Science + Energy = Magic
Get an Aligned Design consultation which includes an Interior Design, Color, and Energy consultation, and custom fractal art to tie it all together.
Learn More About Energy, Healing, and Transforming Your Life
Many of the energy concepts that inspire my art to create harmonious energy in your home, I learned from Jim Fortin’s Transformational Coaching Program (TCP). His program changed my life and almost everyone that I know that has taken it. Get on the waitlist for the next TCP program here.
Saturday Night Live Art Shows- “Crow Medicine”- Living in Integrity
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows.
Animals have much to teach us if we just listen.
Do you need more harmony and integrity in your life?
Crows know all the mysteries of creation and are the keepers of sacred laws. Crows can see the past, present, and future, as well as our inner and outer reality. Crow medicine teaches us to live with integrity, walk our talk, and speak our truth.
Crows are omens of change. What is out of harmony and balance? Crows symbolize transformation, embracing change, and new beginnings.
My art, a collage of AI and fractal energy art supports you in living with integrity in this Edesign I created.
See it on the walls, pillows, and dining chairs.
This collection is “Crow Medicine”. Remind yourself to live with integrity and embrace change. See it here.
Everything is energy. The energy of your space affects how you feel and can support you in reaching your potential. Energy art can serve as the basis for the design of the room, and how it feels. The same art can support different color schemes, based on your preferences.
My “Crow Medicine” Collection
Aligned Energy Art is another layer of meaning beyond the visual beauty in creating your perfect space that is aligned with who you want to be.”
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Contact me to work together and create a design that is perfect for your space.
What is Energy Art and How Can it Change Your Life?
Immerse yourself in the captivating world of my digital art, where the fusion of AI and Fractal art unfolds in mesmerizing harmony and supportive energy. Guided by the power of language, and the ingenuity of algorithms, I communicate my artistic vision to the AI, refining and perfecting it until it resonates with my vision. Then, a captivating dance begins as I craft intricate energy infused fractal art which I add in layers to the design.
My computer screen becomes the playground where I interlace my AI-generated images with the bewitching patterns of fractals, creating a symphony of colors, textures, dimension and detail. But my art goes beyond the beauty. Embedded within each creation lies a unique energy message, carefully crafted to support you. My own energy infuses every stroke, enveloping the artwork with a positive force that resonates with you and what you need to support you in your space.
I love exploring the endless possibilities and pushing the boundaries of digital art to unveil the unseen, weaving threads of meaning and energy into the essence of the art.
My art transcends into the extraordinary, offering an immersive experience that helps you reach your potential to be who you truly are. With colors that bring you joy, textures that beckon to be touched, and intricate details that unravel like secrets, my art invites you to embark on a transformational journey.
Many people struggle with finding the perfect color scheme, often bound by the constraints of their existing finishes. But what if we make this more fun? Imagine magnifying and embracing your favorite color wholeheartedly. Welcome to the world of Monochromatic design!
Monochromatic schemes delve deep into one hue, exploring its diverse shades, tones, and tints. Visualize your cherished color transitioning from its lightest whisper to its richest depth, seamlessly incorporating white and black.
Example of a monochromatic blue color palette. Photo by
Why is it effective? The singular hue fosters visual harmony, resulting in a seamless design. Think of the design principle: “All greens blend” or “Every blue complements the other.” Their shared base hue unifies them, ensuring a cohesive look.
But isn’t monochromatic boring? NO! The absence of contrasting colors can be offset by using a range of “blue” hues for example rather than just one. You can also create drama and interest with patterns and textures.
For instance, I could craft a monochromatic palette starting with the blue at 230 degrees on the color wheel. From there, I’d explore its spectrum, transitioning from pure white (unsaturated) to shades of light blue, deepening to dark blue, and ultimately black. To add richness, I might dabble with hues ranging from 235 to 250 degrees, all within the blue family, while experimenting with different saturation levels.
When I select my design pieces, I look for various materials, textures and patterns to add variety, such as mixing soft and hard, matte and shiny, smooth and rough, curves and straight lines etc.
Mastering Monochrome: A Singular Hue Living Room Transformation”
I created this living room design where I embraced a blue monochromatic palette. From pristine white to profound black, the spectrum features diverse blue hues manifesting in paint, furniture, drapery, lighting, and accents. Admittedly, the greenery introduces a dash of contrast, lending the space a touch beyond strict monochrome.”
Monochromatic Blue Living Room Edesign and Spring Fractal Art by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.Monochromatic Blue Living Room Edesign and Spring Fractal Art by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design.
This design incorporates some of my original fractal art in a collection called “The Sea”, which reminded me of white caps on the ocean and also uses variety of blue shades.
The Sea The Sea #2 The Sea #3
See More of My Blue Energy Art
See a collection of my blue energy art which could work beautifully together in creating your own blue monchromatic color scheme.
Benefits of A Monochromatic Color Scheme
A monochromatic color scheme offers several benefits, including:
Cohesiveness: By using variations of a single hue, the design inherently feels unified and harmonious.
Visual Simplicity: Monochromatic designs reduce visual clutter, making spaces feel more organized and easier on the eyes.
Flexibility: With one dominant color, it’s easier to mix and match patterns, textures, and shades without overwhelming the space.
Depth and Dimension: By using tints, tones, and shades of a single color, you can create depth and dimension in a space without introducing multiple colors.
Creates Mood: Depending on the color chosen, monochromatic schemes can evoke specific moods – blues for tranquility, reds for warmth, greens for rejuvenation, and so on.
Easier Color Coordination: Choosing decor, furnishings, and finishes become simpler when you’re working within a single color spectrum.
Timelessness: Monochromatic rooms often have a timeless quality and can stay relevant despite changing design trends.
Highlights Architectural Features: In a monochromatic setting, architectural features can stand out more as they aren’t competing with varied colors.
Enhanced Spatial Perception: In some cases, using a monochromatic scheme can make spaces seem larger or cozier, depending on the hue and its intensity.
Focus on Texture and Form: With color variation minimized, there’s a greater focus on other design elements like texture, form, and material, allowing for richer tactile experiences.
Using a monochromatic scheme can be a strategic design choice to bring tranquility, unity, and a unique aesthetic appeal to any space.
Edesign by Northern Lights Home Staging and Desigo
Celebrate Your Favorite Color
Imagine entering a room where every hue resonates with your spirit, instilling a profound sense of joy and tranquility. A sanctuary where you rejuvenate and spark inspiration. When your space mirrors your essence, harmony effortlessly follows.
Why not infuse the vibrant colors of summer into your dwelling? Or perhaps the palette of your cherished season?
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Saturday Night Live Art Shows-Aligned Energy Art- “Release”
Welcome to Saturday Night Live Art Shows ! I am Mary Ann Benoit and am with you tonight from Seward Alaska! So excited to be with you tonight to share my new idea, called Aligned Energy Art and three fractal art pieces I designed to introduce it.
Be sure to check out all the other artists from around the world, having art shows in their Facebook and social media feeds at 6-9 pm in their time zones. Follow Saturday Night Live Art Shows on Facebook by searching #snlartshows.
Introducing “Release” Aligned Energy Art
My latest fractal art, named “Release” was inspired by the idea of releasing all the things in our lives that do not serve us and make us feel heavy. One of my teachers, Jim Fortin, often repeats this quote from his mentor, DX, that “when you think too much, you make yourself heavy, and when you are heavy, you can not fly”.
What does that mean? We all have things in our lives that make us feel heavy, uncomfortable, angry, resentful, and other ways that do not promote well-being.
They take our time and energy and stress us out. It might be things, like clutter, or things we do, or over-do that we really don’t enjoy or do to please others.
When was the last time you took an inventory of those things to see how many were really adding anything important or meaningful to your life?
I decided many months ago that I wanted to release things that were taking up too much of my time and causing me to feel stressed and overwhelmed. “Release” became my new motto, and favorite word.
I noticed, the more I released, the better I felt. Thinking about the word “Release” daily, helped me improve my well-being.
I was thinking about the concept of releasing things when I created this art.
As I described in my previous Saturday Night Art Show, creating fractal art, which is digital art, is like traveling through a kaleidoscope until you find the perfect spot to stop and then you can adjust any element you want.
The place I chose looks like a landscape filled with mountains and rivers from above, releasing the energy of the water and soil down to the ocean where you see it expanding out from there.
It has the colors of fall, and the energy of the changing of the seasons, when the trees release their leaves and transform themselves to be ready for winter.
It has the colors of nature and the earth, greens and browns, blues, yellow and orange.
“Release” fractal art by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
The greens and colors of nature add a feeling of calmness and well-being, as if sitting in a beautiful forest. This is the feeling I want to have as a result of releasing what no longer serves me.
As I usually do, I created 2 more pieces to go with it, so you can see the movement between pieces and use three together over a sofa t create a focal point in a room.
“Release 2” fractal art by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design “Release 3” fractal art by Mary Ann Benoit of Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
How can you use Aligned Energy Art in your space?
If the message of “Release”, or future concepts I plan to create resonate with you, then adding art that is meaningful as well as beautiful is a great way to create your perfect space and remind yourself of what is important in your life each day when you see it.
Art like “Release” can be added to your living room, bedroom, meditation or work out area or wherever your intuition guides you to put it.
Because this art is digital, it can also be put on a variety of home decor products such as pillows, bedding, serving trays, coffee mugs, notebooks and more. So you could think about “Release” as you sip your morning coffee out of a “Release” coffee mug while writing things you want to release your “Release” journal for example, drinking out of your travel cup on the way to work or doing yoga on a “Release” mat.
Aligned Energy Art is another layer of meaning beyond the visual beauty in creating your perfect space that is aligned with who you want to be.
An Example
I created this Edesign, or virtual design as an example of how you could created a space using this art and expressing the energy of “Release” in your space. Note the “Release” fractal art on the framed canvases on the wall, the serving tray on the coffee table, the pillow on one of the chairs and the place settings on the table.
Your selection of art determines the energy you want to surround yourself with.
How do you want to feel?
What is Fractal Art?
Fractal art is digital art I create on my computer.I love creating fractal art because it allows me to work with brilliant colors, interesting textures, and incredible detail. Learn more about how it is created in my last Saturday Night Live Art Show, ” A Passion for Purple” where I show some video of the process. See examples at my store on Society 6.
https://youtu.be/Ha0e7-NUpE4?si=bN1ObYbHebxXW-Y8
Check out my Fractal/ Energy Art Studios
Edesign and fractal art home decor by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space with Art?
Are you ready to create your perfect space with amazing art? Let’s tell your unique story and find the alignment of art, science, and energy that makes you happy. Try my Aligned Design consultation and let’s get started.
Birds of a Feather- What Birds Can Teach Us About Designing the Perfect Room.
Previously, I showed you how flat lays give a bird’s eye view of a lot of magic possibilities about to unfold before you.
A flat lay creates endless possibilities for creating a perfect space.
I showed you three flat lays inspired by bird feathers and asked what room you visualized each could become.
I created some magic with the first design and wanted to share that possibility with you.
A flat lay is an idea filled with possibilities.
This flat lay and design was inspired by the beauty of Pintail duck and eagle feathers. Birds provide endless inspiration for creating beautiful designs with the intricate patterns, colors, and textures of their feathers! Who else but Mother Nature could come up with such great designs.
This flat lay showed initial ideas for flooring, tile, carpeting, fabrics, and more that I thought looked beautiful and created a feeling or mood for a room. I wanted the room to feel peaceful, earthy, spiritual and a little exotic, as if you were relaxing on the forest floor in an old-growth forest where it was totally quiet except for bird calls.
Flat lay and Edesign by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
I decided to create a living room with the idea. I tried using the two shades of green for paint colors to see how it would change the look and feel of the room. I think the darker green evokes more of a feeling of the forest. Which do you prefer?
Here is the final design. Does this look like any of the possibilities you imagined from the flat lay?
Edesign by Northern Lights Home Staging and Design
Are You Ready to Create Your Perfect Space?
Are you ready to create your perfect space? I assume you are since you are reading my blog post. Let’s tell your unique story and find the alignment of art, science, and energy that makes you happy. Let me help you take that trip to your perfect space in a Ferrari instead of a stagecoach. Try my Aligned Design consultation and let’s get started.
Sometimes, those interactions create something amazing, like super children, called fractals.
