The Beginning of Spirit Art

I started my journey as a spiritual medium nearly twenty years ago when I joined a development circle in Sussex, England. But it all really began way before that, when as a young boy I could see, hear and experience things which I couldn’t explain. As an adult, I began searching for answers in earnest, eventually joining a local spiritual development circle.

I remember one night I was sitting with the group doing our usual meditation, when suddenly I could see WWII fighter planes – Spitfires and Messerschmitt – all around me. It was very real. I could hear and see the aeroplanes in full battle mode swooping around me as I sat in the circle. What was fantastic was the person sitting next to me said ‘do you see the planes?’ before I could actually tell anybody what I was seeing!  It was an incredible experience. To have someone ‘see’ the same thing that I was experiencing was a moment that I will never forget, and it was a turning point in my psychic development.

Another time a group of us went to see a trance medium in Dorking. This medium channelled the spirit of a London ‘barrow boy’. In a full cockney accent he pointed across the room to me and exclaimed: ‘you are going to be a psychic artist’. At the time I had no idea what a psychic artist was, but this set me going on a path which was to change my life.

There are many ways that mediums can relay information from Spirit, but spirit portraiture is less well known. When a medium draws the likeness of a departed loved one or spirit guide, it provides a visual connection with the Spirit world.  This can be compelling evidence that our loved ones are near to us on the other side.

Psychic art, or spirit art (probably a more accurate name), can refer to inspirational or visionary paintings, aura paintings, trance paintings, etc., where instead of portraits, the artist medium channels spiritually inspired messages or symbolic images. These forms of spirit art might not include portraits of spirit guides or loved ones, but instead may consist of sacred geometry, symbols, colour and messages. These are all important forms of spirit art and ways in which Spirit help us all to gain greater understanding of ourselves and our own spiritual pathways.

Many people who work as spirit artists may not have had any formal art training. I myself had no formal art training aside from achieving a British ‘O’ level in art.  But drawing played no part in my career choice in the health service. So, when I began to develop as a medium and spirit artist, my initial drawings were very basic and simple.

Psychic Art in Action

Gwyn and I were invited to take part in an overnight investigation at a 17^th Century inn in Surrey. A small group of us sat in the pitch black, eerie cellar where we sensed the dark energy of a group of men moving closer to us. Some of the group had stayed upstairs in the hub and reported to us by walkie talkie that the infrared cameras were picking up some light anomalies. As I turned on my small torch to begin drawing, I felt I could easily draw one of the more aggressive entities, but instead I found myself drawing a young girl, which surprised all of us.

Later that same night, I felt I had to sit at the top of the inn stairs and draw. As I worked on the drawing it developed into an image of an older Victorian gentleman. I felt he was the head of the household and was very strict. He was connected with the girl somehow. A team member took a series of photos of me while I sat drawing on the top step. The photos showed a strange mist which seemed to move across the staircase near my feet!

When we finished our investigation, I had a chance to talk with the inn’s landlord. He told me that he often saw a little girl appear near his rooms.  This was the girl who had come through my drawing in the cellar! He had also seen a Victorian gentleman at the top of the stairs on more than one occasion. When I showed him my drawings he was genuinely moved as he recognized them both as the spectral figures he had seen himself. This was fantastic confirmation of his personal experiences there.

About Stephen

Stephen lives and works in Somerset, England.   He gives private readings and demonstrations to people around the world, and with his artist wife Gwyn delivers workshops on spirit art development.

Stephen’s work has been featured in several books, including: Spiritual Guides in the West Country by Jane E. White, The Red Man Cometh by Geraldine Pengelly, Ghosts of Arnos Manor Hotel, Bristol by Ken Taylor, and Ghosts by Jon Izzard.

For more information about Stephen Cox and Psychic Art visit Stephen Cox Art.

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