Color of Woman Journals:

I love Shiloh McCloud’s Color of Woman Journals! They bring out the creativity in me. The thick pages allow me to use any medium my heart desires. They are great fun and I am still coloring! - Louise L. Hay, You Can Heal Your Life and Empowering Women
A wonder creative sanctuary designed to inspire a spiritual journal. Filled with 30 beautiful images, each of which holds the image of woman as Creator. 120 thick pages, so almost any medium can be used. A space to play, dream, heal, pray and create. I was so excited I wanted to jump right in and color. – Feminist Bookstore News
Using her own images and words, Shiloh inspires us to find our own voice, the artist that lives within. This work encourages us to live out loud! - Rose Offner, Journal to the Soul & Journal for the Soul of Teenagers
Our search for the divine feminine begins in our own lives. Color of Woman Journals will escort you to the deep places within you…She will be found there. – Patricia Lynn Reilly, A God Who Looks Like Me, Be Full of Yourself and Imagine A Woman
First I want to share that I am in love with my journal!!! It is a deep and amazing space for me to process, heal, collect precious "heart speak" from old journals and create imagery with materials I haven't used before! What a gift this work you do is!!! - Carmit Bat-Shalom, Musician
I am writing to you to thank you for your amazing journal/coloring book, Her Evolution. I got it as a gift from my mother, and have spent the last 6 months using it to process and reflect upon all the changes that have recently occurred in my life.
My husband is currently serving in the military over in Iraq, and we moved to Jacksonville, NC back in February with just enough time to find an apartment and then say goodbye. My whole family is in California, so when my husband left, I felt so many emotions and had nothing to do but cry and pray for his safe return.
My mom gave me your book as a gift, and from the first stroke of colored pencil on the first page I chose to work on, I honestly felt a sense of my emotions being released onto the page. I brought the book back with me to North Carolina, where I began a nightly tradition of coloring and listening to music. The black and white pages started to fill with color, and my once worried mind became clear as I told my story on paper. I included poems, quotes, song lyrics, and bible verses to the pages, and created a sort of memoir that documented the transformation from a woman who was worried and lonely, to one who now has more faith, hope, and light than I did before my husband left.
I hope my story inspires you to continue creating such wonderful art, and that I have reminded you that you are touching the lives of more people than you know. My mother is so intuitive and she always knows what my soul is needing - and I am so grateful that she gave me your book. My husband will be home in 14 days, and I am so excited to show him the artwork I created in your book. But i am especially proud to show him the strong, positive, faithful woman I have become while he was gone. Thank you again, and may God bless you in all your adventures. - Kelly Crittenden
I bought "Her Evolution" as a gift for Christmas! She is going to love it. Two friends and I bought our "Her Evolution" journals over the summer in your Mendocino gallery. I have been having so much fun pasting lots of wonderful things into mine. I was just describing to my boyfriend how it feels to be keeping a sacred record of myself. It feels, for me, similar to that excitement when all of my friends from high school sign your yearbook with sweet words at the end of senior year. But, now the sweetness is from me and for me! I love writing, scrap booking and creating art with positive intentions for myself, my soul. This practice in "Her Evolution" has caused a major shift in my journey of worthiness and self-love. Thank you for being such a contribution to my life. Your words and art is breathtaking. Much gratitude, loving and trusting. - Megan O'Brien, Cafe Gratitude
Shiloh is a woman of great faith and rich insight. Her work offers a very useful tool to help us on our path. – Richard N. Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute?
I love your frankness of your journey in the journals that you have created. I think it helps release many women of the shame that they might feel because of the struggle that they go thru. I also believe that your journals help women put words to what they are experiencing on their inner journey & then thru the art can emerge thru the pain & the grief that they hold so deep inside. Thank you Thank you Thank you for the incredible work that you do. - Anon

Artwork and Commissions:

Re Originals: How wonderful!!! My husband was so taken by this painting that he couldn't stop thinking about it. It is very unusual for him to have such a strong reaction to art, so we knew She was important and needed to come home with us. I am familiar with your other works and books; it was such an honor to be in your gallery. - Kimberly Cress
To truly love you must open yourself to all of lifes pleasures and disappointments. Without both of these emotions life is meaningless. In the "Generous Soul" I see a woman who has lived and carries that wisdom in her heart. The piece is perfect in more ways then you will ever know. Thank you for the inspiration to live, as one should, completely alive and compassionate in nature. I promise to live my life as a reflection of this piece. - Christine Gilb
I am learning on a daily basis how if I am willing & open to going into the depths of my feelings & experiences, that I emerge on the other side more solid, more whole, more at peace. Your work personifies that & I thank you for that. Your work has been a part of this process of discovery for me. Your work resonates down into my soul. As it has with a dear friend of mine. - Anon
Just a happy note to let you know how much I enjoyed your web page. My friend recently visited and viewed your work in Mendocino and said she couldn't wait to tell me all about it. My personal art style is very similar to yours. When I visited your web page I was moved by the beautiful colors and whimsical strokes that seem to illuminate from your work. Because art is a healing outlet for me I felt a lot of emotion when viewing your pieces. The spirituality in your art shines like a beacon offering strength and hope and everything else that seems to reassure women. As a 25 year old female, struggling to find myself and some meaning in a sometimes very critical world, it's art like yours that helps keep my heart full of love... for myself and for others. Thank you for sharing your gift to the world. Small things with great love seem to have a beautiful ripple effect. - Melissa

Teaching and Workshops:

Shiloh McCloud is an exquisite artist, a great teacher, and a healer. In four hours she was able to heal 40 years of emotional wounding that kept me from painting. Her process is amazing. She draws out the spirit within and guides you in expressing your inner most knowing. Since studying with her I have painted on a regular basis and much to my surprise my work has been exhibited purchased, understood and enjoyed by others. The time you spend with Shiloh is worth every minute of it. Do yourself a favor and pick up that paintbrush. - Chief Luisah Teish, Author Artist
Somewhere in the recent past I went to Shiloh’s Woman of Vision Workshop. She’s offering them through the support of Cosmic Cowgirls Ink--a woman and girl owned publishing house that will collaborate to create workbooks (ala shiloh style coloring books for all the issues that face women and girls where having a journal/friend/guided process might be useful. At any rate, i took her woman of vision workshop and in this workshop, Shiloh, in her very adept, welcoming, ritual manner invited us all to circle. There were twenty of us in the ring--holding the Alice Walker blessed red furry stuff and passing it from woman to woman--connecting us. And then, in the most joyous act of generosity and kindness, Shiloh invited us to cut that part of the string that we held from the whole--and blessed us with this knowledge: though we are all holding the string of womanhood, that which we have cut from the circle is all that we are responsible for. I don’t know if you can feel through the words I’m typing how incredibly powerful that very practical moment was for me--but it was profoundly freeing. I am responsible for that which i can cut from the bolt. I make my dress. I wear my red string tied to my wrist. I know I am connected to the others in my circle, in my ever widening world, but that which I am responsible for is only that length of the yarn tied around my own arm. this--this is extraordinary focusing freedom. This gives me access to something I can do. And then, throughout the dance of the day, we gathered, we talked, we dreamt, we created, we painted and pondered and wrote and shared and feasted and celebrated with great rush of celebration. And she guided us with paint and clarity through the making of our own vision statements. She guided us through eight panels of our vision book, and asked us to answer in color and painted words who we are? what we care about? what we have to share? who we choose to be paid by? who we want collaborate with? steps to take on the path? quantifying the desire to create? and what are we creating? She’s interested in helping women get on with it--actually causing the activation of our enflamed hearts and moving us out, powerfully, into the true blessing of doing the creative work we are called to. It was an extraordinary day, an extraordinary set of exercises, a tremendous opportunity to be in the room, go through the process and enjoy the unfolding dream.and so it continues to unfold. Buy a book! Elizabeth Benson-Udom www.lulu.com/writressworder

I had the absolute pleasure of doing a weekend-long art workshop/retreat with Shiloh a few years ago. I am not exaggerating when I say that it completely transformed my life. I not only painted for the first time in my adult life, but found a creative outlet which has become a vital part of my spiritual/sacred practice. Most importantly, the ideas expressed, the women with whom I connected and bonded, the creative energy and wise words of Shiloh, all planted a seed that ultimately led to my leaving a career with which I was unsatisfied, and finding a life-work. Through the workshop, Shiloh has become a close friend, mentor, confidant and teacher, who has inspired me-and so many others-through her passion, creativity, beauty and drive. The education and experiences I acquired that weekend have proven to be so much more valuable than all of the books I’ve read, classes and workshops I’ve taken, and counselors and others I’ve seen-in helping me to discover my passion and create my vision. I am so thrilled Shiloh will be coming to Denver and Soulrise to share her wisdom!
-Heidi Damata, Soulrise Gallery, Owner
The workshop I did with Shiloh was life changing. For years I have wanted to explore areas in my life that would allow me to work with my passions, and be compensated for doing the things I love. What I lacked was a plan and direction. Through the use of a workbook she designed, and by attending her class, I now have the tools to make some of the dreams I have held for so long come to fruition. I want to take refresher courses with her each year, just to keep me on the right path!" Fayletta Guilian, Artist
My painting is such a blessing. Thank you for showing how to invoke her. I wanted you to know that the workshop does not end after we leave. I so appreciate you allowing me to take the class, thank you for the energy, spirit and love that you put into the class and thank you for the use of your anointed art supplies. No words for this level of gratitude. - Kim Walker
Shiloh’s course has altered the course of my life. Her inspiration, her warm encouragement and skilled instruction were instrumental in the realization that my life is being an artist. She continues to be supportive and helpful even though I live 1000 miles from her. - Connie Chapman
Shiloh brings more than skill and mastery to the classroom; she establishes an environment of beauty, mystery, and personal vision that is invitational to student transformation. Repeatedly, students describe having found within themselves a confidence, self-esteem and artfulness they did not know they had, from Shiloh’s classes. I have witnessed students (and faculty as well) with no prior painting experience, produce credible paintings in one single class with her. Judy Grahn, Co-Director, Women's Spirituality Program, New College of California
Store Owner: I just wanted to let you know how wonderful it was to meet you. I was truly moved by meeting you! Interestingly enough, I hadn't taken the plastic off of my journal that I purchased at Milk & Honey last month. I did the other night! I am just blown away! I had considered cancelling that part of the order, since books have just sat on my shelves in the past. Not now! I am giving one to my best friend & have turned her on to your website. And I know this is the link that other clients of mine need. The grace at which you share your innermost thoughts & journey & then open others to theirs is amazing! There is just a way that you reach right into a woman's soul thru your words & thru your art. I found a perfect place for "Our Lady of Faith" in my home. The energy that emanates from her just absolutely blows me away. Your mystical presence helped me to connect even deeper into mine! Your work & your heart & soul are amazing. Thank you for sharing that with me. - Cyndee Green,
A Touch of Green