Amy Louise ~ OrganiChaos
Thanks for checking me out!
I'm a creative enthusiast maximalist, intuitive creator, expressive adapter, mastery student, quantum jumping, wild woman, light worker, multimedia artist.
Known locally mostly for face painting, original henna designs, and custom tattoos! I create in all forms and use organic, non-toxic, up-cycled, reusable, sustainable materials and processes whenever possible (excluding tattooing).
Constantly inspired by the surrounding ocean and forests, I offer a wide range of one of a kind art pieces, “unique to you” products and mostly non-toxic body art adornment services and design.
A little more info?
I was born in BC and raised in Campbell River since I was 8. The next 10 years I was the step-daughter of a commercial fisherman and got the privilege of growing up a wharf rat selling live herring at a bait dock in the summer and icing rock cod and being navigator during deliveries in the winter. The vehicle I got to use once I had my drivers license at 16 was a cherry red, standard, one ton flat deck Chevy truck -lovingly referred to as The Beast.
After going through the graduating process in 1996 brought only stale waters, I moved away from CR at 19 to Zeballos to floor manage a hotel restaurant with my chef buddy and then continued on to Victoria about 5 months later. From there I coasted to Vancouver, Whitehorse and Edmonton before coming back to CR at 21. After having a baby at 23, and becoming a single parent at 25, I went back to school for the next 15 years starting with finishing up the last few credits for high school graduation, then a Fine Art Diploma which turned into a Bachelors Degree through the Comox Valley NIC/Emily Carr University external program. I also homeschooled my son while getting a degree from grade 7-10 until he took over his last 2 years and graduated in 2020.
Throughout the years I worked with the Campbell River Art Gallery as Art Educator/Facilitator, hosting and coordinating group art projects and classes. When I started face painting with Magical Faces in 2006, I was encouraged into body painting and competed all over Canada until 2010. Considered one of the fastest face painters on the island, I am nearing my 18th year as one and I absolutely love being apart of the joy ripples it creates.
As I took my schooling part-time in order to home school my son in tandem, I was able to take quite a few academic classes of personal interest to me, like the first 2 years of Biology and Psychology which led to my interest in Positive Psychology, Child Development and Criminal/Deviant Behaviors, Physics, Philosophy and Creative Writing, Computer Programming and Media Design and Entrepreneur classes as well. In 2020, I dove deep into my self healing and discovered that I am AuDHD which is a unique combination of ADHD and Autism.
This means:
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My processes are very important and are linked to the success of tasks.
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I make faces when processing information.
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Innate ability to utilize hyper fixation and hypersensitivities for fast and efficient results.
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I'm able to do many seemingly complex things easily and some seemingly easy things not at all.
To name a few...
My unique combination plus the hacks and systems which I have built for myself in order to succeed in daily tasks have become my superpowers!
...mostly.
Among the lifetime collection of a plethora of personal explorations, fixations and mastery, pyrography, sculpture, photography, screen printing, design, creative writing plus 4.5 years experience manufacturing clothing on a commercial level are just a few.
Some materials I can work with:
wood, rock, plaster, cement, gardens, sand, willow, clay, wire, felt, fabrics, paint, charcoal, ink, oil pastels, chalk, pencil crayon, watercolor, felt, embroidery, yarn crocheting...
I do what I can when I can so not everything I do has gotten to this site so check back every once in a while, refresh your browser and
look for new stuff --> Art Works!
With my current level of personal experiences as an artist and creator, a wide variety of tools and technical abilities, a honed tendency of adaptability plus an innate compulsion to get inspired and hyper fixate, I feel confident I can create something for and/or with you.
