How Painting Found Me
"I had never painted on a canvas before. And yet the moment I picked up a brush, something in me said — yes! This is it!"
During my healing journey, I tried many things. One day I walked into a mandala workshop, not knowing what to expect. The moment I began painting, it felt like a eureka moment. I was joyful, present, at ease — and oddly confident, even though I had never touched a canvas before in my life. Something opened.
After that workshop, I decided to go further. I created a 48" × 48" painting entirely on my own, using only a template as a guide. It was in that process that I began to truly understand what intuitive art was doing for me. It wasn't just creative expression — it was complementing my healing journey.
While painting, emotional patterns would surface. Patterns like control. Judgement. Resistance. Things I had been working on in my healing practice would show up right there on the canvas — and I would work through them, brush stroke by brush stroke. The painting became a mirror.
Over time, something shifted. I began to notice that when I paint, things emerge from a place of pure flow — images, colours, forms that I didn't plan. I realised I carry a gift within me. And that gift is deeply aligned with the healing work I do every day.
Intuitive art, for me, is not about technique or training. It is about listening — to what wants to move through you, to what wants to be seen, to what is ready to be released. Every painting you see here was born from that place.
Healing doesn't always speak in words. Sometimes it speaks in colour. Sometimes it needs a brush, not a sentence.
My paintings are not technique-driven. They are not planned. Each one begins with a breath, an intention, and a willingness to be surprised by what emerges. Many carry the energy of the healing work I do — they hold grief, joy, release, remembrance. Some were painted for specific people. Some were painted for no one at all — just for the act of letting something move.
Art, like healing, is not about getting it right. It is about getting it out.
Every piece in this collection began as an original painting of mine. Originals are one of a kind, and selected works are also available as hand-embellished canvas prints for you to bring home. Explore the collection for sale →
I'm Sumati Dhabalia, an intuitive artist who discovered painting through my own healing journey. With no formal training, I picked up a brush for the first time at a mandala workshop — and felt immediately at home. What began as a single session grew into a deep practice, where emotional patterns surface through colour and form, and transformation happens stroke by stroke.
I work in mixed media, painting purely from flow — no plans, no agenda, only listening deeply. The intention with each piece is that I drop myself and let the divine, universal energy flow through. Each original is one of a kind and carries the energy of healing. I offer these paintings to the world so that same energy can live in your space too.
Each painting is created intuitively and carries its own healing energy. Works are available as one-of-a-kind originals and as hand-embellished canvas prints, each retouched by hand.
Shipping: flat rate within the United States. $85 for pieces up to 24 inches, $165 for pieces up to 36 inches, and $375 for larger pieces. Shipping is available within the US only.
Inner Bloom
Hand-embellished canvas print, framed | 24" × 20"
$550 + $85 shipping
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Flying Girl
Hand-embellished canvas print, framed | 40" × 48"
$950 + $375 shipping
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Sacred Trio
Hand-embellished canvas print, framed | 24" × 20"
$550 + $85 shipping
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Green Treasure
Hand-embellished canvas print, framed | 43" × 32"
$950 + $375 shipping
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Mysterious Unfolding
Hand-embellished canvas print, framed | 28" × 22"
$600 + $165 shipping
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