Meet the Artist- Fonda Clark Haight
Meet the Artist- Fonda Clark Haight
Make Create Express 23-24
A Still Life of Colours with Kim Dellow- Main Lesson One
A Still Life of Colours with Kim Dellow- Main Lesson One
Prayer Flags with Rakefet Hadar - Main Lesson One
Prayer Flags with Rakefet Hadar - Main Lesson One
Nature Mandala with Consie Sindet - Main Lesson One
Nature Mandala with Consie Sindet - Main Lesson One
Spring Blooms Collage with Francisca Nunes - Main Lesson One
Spring Blooms Collage with Francisca Nunes - Main Lesson One
There is Never a Shortage with Fonda Clark Haight - Main Lesson One
There is Never a Shortage with Fonda Clark Haight - Main Lesson One
Gel Plate Printing with Robyn McClendon - Main Lesson One
Gel Plate Printing with Robyn McClendon - Main Lesson One
Complementary- Palettes of the Heart with Galia Alena - Main Lesson One
Complementary- Palettes of the Heart with Galia Alena - Main Lesson One
Shadows- Cave of Inspiration with Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd - Main Lesson One
Shadows- Cave of Inspiration with Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd - Main Lesson One
Bloom with Saskia van Drunen - Main Lesson One
Bloom with Saskia van Drunen - Main Lesson One
Empty Bowls Art Journal with Pamela Vosseller - Main Lesson One
Empty Bowls Art Journal with Pamela Vosseller - Main Lesson One
Still Life Mixed Media Painting with Pam Thorburn - Main Lesson One
Still Life Mixed Media Painting with Pam Thorburn - Main Lesson One
I Am Enough with Alex Castro Ferreira - Main Lesson One
I Am Enough with Alex Castro Ferreira - Main Lesson One
Sweet Serendipity with Michelle Schratz -Main Lesson One
Sweet Serendipity with Michelle Schratz -Main Lesson One
Making Time with Emma Petitt- Main Lesson One
Making Time with Emma Petitt- Main Lesson One
Creative Spirit Scroll with Lisa Agaran -Main Lesson One
Creative Spirit Scroll with Lisa Agaran -Main Lesson One
Deconstructed Magazine Page with Laly Mille- Main Lesson One
Deconstructed Magazine Page with Laly Mille- Main Lesson One
My Inner Soulscape with Kelly Herrick - Main Lesson One
My Inner Soulscape with Kelly Herrick - Main Lesson One
A Colourful World with Kat Hamilton - Main Lesson One
A Colourful World with Kat Hamilton - Main Lesson One
Play to Practice with Jenny Grant - Main Lesson One
Play to Practice with Jenny Grant - Main Lesson One
Into the Light with Holly McLaughlin - Main Lesson One
Into the Light with Holly McLaughlin - Main Lesson One
Water Can Vase with Gayatri - Main Lesson One
Water Can Vase with Gayatri - Main Lesson One
Bunting of Encouragement with Cyndy Ross - Main Lesson One
Bunting of Encouragement with Cyndy Ross - Main Lesson One
The Whisperers with Dena Ann Adams - Main Lesson One
The Whisperers with Dena Ann Adams - Main Lesson One
Indigo & Gold 2 with Angela Kennedy - Main Lesson One
Indigo & Gold 2 with Angela Kennedy - Main Lesson One
Collage Portraits on Recycled Cardboard with Aimee Bishop- Main Lesson One
Collage Portraits on Recycled Cardboard with Aimee Bishop- Main Lesson One
An Artist's Book Making Exploration with Aimee Bishop- Main Lesson two
An Artist's Book Making Exploration with Aimee Bishop- Main Lesson two
Secret Garden Collages with Amy Steinberg- Main Lesson One
Secret Garden Collages with Amy Steinberg- Main Lesson One
Letting Your Colours Fly with Kim Dellow - Main Lesson Two
Letting Your Colours Fly with Kim Dellow - Main Lesson Two
A Bubble of Clarity with Rakefet Hadar - Main Lesson Two
A Bubble of Clarity with Rakefet Hadar - Main Lesson Two
Mini Mandala Mantra Deck with Consie Sindet - Main Lesson Two
Mini Mandala Mantra Deck with Consie Sindet - Main Lesson Two
Layers of Nature with Francisca Nunes - Main Lesson Two
Layers of Nature with Francisca Nunes - Main Lesson Two
Distraction with Fonda Clark Haight - Main Lesson Two
Distraction with Fonda Clark Haight - Main Lesson Two
Decorative Papers Book with Robyn McClendon - Main Lesson Two
Decorative Papers Book with Robyn McClendon - Main Lesson Two
Emerging- Cave of Inspiration with Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd - Main Lesson Two
Emerging- Cave of Inspiration with Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd - Main Lesson Two
Fluid Thoughts with Saskia van Drunen - Main Lesson Two
Fluid Thoughts with Saskia van Drunen - Main Lesson Two
Inspired- Palettes of the Heart with Galia Alena - Main Lesson Two
Inspired- Palettes of the Heart with Galia Alena - Main Lesson Two
Home Holds Our Hearts with Pamela Vosseller - Main Lesson Two
Home Holds Our Hearts with Pamela Vosseller - Main Lesson Two
From Drawing to Painting with Pam Thorburn - Main Lesson Two
From Drawing to Painting with Pam Thorburn - Main Lesson Two
Merci with Alex Castro Ferreira - Main Lesson Two
Merci with Alex Castro Ferreira - Main Lesson Two
Free Flowing Art Journal with Michelle Schratz - Main Lesson Two
Free Flowing Art Journal with Michelle Schratz - Main Lesson Two
Pretty in Pink with Emma Petitt- Main Lesson Two
Pretty in Pink with Emma Petitt- Main Lesson Two
Geological Gems with Lisa Agaran - Main Lesson Two
Geological Gems with Lisa Agaran - Main Lesson Two
Imaginary Garden with Laly Mille - Main Lesson Two
Imaginary Garden with Laly Mille - Main Lesson Two
A Touch of Gold with Kat Hamilton - Main Lesson Two
A Touch of Gold with Kat Hamilton - Main Lesson Two
Walking the Spiral Path with Kelly Herrick - Main Lesson Two
Walking the Spiral Path with Kelly Herrick - Main Lesson Two
Queen of Flow with Jenny Grant - Main Lesson Two
Queen of Flow with Jenny Grant - Main Lesson Two
Into the Dark with Holly McLaughlin - Main Lesson Two
Into the Dark with Holly McLaughlin - Main Lesson Two
Humming Bird with Gayatri - Main Lesson Two
Humming Bird with Gayatri - Main Lesson Two
Playful Portrait with Cyndy Ross - Main Lesson Two
Playful Portrait with Cyndy Ross - Main Lesson Two
Monarch Magic with Dena Ann Adams - Main Lesson Two
Monarch Magic with Dena Ann Adams - Main Lesson Two
Indigo & Gold Triptych 3 with Angela Kennedy - Main Lesson Two
Indigo & Gold Triptych 3 with Angela Kennedy - Main Lesson Two
Intuitive Faces with Aimee Bishop
Intuitive Faces with Aimee Bishop
Altering Your Own Materials with Lisa Agaran
Altering Your Own Materials with Lisa Agaran
Journey to the Cave of Inspiration with Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd
Journey to the Cave of Inspiration with Vanessa Oliver-Lloyd
Happy Hound with Emma Petitt
Happy Hound with Emma Petitt
Collage Vintage Papers with Robyn McClendon
Collage Vintage Papers with Robyn McClendon
Accordian Journal with Rakefet Hadar
Accordian Journal with Rakefet Hadar
Finding Your Colour Patterns with Kim Dellow
Finding Your Colour Patterns with Kim Dellow
Palettes of the Heart- Harmonious with Galia Alena
Palettes of the Heart- Harmonious with Galia Alena
Expressive Art Cards with Saskia van Drunen
Expressive Art Cards with Saskia van Drunen
Freehand Loose Drawing with Pam Thorburn
Freehand Loose Drawing with Pam Thorburn
Magazine Treasure Hunt with Laly Mille
Magazine Treasure Hunt with Laly Mille
I Need my Boaty Sleep with Kat Hamilton
I Need my Boaty Sleep with Kat Hamilton
Creative Tea Time Fun with Michelle Schratz
Creative Tea Time Fun with Michelle Schratz
I Am Wild Art Journal with Kelly Herrick
I Am Wild Art Journal with Kelly Herrick
Indigo Girls with Angela Kennedy
Indigo Girls with Angela Kennedy
Inspirational Rolled Beads with Cyndy Ross
Inspirational Rolled Beads with Cyndy Ross
The Unknown Journey with Fonda Clark Haight
The Unknown Journey with Fonda Clark Haight
Mini Mood Boards with Francisca Nunes
Mini Mood Boards with Francisca Nunes
Mini Minimals with Holly McLaughlin
Mini Minimals with Holly McLaughlin
Family Memory Collages with Amy Steinberg- Tempter Session
Family Memory Collages with Amy Steinberg- Tempter Session
Meet The Artists
Meet The Artists
Fonda Clark Haight is a mixed media, intuitive artist living in the mountains of NC. Looking past the obvious, close observation and engagement of my truth is the process. The challenge is to see beyond the distractions of the conspicuous to engage with my feelings deep in the subconscious. My goal is to inspire those who see my work to look more carefully at the world around them, to discover beauty in unusual places, and to question the truth in themselves.
Website ☆ Instagram ☆ Facebook ☆ Etsy
Fonda's Workshops on Art is Magic:
Creature Comforts ☆ Dream On ☆ The Down Deep ☆ Forgiveness ☆ Slapdash
Tell us about your journey to become an artist?
I have no formal training in the arts. I think I took one art class in college. When I was 34, my twin sister gave me a set of watercolors for Christmas. I was horrible with watercolors lol. But there was something about the way it made me feel, something about creating that I knew was for me. It was a clarity of expression that I had not really known until then. I haven’t looked back once since that day.
Tell us about your journey to claim the title artist?
What is it about making art that stirs your soul? I am all about discovering beauty in unusual places. For me, those places are usually about the grief and anger and so called “dark” emotions that we all have and for the most part are afraid to explore. There is such beauty in just “being”. In having your own emotions and not prettying them up. There is beauty in a child’s scribble for me because they are free to just do what they want. In the physical world there is beauty for me in the well loved things, and also the trash. That frayed piece of cardboard with all the layers showing thru, that piece of tape on the telephone pole that has picked up the layers of wood and paint underneath, those rusted pieces of metal bits in an old shed.
There is a guy that lives down the street from me…and he has had an upholstered chair outside under a maple tree for a year. When I drive by…sometimes there is nothing in the chair. The other day there was a stuffed cat. (at least I hope it was a stuffed cat because it never moved). I don’t know this guy…but I make up stories about that dang chair. What’s it for? Is it performance art? No one ever sits in it but day after day it’s out there rotting and I assume gathering bugs. It wasn’t as interesting in the first few weeks as it is now. It’s a container for my imagination, sitting out there rotting. I consider it to be some sort of metaphor now. It’s a perfect example of the Down Deep for me. I’m not sure what that says about me though.
What do you wish you had known at the beginning of your creative journey?
I wish I had realized that I could just allow it all. The scribbles, the ugly, the odd, the weird. Every single mark tells a story for me these days.
What sort of creative walls do you hit?
I hit walls like everyone. Usually my wall is about making myself sit down to work rather than being blocked. I think because I don’t judge the end result the walls aren’t there as often. Having said that I tend to create furiously for long periods of time and then have to just rest lol. I’m what I call a serial creator. One thing after another shows up when I am in the flow. So I have learned to live with those cycles and not judge them. I DO create every single day no matter what. I think it’s important to keep my hand moving.
To learn more about Fonda watch our Talking with Artists interview HE



