Meet Anne Louise
I am a lifelong artist who has always been drawn to creative ventures and the joy of making. Creativity runs deep in my family — I come from generations of creative women, and that legacy continues through my daughter and granddaughter, who are also artists in their own ways.
Teaching is one of my greatest passions, both in person and online, where I love guiding others to discover their own creative voice. I believe that everything someone creates has value, because simply trying is already a step many never take. I enjoy bringing people together through creative events, where art becomes a doorway to friendship, connection, and shared experience.
Travel has also shaped my journey; whenever I visit a new place, I seek out local artists to learn about their crafts and culture, deepening my appreciation for creativity around the world. You’ll often find me encouraging others knowing what they create is perfection, because creativity is about expression, not comparison. I believe art has the power to heal, connect, and tell stories that words sometimes cannot. Creating spaces where people feel safe to explore, experiment, and grow brings me deep joy.
My name is Anne Louise and I am a mixed media artist from Australia. I teach both in person and online and enjoy doing both. I have been very blessed of being able to think of an idea and being able to execute it to then go on and teach it.
I was teaching classes and retreat in Australia up until the time that as a family we decided to move to Nepal to work more hands on in our charity.
In Nepal I was able to be one of the leading techers in our handicraft centre. I produced each pattern and making guideline for the products. I then taught women how to create the product that they could produce for income. This was mostly in the beading, crochet and sewing areas. Together with each Woman we were able to go from ideas to full production and this was one of my favourite creative times.
I started teaching online out of a need to raise funds to help more women in Nepal. I started running online retreats and this was a way of connecting women around the world and create with them. At the same time we were able to collect donations for much needed funding. I invested all the profits back in to my day to day programs – and it was way more fun then selling raffle tickets!
I teach mixed media online as I have so much fun with it in daily life and wanted that joy to spread to others.
I now live across two countries and have an Art studio in both! To this day I still run online retreats and we pay for things like school fees for Nepali children to help the Women keep their children in school.
I do not sell my art and have many journals filling up with page upon page of fun. I do give my art away and the reason for that is – I teach many people how to paint Kindness Rocks & Kindness Cards. These are small pieces of art that are created to abandon in our local communities. I share 3-5 small free tutorials online a week to encourage people to follow this practise. You just never know who is going to find your small piece of creativity and how it lifts them for the day.
My favourite art to create is Kindness Rocks! The reason is that I wake very early, usually around 4am and I like to spend time drinking a cuppa and creating before the rest of the household wakes up. I love the reflection time and that I can complete a small piece within the hour to hide in my community.
I would like to encourage everyone to create and think everyone is able to. I share as often as I can for others to join in. I love that when many start they will copy what I create and over the time of months or years, slowly they build the courage to try their own ideas.
My charity of choice is the one I founded “Kriayt Social Business” and you can learn more about it here https://kriayt.com