Nancy Hillis

Nancy Hillis, MD lives in Santa Cruz, California. She's an abstract artist, author, existential psychiatrist and founder of The Artist's Journey courses, workshops and presentations. Do you want a free training on the #1 Secret To Creating Paintings You Love and 4 Traps That Get In The Way? Go here: https://artistsjourney.com

Nancy blogs about the inner landscape of artists at https://nancyhillis.com.

Trained in psychiatry at Stanford and fascinated with all things creative, Nancy enjoys interviewing artists about their creative process.

When not painting or teaching, Nancy loves to play her cello, hike with her partner Dr. Bruce Sawhill, or listen to her daughter Kimberly sing Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro and other operatic arias.

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