" Without really knowing how, I take the plunge and discover online the universe that dwells within me, as well as the messages that my paintings convey to me. "
NATHALIE HADJ
NATHALIE HADJ
Painter, PAU (64)
Nathalie lets us into her world and shares her sincere, authentic, and spiritual approach with us.
Tell us your story, how did you find your calling?
As a child, I dream. I try to draw a bird,
What comes to me naturally does not exist. What I see does not exist.
I apply myself to please, but it does not touch my heart.
Many years later, after having evolved in the world of fashion and design, created textile collections, and then a lacquered wooden bead necklace that went around the world and led me to bankruptcy due to its too-rapid growth, I changed my life.
The starting point of a new life and a personal quest. In 2016, I chose to train in personal development coaching, which would transform a few years later into energetic and spiritual development.
I discovered transpersonal hypnosis in 2021 and chose to train in this practice, which opened me up to even more new ways of seeing life.
It was at that moment that the desire to paint made itself heard... Although this desire to express myself artistically has always been present, it took this entire journey for me to dare to follow the call of my heart.
Without really knowing how, I took the plunge and encountered on the canvas the Universe that inhabits me, as well as the messages that my paintings transmit to me.
How would you describe your style and your artistic approach in a few words?
I discovered my style on the canvas by letting go, like something that had been dormant deep inside me without daring to fully show itself. Just like the lacquered wooden bead necklace, there is always a form of simplicity, a joyful stripping away to get to the essential, with sincerity and authenticity.
My approach is rather spiritual, daring to let myself be moved by something greater than me. I do not know how to draw; I sometimes discover it once the canvas is dry, or when I turn it a quarter turn.
What themes or subjects inspire you the most in your work?
Love, joy, the Invisible, everything that is hidden in our heart and only asks to be expressed for our greatest good and the greatest good of humanity.
How do you work?
I let myself be guided. I listen to my intuition; I don't have a fixed schedule or a studio to paint in. It is always with shyness, excitement, and at the same time a certain discomfort that I approach the canvas. The doubt, what am I going to do... I set the doubt aside and rediscover a childlike lack of self-consciousness, with no expectation of a result.
Do you have a specific technique or particular expertise? Without revealing all your secrets, have you developed your own methods and techniques?
While I have a particular taste for colors, I have no expertise in this field.
The first time, after pouring paint onto the canvas, I grabbed something from a drawer to spread it... It turned out to be a small plastic scraper used for defrosting the freezer! Since then, it’s been my tool... That’s what you call serendipity, I suppose...
My technique is my intuition, my connection to the heart, my letting go to honor this gift from heaven.
Tell us about your daily life, your constraints, your joys, your successes…
My daily life is gentle. Alongside painting, I offer online coaching & guidance sessions as a change facilitator.
I have reached an age where I no longer impose too many constraints or "I musts" on myself.
My greatest joy is accepting myself as I am, and no longer apologizing for being hypersensitive, clairvoyant, clairaudient...
Any message you would like to pass on, or anything else you would like to share?
I read or heard somewhere that one can choose to make life an accident or an adventure...
Let's choose adventure, for despite the pain or difficulties, there is always something beautiful behind it to lead us to more peace.