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Divine Energy Nancy Mills empowers others to heal through art if she painted. “Two weeks later, I went to a meeting that ended up being canceled but no one told me,” Mills said. “I drove down the street and came across a sign in the window that said, ‘Anyone can paint.’ I stopped the car, ran inside and said, ‘I’m here!’ This all happened around the spring equinox. I ultimately found my way to watercolors and realized I had a gift. I could feel spiritual energy come though my hands, paint and colors. I get messages as I paint.” Mills finishes painting quickly
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By Kamala Kirk Just before Nancy Mills turned 70, she discovered her calling as an energy artist. While meeting for coffee with an intuitive close friend, Mills asked what was on the horizon. Her friend said she envisioned her painting. “I couldn’t even hold a ruler. My response to her was that she had lost her mind,” Mills said with a laugh. “The last time I had painted I was 5 years old.” Shortly after her friend’s prediction, Mills had a reading with a well-known hand analyst, who observed that she had the
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Playa Vista resident Nancy Mills is an energy artist, empowerment leader and builder of community who helps heal and support women. and she always unsure of the finished product. While painting, she is directed to various vibrant colors that just show up in her work. “Most artists know what they’re painting in advance, but in my case I get an urge and start painting,” Mills explained. “It’s just as amazing to me as it is to other people who see my work. I started painting when I was 70 and since then I have created over 400 paintings.” Realizing that she could do the same for others, Mills bought a webcam and offers energy art sessions, primarily with women, over Zoom. She has made paintings for people across the country, including Broadway performers. Mills starts each session with meditation, then clients relax while she paints their energy. They then take home the paintings and a recording of the session. “First I’m drawn to a certain paintbrush, then as things pop into my head I paint,” Mills explained. “While I’m painting, I get messages from the spiritual world, which I’ll share with them. It’s been very surprising and wonderful because most of the people I’ve worked with ask me how I did it and how I knew.
I’m not a therapist, but I am an artist and a women’s empowerment leader who is very intuitive. I have this ability to see people’s strengths, what colors they might want to bring into their lives, and give them a sense of empowerment through paint. It’s very interesting to express myself through this medium and it floors everyone.” One of Mills’ latest projects is Painted Prayers, a collection of her energy artwork that is expressed through original art and notecards. Each watercolor is a blessing of spirit, empowerment and beauty, and will add sacred energy to any space. Mills’ work from her Painted Prayers collection is listed for sale on her website. “The Painted Prayers are postcards of my originals and they’re messages of life and love,” Mills said. “My goal is for them to go from one person to another so that they get spread around.” Mills also creates hand-painted scarves in her home studio. She uses special fabric paints on large white rayon scarves, and it takes around two weeks to make a scarf, which is sacred and shamanistic. The scarves are talismans to be kept and worn on special occasions. They keep
the wearer connected to the divine feminine energy. “As I get messages, I paint the scarves,” Mills added. “I always give women the choice of having me paint the scarf with or without them watching me. “I get different messages, images and colors for each person. I was painting a scarf for one woman and I started singing an Indian song during our session. After she received the scarf, I learned that she had a very strong Indian lineage in her family. There have been a lot of things that have happened like that that I wouldn’t have anticipated. People enjoy my work because it adds energy to their space. People are constantly telling me that my art has filled their space with energy, and they’re thrilled about that. It’s much more than just buying a piece of art — they’re getting an art and energy experience.” Aside from her work as an energy artist, Mills is a longtime women’s empowerment leader. More than 20 years ago, she founded Spirited Woman, a women’s empowerment community. “I started Spirited Woman in the early 2000s and it became very important to me to ensure there was a community avail-
