This is Emotional Regulation Art.
Most people who have stood near a horse know the feeling. A quiet settling. A sense of being grounded. A calm that doesn't need explanation. Horses don't try to do this — their presence alone has a naturally regulating effect.
HeartWorks begins there.
How the Animals Create
The animals are the artists — they physically paint using their noses and lips.
Each session begins with our proprietary HeartMath®-integrated process, bringing the animal into a calm, coherent emotional state before any paint is touched. No randomness. No tricks. Just a regulated animal, creating from presence.
Because they can't be physically present with everyone, their paintings become a way of translating that same regulating presence into form — allowing people to experience it in their homes, daily, through art and functional pieces designed to support emotional regulation.
The result is art people don't just see — they feel.
Our days are loud. Our systems rarely settle.
HeartWorks art is designed to help — by quietly supporting your system into the state it's trying to reach.
Calming
When you need grounding. A settling. An exhale your body has been holding all day.
Uplifting
When you need a lift. Light. The feeling of something opening instead of closing.
Steadying
When you need to come back to center. Solid ground under your feet again.
How It Started
HeartWorks began with a simple observation: the animals were already regulating the people around them. Tricia Sybersma, a HeartMath® Certified Trainer, noticed that standing near her horses created a measurable shift — heart rate settled, breathing slowed, something quieted.
The question became: what if we could share that with people who can't stand next to a horse?
So the animals started painting. Through guided sessions using HeartMath® coherence techniques, what emerged wasn't just color on a page. It was the same calming presence people felt near the horses — now held in a form that could travel.
Today, ten animal artists — eight horses, one dog, and one cat — create original paintings translated into art and home pieces designed to support emotional regulation in daily life.
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Who Runs This Thing
Besides the horses, obviously.
HeartMath® Certified Trainer. Advanced Dr. Joe Dispenza student. Author of the upcoming book Walking with the Herd. Tricia founded HeartWorks after noticing her horses were quietly shifting the people around them — and wondered what would happen if that presence could travel. She still learns the most from the horses. They're terrible at taking feedback, but very good at giving it.
TriciaSybersma.com →
Rachel shapes everything HeartWorks puts into the world — the visual identity, the design, the content, the products, and the systems that hold it all together. She also runs the Bio-Well GDV testing that measures the impact of HeartWorks pieces on people and spaces, and works with the horses monthly through biofeedback sessions to support their energetic health. Quantum Biofeedback Specialist and Advanced Joe Dispenza student.
Rachel.Rossano.ca →
Allesha lives at the intersection of hands-on care and intentional expression. She manages the daily wellbeing of every animal artist — physical, emotional, and creative. Every act of care, from feeding to grooming to simply holding space, builds the trust that makes the painting process possible. When the animals feel safe, they create freely. That's Allesha's work.
Now meet the ones who do all the actual work.
Ten animal artists. Zero awareness of deadlines.
Meet the Animal Artists →