our inspiration
A Gypsy Soul: one who lives through the movement of their energy and finds the pulse in nature.
Growing up, founder Samantha Ridgway was a perfectionist, but there came a point in her life when she needed to let go of that perfection, if only for an hour a day. The late nights when her brain was still active, she began exploring with paint; it settled her inner world. Yet, she couldn’t pick up a paint brush, she didn’t want tradition to set in. Samantha wanted to explore more alternative tools and that started with the items around her, anything she could find in her home. One night, she picked up a water gun with curiosity. As she pulled the trigger, a forest green color splattered across the paper and she giggled with delight. In that instant Samantha knew she needed to bring that feeling to other people. Thus, Gypsy Soul Work was born.
Gypsy Soul Work wants to break the standard way we are taught to paint. Samantha believes we all have creativity within us and that creativity is necessary for the body, mind and soul of a human being. Expression of creativity should be open to each individual without boundaries, rules or expectations.
Gypsy Soul Work hosts painting experiences that allows individuals to thrive purely on their own expression of creativity in a playful way. With the use of music, gestures, and alternative tools people are able to feel through their painting experience, releasing what is inside and leaving it on the canvas.