Disappear to Paint.
Treat yourself to a self-directed solo Intentional Intuitive Painting Retreat in Malaysia.
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Disappear and Create.
Join Elaine in her studio & treat yourself to creativity in 2025!
Not your typical
“art retreat”
Escape the Ordinary! Elaine's Intentional Intuitive Painting Retreats aren't your typical 'art retreats.' Instead of traditional group workshops in picturesque surroundings, you’re invited to fully immerse yourself in a unique journey of solo painting sessions, guided by intuition. It's not just about art; it's about tapping into your inner creativity in a way that's exclusively yours.
Who is this for?
You’re a soul driven creator
If you’re a heartful creator who is not afraid to self-direct & design your own life, aligning with creativity, flow, synchronicities and the stillness within.
You're ready to let go
If you’re ready to release the non-stop hustle energy & let go of your own expectations of a busy life. You want to quiet down to discover a more sustainable way to grow & flourish with the rhythm of the universe & your own true self.
Looking for new inspirations
If you’re feeling stuck, burnt out, or uninspired by your process. You’re seeking more JOY and a community of like-minded creatives that will inspire you forward with creative ideas.
Invest in yourself
If you want an opportunity to get away, to be with your creative self, to learn & experience flow, soulful self-trust via art, painting, living and meditation.
Retreat Highlights
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Self-Directed Retreat
Your schedule is not set in stone. Outside of the scheduled guided intuitive painting sessions with Elaine, you have the freedom to craft your own schedule, design your days, and engage in activities of your own choosing.
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Flexible Stays
Choose the duration that suits your needs, whether a short escape or an extended retreat. You decide a duration that aligns with your vision & goals. The longer your retreat, the more opportunities for creative activities to enrich your experience.
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Supportive Environment
Find yourself in a nurturing home that celebrates art, creativity, intuition, and community. At Elaine's serene home studio, 'The Intuitive Art Hideaway,' her quiet and homey studio encourages & nurtures your artistic spirit.
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Artistic Amenities
Indulge in a carefully curated collection of professional-grade painting materials & tools within a thoughtfully arranged setup. Every introduced medium in your guided sessions is carefully chosen to enhance the flow, infusing each moment with joy, creativity, and playfulness.
The Intuitive Painting Sessions
What is Intuitive Painting?
Intuitive painting is an opportunity to explore the inner self through the creative process in a safe, critic free environment. It is not a painting technique or method. Intentional Intuitive Painting is a process of blending intention and intuition. One makes a conscious decision to paint a subject, but the process is guided by intuition (example colors, lines, shapes, symbols, elements).
By nature, we are creative & intuitive beings, capable of creating much more than we often believe. The playshop series are designed to harness the power of our creativity through our intention and the intuitive painting process. With the themes designed by Elaine, we will be playing with different & mixed mediums. (acrylics, water colour pencils, water colour, acrylic inks, gouache, paper, marker pens, etc.)
What will we be doing the most during your stay?
Throughout your stay, you will learn how to access your inner creative intelligence, and to bring it into your conscious playful, creative expression.
Different mediums and tools will be used and explored. We’ll use guided visualization, prayerful intention, and intuitive painting as expressive tools to translate our inner wisdom into color, shapes, symbols and form, expressed out through painting.
If you feel called upon a specific theme, do not hesitate to embrace it by painting it. Your soul may be prompting you towards the embodiment of these values in your life.
What if you’ve never painted before?
There is no prior painting experience necessary. Even if you have never painted or drawn in your life, the sessions will take you beyond your limitations and open you to your powerful creative self. We speak in symbol & metaphor every day whether we know it or not. The sessions will deepen you into the journey of being the visionary storyteller and creator of your life.
Intuitive painting can help us to develop an intuitive practice in our lives, activate our inner soul’s wisdom & creative freedom, cultivate a positive intend when making art, and discover our soul’s message / nudges / lessons.
More information about Intuitive Painting here.
Location
The Intuitive Art Hideaway | Studio Retreat
Nestled in the tranquility of Elaine's personal home studio, the Hideaway offers an intimate and secluded space dedicated to artistic exploration. It’s like having a vacation with an artist - with sneak peeks to Elaine’s art process. Unleash your creativity in a private, serene setting designed to inspire and nurture your artistic journey. Enjoy the privilege of exclusive access to the studio, allowing for complete immersion in your painting process. Opt for this option if you seek a quiet and secluded setting for your solo artistic pursuits.
The Intuitive Art Hideaway Studio
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This is Elaine's private home studio nestled in USJ 12, a residential terrace house in Subang Jaya. Staying here reminds you of the nostalgic charm of Airbnb's early days, a homely atmosphere with a live-in host who prepares your breakfast and engages in delightful conversations.
Only one bedroom is exclusively designated for your solo retreat experience here.
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Imagine a quiet serene bedroom, perfect for introverts. It's like an old-school Airbnb room, with a little balcony and private bathroom.
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• Accommodation at The Intuitive Art Hideaway's ArtBnB room equipped with personal painting corner + easel
• Complimentary daily vegetarian/vegan simple (local) breakfast & optional home-cooked dinner (extra cost)
• Exclusive use of the common areas, workshop spaces, kitchen, porch of the house
• 24-hour snack bar with local fruits, instant cup noodles, biscuits, coffee, tea, and filtered water throughout your stay
• Free Wifi connection
• Parking
• Luggage storage
• Complimentary usage of hotdesk at The Hatchery Place’s coworking space (20mins walk away)
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There is no need for any additional travel for the art sessions—you can simply come downstairs for the painting. There are also more sessions for an intensive experience.
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The quiet surroundings comprise of small neighborhood parks, some local eateries and mini marts (within 10mins walk).
For a variety of more eateries, shops, gyms, spas, pharmacies, banks, cafes, and grocery stores, it’s a 30mins walk or 9mins drive away.
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Shorter: 3D2N, 5D4N and 8D7N
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• If you’re comfortable with sharing a private house with Elaine's mum (she’s the live-in caretaker and the cook).
• Appreciate simple, home-cooked meals by a welcoming host (Elaine’s mum), with breakfast and dinner provided.
• If you’re an introvert seeking a quiet, solitary, and intensive painting retreat.
• Seeking accommodations with an artist for an immersive experience.
• Couples doing the painting retreat together.
• If you prefer shorter stay durations for a focused experience.
Your Facilitator & Host
I’m Elaine, your intuitive art guide!
I’ve been an intuitive painter for many years now.
I have always believe art can deliver healing messages to the beholder, and that the act of creating serves as a medium for inquiry into infinite possibilities. I like to paint whimsical, colourful and doodly artworks, letting my intuitions be my guide. My art practice serves as an extension of my quest to get to know myself deeper and through it cultivates a more intimate connection within & with the universe as a whole.
My practice hasn't always been entirely intuitive.
When I first started painting intuitively I knew I wanted to express my inner self, my soul, but I didn't really know how to do it properly. “Am I connecting to the right message?” “Is this how it feels like?” “Is it correct?” “Why am I creating a mess?” “Is my soul really speaking to me?”
It's probably a similar doubtful or clueless place you are at right now. If that's the case, then intuitive painting retreat is for you!
I will share my practice and process on how to truly listen to that inner voice that guides our painting hands. It will be a soulful retreat with an emphasis on how to tap into high vibrational energies to channel that true inner creative voice and paint onto the canvas!
Fearless art making
Find your authentic artistic self, break free from inhibitions, and overcome any fear of painting. All levels of experience are welcome, as Elaine will adapt her facilitation to your needs, and will encourage you to experiment and develop without critique.
At the end of retreat
By the end of the retreat, you'll have completed a series of soulful masterpieces for your own contemplation. You'll play with a wide variety of creative techniques to making art, from sampling a variety of professional supplies, layering techniques, mark making, to incorporating mixed mediums to your painting.
Beyond painting
Beyond painting alongside Elaine on your guided sessions day, you'll also have plenty of free time to discover Kuala Lumpur the city, or enjoy more time to paint and work on your own art project, and share your experiences with other creatives in the community.
What Others Say..
Coliving Retreat @ The Hatchery Place
“Elaine’s style of leading the session from the beginning till the end was smooth, professional, and fun!”
“I’ve been a solo traveler for more than 4 years, this retreat was exceptional. I booked it a few hours before I went there. Elaine accepted me in her retreat, despite being a last-minute booking.
Elaine designed a custom retreat for me to fit my retreat’s purpose. I was not feeling well physically, emotionally, and mentally I was stressed. I searched for answers, deeper spiritual experience, and more grounding.
I didn’t feel it was a typical “modern retreat”, it’s an authentic deep spiritual life-changing experience. It is a safe space and community full of love, acceptance, and guidance which helped me elevate my low disturbed vibrations, encouraging me to go -safely- deeper to the roots of my manifested reality to have a clearer and better understanding of it.
Every day I had a different session with Elaine, starting with a grounding meditation with a specific intention of determining the part within which we are supposed to let it express itself. I felt relaxed during the whole process, and the drawings were always beautiful, authentic, and meaningful.
I found answers !!!! I have been looking for it since I started my spiritual journey. We both shared our experiences in life. Elaine inspired me to step into my path courageously, knowing it’s possible to go through anything in this life and get the message behind it.
The Hatchery Place is well prepared and equipped with all the necessary stuff needed for a Homey and comfy space where I could relax, write, read a book, cook, chill, and draw. Everything you need is just a 10-minute walking distance from the retreat, but still, I felt like I was inside one of these real-Instagram style 2-floor houses, where it’s comfy, and authentic but still modern.
Elaine is very responsive and helpful with the smallest inquiries to help me buy materials from Malaysia before I leave. Elaine & Kevin created this space because they believe it’s their message on earth -to build a beautiful welcoming community to allow everyone to discover and express themselves. Thanks, Elaine & Kevin for accepting and welcoming me into your holistic space, I’m grateful for your high-standard warm-hearted hospitality, and I’m coming back for sure whenever it’s possible!”
- Raghda (Egypt), 5D4N Retreat - January 2024
Retreat @ The Intuitive Art Hideaway Studio
“I enjoyed every bit of the one-on-one painting sessions where Elaine would lead you to relax and be yourself, to delve into the topic of your preference in deep.”
“I would love to recommend this ArtBnB to those who want to have some peaceful quiet time away yet in a wonderfully warm and welcoming atmosphere. Elaine is an awesome artist and facilitator. I enjoyed every bit of the one-on-one painting sessions where Elaine would lead you to relax and be yourself, to delve into the topic of your preference in deep. She won’t judge your painting but gently shares her painting techniques and her suggestions in order to enhance our skills and help express ourselves to the fullest through painting.
Elaine’s mum who lives on the ground floor is absolutely the lovely highlight of my stay. She is so kind and hospitable. She wouldn’t intrude your privacy but to show her care in a perfect motherly way. She cooked an egg for me every morning even she was not sure what time I would wake up. When I went down every morning, she greeted me with a big smile and an egg! So sweet and warm!
Regarding the condition of the house, it’s absolutely in style as you could see from the photos. A quiet residential area, neat and tidy.
I have made a mental note to come visit them as frequent as I could. Thank you Elaine for your efforts to make this special retreat happen - a real blessing which makes this world a better place to live in!!”
- Kellis K. (Hong Kong), 4D3N Retreat - June 2024
