About Marika

Writer. Artist. Traveler. Salsa Dancer. Rock Climber. Dreamer. Marika loves LOVE and all things creative. She falls in love every time she writes an adventurous, sexy romance or paints a wild, intuitive painting. She lives part-time in Seattle, her van across the country, and in Montana with her husband and yorkie.

She loves  sharing her story. 

Email her at marika@marikareinke.com 

with love,

Marika

I am a life-taught painter improvisational painter. Watercolor painting is my first love which I’ve practiced since 2001. In 2015, I began my acrylic painting adventure while I was living in Costa Rica. 

Color, adventure, movement, nature, symbols, spiritual challenges, mysteries, music, and learning inspire me. I love magic, storytelling, and connection.  They are the heart-and-soul food that binds my painting. 

I teach art classes based on intuitive painting concepts from my studio or onsite. I combine movement, meditation, intuitive practices, and ways to release the inner critic through painting.  I strive to find potential in everyone, enable transformations, discover the big picture, and remove barriers. 

I like to follow my creative impulse which led me to an extended writing project that I began in 2022. I am now the author of the Synergy Romance Series, three fun, adventurous, spicy romance novels. I continue to write and am currently working on a fourth novel.     

I have over 20 years of teaching experience in various settings and disciplines.  I’m a passionate mother of two almost-grown kids. We have had many adventures traveling and rock climbing around the world. I’ve spent most of my life in Seattle, Washington but currently live in Bozeman, the place where my grandmother was born. Now that my kids are exploring the world on their own terms, I split my time here and traveling and living in my van with my husband and yorkie. 

I have been a featured artist of the Northwest Artists Association and Magnolia Art Experience. I was a semi-finalist in the Seattle Art Battle 2019. My painting “Goodbye Adrian” was featured on the cover of the German magazine Raum & Zeit. I’ve exhibited at Sage Brush Art Studio in Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, and at the Narthex Gallery in Seattle.  My work has been collected in Asia, Europe, North and South America.

My Mission

Painting has taught me a lot. It has gifted me a collection of little wisdoms that I’ve stacked like a cairn marking my path. I love them. They ground me and frame how I craft my art, writing, life, business and relationships.

Here are some insights painting has taught me:

Believe in Magic

Not everything can be explained with our limited senses. Magic is the smallest act; a perfect brush stroke, eye-popping shade of red, the realization of a long-awaited dream, and the way people interact. Magic is love, synchronicity, beauty, chemistry, and fun. Why not believe?

Cultivate an Inner-Coach

At its surface the creative process is a storm of emotion and activity, but just underneath is eternal. This gentle coach fosters growth and keeps me motivated. “You aren’t done yet,” it whispers. “Keep learning and growing. Even if it doesn’t look right, it is perfectly OK. You are on the right path.”

Pay Attention & Inspiration Unfolds

Stay present and open fearlessly to the abundance in your craft. It is always there even if you don’t see it. When you pay attention, inspiration multiplies and emerges from an epic abstract painting, an original song, a beautiful sunset, an awesome beach run or majestic mountain peaks. The world is fascinating. Look, trust, accept the pace as it is offered. Inspiration always comes.

Trust Yourself

Intuition is a guide best understood with the body. It is a quiet, wise, inner voice whispering wisdom that the mind doesn’t understand. Trust and listen carefully.

Creativity is a Learning Process

There is no such thing as a creative person. There are only people open to experiencing the creative process which includes a multitude of mistakes, blunders, wonders, learnings, and triumphs. Commit to the creative tools and techniques of your desire and dive into your creativity. A creative life is for everyone.

Let the Vision Emerge

Be clear about your values and act in alignment with them. Clarity allows a vision to emerge. It takes time and patience but trust it. Sometimes the outcome is completely wonderfully surprising.

Love,

Marika

 

 

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6 comments

  4. Marika Reinke says:

    Thank you!!! I think that is the process. What we want most is also the most scarey. I’m reading War of Art right now, a good read and relevant to that idea.

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