Best Amanda Onchulenko Podcasts (2024)

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Pausing to Celebrate 18:41

1y ago18:41

18:41

Fifty is definitely cause for celebration for Wisdom at the Crossroads the podcast. This episode is shared with gratitude for all who are along for the ride: seeking, discovering, and finding pause within the noise of the busy lives we have chosen. Your support and enthusiasm is appreciated. Numerology aficionados would remind us that 50 signifies …

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Growth and a ”Spring Fling” 14:26

1y ago14:26

14:26

Tis the season for new growth with spring hopefully on the horizon at last. A new season on the paint wall is allowing for experimentation, discovery and, dependably, colour. Preparations for a “Spring Fling” at The Pulse Gallery in Winnipeg are shaping up to be the beginnings of a refreshingly colourful new chapter. Locals can join your host at Th…

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Wise Words: Presence 22:08

1y ago22:08

22:08

“Each day is an opportunity to begin again, to forget the troubles of yesterday, to abandon our attachment to the promise of tomorrow.” Getting quiet and being still sounds simple but it can actually be quite complex. The queen of distraction gets lost and found in this episode. Organization may not be my forte, but it seems when I am ready for the…

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Inviting the White 20:03

1+ y ago20:03

20:03

This episode is about embracing the season where a Canadian winter, wind sculpted snow banks, and variations on a white theme inspire a reflective trek. In a world of white, we dive into the magic of the landscape on a day where boundaries merged with atmospheric change to insulate the view. A view viewed through a window on the warm side of the gl…

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Arty Facts 18:56

1+ y ago18:56

18:56

Every journey begins with a single step. In this one, we get a little primal, exploring first steps on some big new panels on the paint wall for an exhilarating trip through the process of marks and the making. The legacy of creators through generations of history, thought, and process, became the focus of travels in real time through the Art Galle…

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Burning with Passion 18:47

1+ y ago18:47

18:47

Warm thoughts on the paint wall on a cold winters day take us on a visual journey. Creative action invites some reflection as works in progress flow through the lovely subtleties of initial marks, only to crash and burn when judgement is applied. Add your own expletive here! In the meditation, we repurpose those flames and take a stroll down memory…

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Gratitude 22:24

1+ y ago22:24

22:24

A new year for the podcast! This anniversary edition inspired a new beginning that starts and ends with gratitude. Thank you for joining me in this experience of story as we pause to connect, to make ourselves available to the creative magic all around us through the action of slowing down It was your curiosity that motivated me to visualize this v…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Breathing Space 19:13

1+ y ago19:13

19:13

Life is seriously too short to take ourselves too seriously. Through our mindful moments we can learn to nurture the elements within us. In the creative process I find myself in a place where the world quiets around me and I am fully present. I guess really I have learned to take myself to a place where the action and presence meet. In this episode…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Process and Practice 13:11

1+ y ago13:11

13:11

DISCLAIMER: This meditative process may lead you to find the wisdom your soul yearns to share. Viewer discretion is advised! I am a fairly private person and not generally prone to public vulnerability yet i am the Mand in this mindful MANDart moment where I invite you behind the curtain to experience the magic of process as it is revealed. This ep…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Presence 14:31

1+ y ago14:31

14:31

Take a break…Kit Kats are purely optional. The meditation in this Mindful Mandart Moment is a guided journey to an incidental green space dappled in pockets of sunshine. There’s a little elemental magic involved in getting quiet and becoming aware of all things small in our natural environment. Today's self care break is all about allowing ourselve…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Sanctuary Within 15:36

1+ y ago15:36

15:36

Celebrate the power of intention with this self care pause Red is one of my favourite colours. I appreciate the resonance of quinocridone red light (try pronouncing that one with an accent on a podcast). Though painting quiets my soul, I am strangely attracted to the screaming nature of particular shades of Pyrole. These lovely reds seek attention …

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Mindful Mandart Moment: The Healing Power of Rest 14:26

1+ y ago14:26

14:26

ENJOY THE HEALING POWER OF A RESTFUL MOMENT HERE. I am excited to be sharing what I am calling a ten pack of Mindful Mandart Moments with you. The meditations that usually pair with the back stories of studio practice have come to the foreground to help us to be more and do a little less in the hectic lives we lead This meditation this episode expl…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Active Stillness with a Labyrinth Walk 17:39

1+ y ago17:39

17:39

Let's get actively still. The meditation in this episode of Mindful Mandart Moments pairs action with stillness and takes us on a contemplative visual journey. The labyrinth, in existence for thousands of years, is usually a compact journey that winds its way to a contemplative centre and unfurls as it returns us to where its curved path began. So …

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Renewal and a Chakra Cleanse 17:33

1+ y ago17:33

17:33

This renewal comes with a chakra cleanse. In this Mandart Moment of Mindfulness, colour was the inspiration that initiated a visual journey that grows and glows through the chakra column. The chakras form a column of invisible energetic support common to all of us. There are 7 chakras that form this internal column beginning with the root chakra at…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Abundance 15:00

1+ y ago15:00

15:00

Less can be more when we discover abundance. Mindfulness has become a mainstream term in recent years. The practice of paying attention is what I like to call it. By being mindful we can help ourselves to pause and be present. When we are present in our own lives we can make ourselves available to all of the magic available to us through the action…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Growth 16:02

1+ y ago16:02

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WE GROW IN COMMUNITY and this self care episode is all about growth. Mindful Mandart Moments continue with this episode that brings the meditative practice to the forefront. This instalment was inspired by a trio called “BLOOM” in episode 14. It is a guided meditation that inspires us to visualize the conditions we personally need to bloom, flouris…

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Mindful Mandart Moment: Acceptance 15:57

1+ y ago15:57

15:57

This episode is all about acceptance. I am excited to be sharing what I am calling MINDFUL MANDART MOMENTS in episodes 34-44 in the podcast. The meditations that usually pair with the back stories of studio practice are coming to the foreground. With open palms, this one is all about ACCEPTANCE. In this first episode of mindful moments, we are enco…

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Active Still: Purple 22:49

1+ y ago22:49

22:49

Still life sounds a bit like an oxy moron doesn’t it? For someone who struggles to colour in the lines, a little contained floral action can’t help but be big on personality. What was once a ‘false start’ is now a studio companion with a cheeky personality despite her bland title, “Active Still : Purple” Check out the expanded show notes and images…

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Georgian Bay - Audience and Channel 25:01

1+ y ago25:01

25:01

Tom Thomson and the Canadian Group of Seven were not the only adventurers and artists to fall in love with delicious destinations like Honey Harbour and Blueberry Island. Listen in to todays episode to Channel the backstory of a pair of cousins inspired by a twilight boat ride through a quintessentially Canadian landscape. Around every corner in Ge…

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Kaleidoscope 23:28

1+ y ago23:28

23:28

A backward glance inspired the name of this big bold square that came together like the magical arrangements in the colourful child’s toy. There is nothing childish about this confident shapely girl who fledged the nest early. Check out the expanded show notes and an image of Kaleidoscope in my blog! The Meditation The meditation came about organic…

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Resonance - The Kelly Gang 21:32

1+ y ago21:32

21:32

This episode begins and ends with friendship and gratitude. Art and life evolve when we release our expectations and trust in the roundabout ways the world works. What is meant to be is always meant to be. Check out the expanded show notes and an image of Resonance in my blog! The Meditation The meditation is 10 minutes long in this episode. Find i…

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Flow/100 Acre Wood 24:21

1+ y ago24:21

24:21

Get your flow flowing this episode as we take in a transitioning season and journey down a new visual path where colour theory is just a theory. Check out the expanded show notes and an image of Flow/The 100 Acre Woods in my blog! The Meditation The meditation that follows at 8:37 in the recording adopts the mantra: “It is, I am, we are…” to remind…

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The Healing Blanket Project 28:37

1+ y ago28:37

28:37

This episode shares stories of community and creativity and how the two came together to create The Healing Blanket Project, one thoughtful and colourful stitch at a time. The story begins with the Healing Blanket post-pandemic as she fledges her nest and moves into Ronald MacDonald’s new house in Winnipeg. Listen in on the podcast or read up on th…

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A Celebration of the Poppy (Red) 24:29

1+ y ago24:29

24:29

We chat about the subjective process of commissioning art and the fact that a refreshed painting is one that was once finished, then finished again. With a hint of whimsy and freedom, we are reminded how we interpret art depends on our perspective and what we are ready to see. Check out the expanded show notes and an image of A Celebration of the P…

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Pier Support 19:52

1+ y ago19:52

19:52

We’ve all heard the saying “it takes a village” and I am so grateful for mine. In today’s backstory, we journey to a community of neighbours and friends along the western shore of Lake Winnipeg. The area’s iconic swimming piers come into focus with the painting “Pier Support”. Art becomes a colourful off-season reminder of the value of our connecti…

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River View 18:57

1+ y ago18:57

18:57

This episode takes me back to a weedy incidental green space where I am reminded of the cyclical ways our journeys connect to our past and to each other. “Riverside”, the focus of todays conversation, is part of the “Sweet Suite”, a series of small paintings that freely bloomed on panel this summer in the studio. It is the result of my recent trave…

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Blue Gums 25:44

1+ y ago25:44

25:44

This story starts out with an intention that turns a blank canvas into a beginning. The episode touches on a compelling pair from the archive that puts personal perspectives into context and helps us to realize there are no wrong answers when it comes to art. “Blue Gums” are the real star of the show. They evolved through a (challenging for me) les…

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Wonderland 20:10

1+ y ago20:10

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In this episode, we chat about the idea of ritual in the work of art where the intention of an action is key and nobody is sitting around eating cake waiting to be inspired. “Wonderland” is part of a recent batch of paintings trending large on 4 foot panels. This diptych takes us on a journey through process, like Alice’s, but without the use of ha…

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An Everywhere of Silver 18:50

1+ y ago18:50

18:50

An Everywhere of Silver is the story of a winter landscape in a summer cottage. It is the story of a journey and adjusted expectations. This little painting recalls an attempt to take to the road less travelled if only for a little while. It holds the story of a rained out adventure that ended with a gentle reminder and inspiration for a whole new …

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Crossroads 22:03

2y ago22:03

22:03

We celebrate connection in todays backstory. Connection to our past: relationships, spaces and places and end up in the present musing about imagination and a sisterhood evolving in vibrant colour on the paint wall. With the example of “Crossroads”, a marker at the beginning of a new chapter in my studio archive, we are reminded that creativity is …

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Introspection 27:08

2y ago27:08

27:08

Episode 20 marks a milestone for me. The end of season 1 is less about endings and more about absolute beginnings. The painting “INTROSPECTION” is 30” x 40” of 17-year-old me at the tail end of the Photo Realist era, blending yet not trying to conform. This first major painting was a deep and thoughtful, painstakingly rendered, reflection on the de…

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Shrinking Violets 21:55

2y ago21:55

21:55

The jostling characters of this small but feisty composition, 13” x 14”, on panel, affectionately titled “Shrinking Violets" compete for attention and visual elbow room. In this fictitious perennial garden, more kitchen garden than formal border, vibrant colour grants an introduction to new beginnings that merge a path of discovery and experimentat…

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Breeze at Bay 20:39

2y ago20:39

20:39

Be my guest in this episode at the edge of Lake Winnipeg where a breeze at the waters edge on the prairie keeps everything in motion. Inspiration is refreshing and today invites us on a journey through composition and colour. An incidental green space where vegetation is allowed to wander and stray is always a favourite of mine. This one forms a bi…

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Tuross 21:50

2y ago21:50

21:50

The backstory this episode leads to Tuross on the South Coast of Australia. Beaches here are so numerous they are numbered not named. Shell picking at T1 is a whale of a time and landscape in painting is a journey through memory. A little golf action gets going on the aptly named ”Heart attack Hill”, with the killer view. Legend has it the brown sn…

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Em’s Blue Pair (Nostrum and Curative) 24:36

2y ago24:36

24:36

Art, like music, plays a role as the backdrop or soundtrack of our lives. Today's introduction to “Nostrum” and “Curative”, a pair of 30” x 40” acrylic paintings on panel, were once given the cold shoulder. Now they offer a little bit of flexible colour magic and a balm for the soul in the depths of a Winnipeg winter. Do you have a studio? Want a s…

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Pet Portrait 17:16

2y ago17:16

17:16

Art imitates life and sometimes it documents it too. Pet lovers unite as today we meet the cheeky cat brothers Rylands and Fletcher in a fairy tale of sorts. The “once upon a time” leads us through torrential rain, to a job interview in puddling linen, onto a creative classroom filled with pre teens and carving tools and a drawer full of band aids.…

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Bloom 123 19:46

2y ago19:46

19:46

Lessons of inspiration and creativity inspire change on todays episode. A change of season might lead to a change of scale, but scaling down in size does not mean we are scaling down the visual impact. There is a new trio evolving on the paint wall in real time. We learn a triptych is not simply an image spread out across three adjoining surfaces b…

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Side Yard Backyard 22:17

2y ago22:17

22:17

A mixed media pair called “SIDEYARD / BACKYARD” are the stars of the perennial show in the lucky 13th episode of the podcast this week. (It's also a week with Friday the 13th!) Together they introduce a hardy cast of perennial characters whose cheeky personalities take shape in chalk pastel and acrylic on paper. We hear the story of friendship as i…

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Cocktail Hour: Strawberry Margarita 18:31

2y ago18:31

18:31

It might not be 5 o’clock, but this episode inspires us to take a break for refreshments when work on the painting wall stalls. A casual observation inspires a winter series more beach babe than snow bunny, and a creative game that turned this painter's theory on its head. Listen to the story of colour in the studio as an antidote to winter’s white…

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Breathing Space 28:13

2y ago28:13

28:13

Breathing Space inspires us to consider our home and how art can offer us comfort within the discomfort of transition. We are reminded big art expands not only our spaces but also our perceptions. The pieces we are meant to find sometimes find us down the way along a circuitous path. The triptych, “Inhale: Exhale and Relax”, introduces perennial pe…

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Singing the Blues 24:48

2y ago24:48

24:48

“Singing the Blues" begins with a return to work after a break and a reminder that life is seriously too short to take ourselves too seriously. We chat a little about taking on commissioned art and familiarize ourselves with colour stories. In this, we realize that the difference between old work and new work, is GROWTH. We get a little CHI to flow…

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Pink at Ponemah 20:06

2y ago20:06

20:06

“Pink at Ponemah” offers an invitation to park yourself on a sandy beach on a shimmery summer day no matter the season where you are. Today we step into Canadian cottage country to find connection in community. We take a pause, find ourselves pretty in pink and learn a simple way to leave our own marks on the world. Visit my blog to view images of …

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Town’s End 21:31

2y ago21:31

21:31

Supportive communities, circles of women and flexibility are topics of conversation on the podcast this week…and where would we be without them? In this episode, I invite you to find something of your story within mine as together we discover tranquility and presence in morning routines. We learn how less can be more as we reflect on simplicity and…

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Yellow Head Sweet Sixteen 23:15

2y ago23:15

23:15

This week on the podcast we reflect on family road trips and recall the gift of time to be ourselves. We learn creativity is mined from routine actions and chat about some of the painterly traits I commonly use. Sunshine yellow continues in the conversation about composition and inspiration in my work in art. 𝗬𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Th…

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Afternoon Showers 21:35

2y ago21:35

21:35

The featured pair of this weeks podcast, “Afternoon Showers” from 2008, are a celebration of a long ago date week and paint week. The pair bring sunshine indoors on even the coldest of northern winter days on the prairies. They were inspired by an afternoon road trip during a prairie storm. They are a reminder that less can be more, firsts are wort…

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Ode to Tom 19:49

2+ y ago19:49

19:49

This week on the podcast we take a trip down memory lane where I introduce you to a mixed media painting on paper. From the earliest days of my studio practice. “Ode to Tom” is a recollection of childhood memory, first visits to lake country in what was at the time, an unfamiliar yet quintessentially Canadian landscape. We chat about my tendency to…

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Painted Ladies 22:16

2+ y ago22:16

22:16

“PAINTED LADIES” are featuring on the podcast this week. They originate from Studio 311, in Winnipeg’s Historic Exchange District. This building is a grand old dame who was part of the exponential growth of Winnipeg at the turn of the 20th century. Winnipeg has her own identity despite being known then as both the gateway to the West and the Chicag…

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Enlightened at Beaver Bay 20:05

2+ y ago20:05

20:05

Art expands spaces and perceptions and becomes the background to family life. In this episode we are encouraged to be mindfully present using the example of a large triptych, Enlightened at Beaver Bay”, 48” x 48”, 24” x 48”, 48” x 48” from (2008) This painting was inspired by an invitation to Lake of the Woods, a quintessentially Canadian landscape…

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Prairie Girl 17:56

2+ y ago17:56

17:56

Thank you for joining me on this podcasting journey! I am looking forward to sharing the backstories and process that have resulted in a master collection of artwork that span my career. I would like to start the storytelling with the pieces that have remained in my home and have taught me a lesson worth remembering. Creativity has always been my r…

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Child’s Play 21:10

2+ y ago21:10

21:10

My studio may be much smaller than the 800 square feet I once had, but it is light, cozy and warm. My orchids and I appreciate the abundance of light and the river view that this space offers. The winter white scene includes skaters and other active members of the community embracing the cold weather. 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥'𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 is an 11" x 30" mixed media painti…

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