We live on an acreage with an Art Studio and Gallery. For the last 30 years I have been making and teaching art in schools and at various locations in Saskatchewan, Manitoba , Alberta and BC.
We have a summer art camp for kids and during the year adults, home school and after school students come to our studio for all kind of art classes.
My unique environmental friendly sculpting medium I developed for the Canadian climate lets me teach the human figure in a simple, clean and fast process to any inexperienced student.
A great process of using art as therapy.
Hundreds of first timers have been published on http://gardenspirits.blogspot.com
My art has been purchased by national and international, private and corporate collectors.
It has been published and discussed in National Magazines, Newspaper articles and on CBC radio and TV stations about many projects I have done in the past.
My intentions are to teach art as therapy while making it a fun and healing event
What is art therapy?
Art therapy is a way of teaching art that focuses on his or her personal process of making art giving it personal meaning and story description rather than commodity value.
While working with the fundamentals of sculpting, painting, drawing or photography, art therapy utilizes the creative process for expressive purposes.
It gives the student the opportunity to express oneself imaginatively and emotionally which can result in a healing growth producing experience.
This approach is not intended to be analyzed by the instructor. I only direct the process to self exploration, self development and interpretation.
This form of teaching art allows for making brain connections that are not usually combined. Tapping into emotion, knowledge, thought and technique while producing a work of art that can now be viewed as an object. Which will evoke thoughts and feelings every time you view it in a different light.
