Time to Shine Podcast: Feature Interview
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Big thank you to Oscar Santolalla for featuring me on his fantastic podcast ‘Time to Shine’ - a work of art in itself for inspiring speakers! Had so much fun sharing ideas and inspiration!
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Interview Summary
Deb Chaney is a Contemporary Abstract Artist, Author, and Speaker. Her life’s work is to inspire people. She does this in a variety of ways: she gives talks, writes books, and she facilitates workshops. She also passionately paints contemporary abstract paintings which add beauty and healing energy to people’s work and living spaces. What Deb deeply believes in, is that we are all artists, and that each of us is in the process of creating our own masterpiece – our life. With the work she does, she inspires and empowers people on that creative journey.
Illuminate the artist within
Deb attended a workshop held by Tony Robbins. Her main dream at that time was to have a big art opening for her own artwork. During the workshop she got inspired by Robbins’ life of contribution. She had a visualization of contributing to other artists, and she made the decision to share how she found inspiration and stayed inspired. That is how “Illuminate the Artist Within” started.
Masterpieces and speeches
Deb admires Taylor Swift, who has written every song on each of her albums. Through her songs Taylor articulates with words what she is feeling, especially with storytelling. Deb considers the song “Back to December” a masterpiece.
Deb also finds three similarities between paintings and speeches:
- A good speech has voice variation. A good painting has variation in colors and hues.
- In a speech, the speaker uses the stage, hand gestures, to bring energy. In paintings, artists also want to add gestures and energies.
- A good painting tells a story. The same happens with a speech.
Empowering people in their creative journey
Deb empowers and inspires people in their own creative process in three ways:
- She lives her own journey. She does art with passion, and that inspires people.
- Deb wrote “68 Secrets of an Illuminated Artist“, in which each card has an idea to support people’s own creative process. This is the product of 10 years’ Deb journaling on her artwork.
- Based on Robert Maurer’s book, “One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way,” if you have an idea, take a really small step. If instead you try to do too much, you overwhelm your brain, and your idea never gets to the creative center of your brain.
Related: Speaking to Promote Your Art
Favorite quotation
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
Recommended book
MONEY Master the Game by Tony Robbins
Routine to Shine
Begin with the end in mind. A really good talk is like a train, you must know well where you are headed and how you’re going to finish.
Thank you 
I'll miss this beauty. Definitely one of my top favorites from this series! Goodbye Fragments of Life # 35, 23" x 30" Mixed Media & Acrylics on 300 pound paper. (c) Deb Chaney 2014. Keep a look out for available prints here:
Big thanks to Alyson Stanfield for showcasing an image of me with my 
‘Winter Storm’ 11” x 16” Acrylics & Mixed Media on loose canvas. Part of the 
Here's a fun quick selfie we took last week after our private painting lesson. First off, big shout out and THANK YOU to Ms. Jude Kusnierz of the Beaumont Studios for referring Ben to me for private painting lessons in abstract mixed media painting. Second off, meet Ben Lumb, he is a master craftsman in stone work and owner of Coastal Stonescapes (http://www.coastalstonescapes.com/). It's a pleasure to inspire and facilitate his journey in painting!
Inspirational Quote for today: "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.The time will pass anyways." -Earl Nightingale
February newsletter is out! See new work. Find out about upcoming workshops & more! Read the newsletter online here: 
Today! Tuesday February 9th, 2016 at 3pm you can tune into BCIT Co-op Radio and enjoy an inspirational interview with 
'Fallen Angel', 23" x 30" Mixed Media & Acrylics on Coldpress 300 pound Arches Paper. Deb Chaney 2016. This original painting is available for sale at the date of this post: purchase@debchaney.com. See more work at http://www.debchaney.com
Little by Little, poem by Ruthie Chaney (age 12) art by Deb Chaney (adult age, mother of Ruthie). See more artworks by Deb http://www.debchaney.com. Stay up to date on new workshops, new artworks and creative inspiration: Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/iplKI
Over the holidays, my daughter Ruthie and I went to visit my friend Liz, and ended up having a beautiful chat and connection with her sister, Yolanta. Yolanta shared with me about ‘a little bird told me’ and the ‘
January Newsletter is out! Get inspired! Get illuminated! See some new artworks fresh from the studio. The newsletter is online here 
The artwork in the background of this poem is original work by Deb Chaney from the Frog Pond Series. Some pieces you still available for sale and you can see the entire collection here: 
Big thanks to Una at Performance Works Theater for her support in organizing and helping with setting up the display for this show.
PERFORMANCE WORKS and the Granville Island Culture Society presents Where Spirituality Meets Physicality, an exhibit by Deb Chaney, January 6 – March 2, 2016 at Granville Island, 1218 Cartwright Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R8. Exhibit can be viewed one hour prior to each performance or by appointment. Contact 604 687 3005 admin@giculturalsociety.org www.performanceworks.ca
Big shout out and THANK YOU to my gallery in Los Angeles - 
Dear Artist Friend,
Over the last six months I have successful run a Mastermind Group based on the concept presented in Napoleon Hill’s classic 'Think and Grow Rich'. That is a small group of people who are synergistically connected to support each other to achieve their goals and succeed beyond what they could do on their own. We are seeing this now with our group as we continue to move forward with creating our dreams. Its fun, powerful and exciting!