Hi! My name is Tina Hursh-Emond, I am a Fluid Abstract Artist who uses creative expression through art to heal trauma. I create Utilitarian and Wall art, combining unconventional techniques with acrylic paints and mixed media. My motivation behind creating art is simple, to fill my life and yours with color. My art is my soul’s purpose, and I would love nothing more than for my art to tap into your’s and invoke emotion where you can get lost in the beauty and energy of the layers of color and shapes that I translate onto canvas.

Creating art has been a passion of mine since childhood. But because of life's ups and downs, I put my art on the backburner for years. All my life, I’ve lived in survival mode accompanied by the shadows of fear, judgment, and limiting beliefs about myself and my potential due to trauma from abuse and abandonment as a child throughout adulthood. For so long, I have taken my pain out on myself and those around me because I had no healthy outlet, so I suppressed all that felt good, including my creativity, and chose to numb myself with drugs, alcohol, and chase a career in nursing that I thought would bring me meaning. I ran away from reality, myself, and people I loved and those who loved me. I was lost, hurt, and broken!

On the eve of 2021, my life came to a screeching halt when my husband suffered a cardiac arrest. Miraculously he survived the catastrophic event, but the trauma was so intense that it spiraled me into a deep depression. On top of that, I lost family and friends during the pandemic. It was the darkest time of my life! Thankfully, my fight to survive was greater than my desperation to give up. So, I decided to get help, look within, and pick up my drawing pencils and paint brushes once more. I am so glad I did, because my art saved my life! 

People always ask me…why fluid art?! I love drawing nature, painting landscapes, and I am currently taking classes to learn how to paint portraits, but fluid art taps deep into my soul. I just love the way the colors of paint dance on canvas when I manipulate it with energy using tools I find around my home. It is a wonderful form of therapy. It takes me to a place of vulnerability, happiness, and belonging. And, It allows me the freedom to express my deepest feelings into color and grounds me in the moment without judgment. My creative process is my escape, my safe place, and my piece of paradise. Plus, there are so many possibilities with fluid art. What more can this artist ask for? 

Each work of art I create has a healing intention behind it. Like a page in a book, my art pieces tell my life’s story. I truly hope you connect and resonate with it. 

“Creativity is my power, so I gave it a voice.” - T. H. E. Artist