About Hayley Lowe
I’m an artist in the act of becoming. The paintings are the evidence.
The teacher who got it wrong
When I was young, an art teacher told me I couldn’t draw.
I believed her. For years.
Isn’t that what we do? Someone tells us we’re too much, or not enough, or simply - not that. And we fold that verdict up and carry it quietly, like it’s the truth.
I didn’t stop being creative. I just sent it somewhere safer. I studied Graphic Design, built a career working with world leaders and leading brands, founded my own agency in New Zealand. I was good at it. I was recognised. And underneath it all, something was still waiting.
The leap
In 2014, I sold the agency.
People probably thought I was brave. Honestly, it felt more like necessity. There was a path that kept calling - intuitive healing, energy work, the deeper territory of what it means to help someone come home to themselves. So I followed it.
And then, quietly at first and then louder, art came back.
Not graphic design. Not commercial work. Paint. Canvas. Brushes. The thing the teacher said I couldn’t do.
Art re-emerged not just as an act of creation, but as the deepest thing I’d ever done.
The real work begins
In 2024, I committed fully. I studied at The Learning Connexion and The Milan Art Institute, not only to learn how to make art look right, but to learn how to let it be true.
Something shifted. Every painting since has been me going a little deeper, surrendering a little more, giving myself permission I’d been waiting decades for.
That’s what you feel when you stand in front of my work. Not just beauty - though I hope it’s beautiful. You feel the permission. And somehow, it becomes yours.
People tell me things like: “I feel like I’ve come home.” Or: “Something in me just relaxed.” One woman stood in front of a painting for a long time and then just said, quietly: “I needed this.”
I know. Me too.
The birds
Birds appear in my work again and again, and I’ve stopped wondering why.
They don’t apologise for their colours. They don’t make themselves quieter so others feel comfortable. They sing when they feel like singing. They take up exactly the space they need. They rise.
I’m still learning all of that. The paintings are the practice.
What this work actually is
I am a professional artist and intuitive healer based in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. My work is held in collections across New Zealand and internationally. I exhibit regularly and work on commission for collectors who want something made entirely for them.
But more than any of that:
This is not decorative art. This is transformational art. The difference is in what it does to you when you encounter it.
If you’ve found your way here, I suspect you already know the difference. You’re someone who wants beauty that means something. Art that carries intention. A painting that feels alive rather than merely present.
You’re in the right place.
If you’d like to know more about my healing work, you can visit here.
I’m glad you’re here.
Hayley x