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Thursday 11 June 2015

Art Therapy

      It was a big decision to go back to school  but Art Therapy seemed such a perfect fit.  It has been a crazy schedule to maintain and still fill commissions and create my own work for hopefully a future exhibition. The last paper I wrote was in University many years  ago and even then I wasn't required to write much as I was studying in the field of Physiotherapy. It has been a challenge but surprisingly I am starting to enjoy the process of research and writing. It takes me quite a while to get the words on paper  and editing has become an art. My husband now reads them and all he can say is  "yup that sounds academic". Perfect! My courses are primarily done on line, but full time study  and on a very strict schedule. This works for me as if left to my own devices  I would still be working on the first course. The material is fascinating  and I look forward to working with clients in the near future. 
In the mean time commissions are steady and I am busy.


 
   




    I am preparing for some mini workshops at the Train Station Museum in Temiscaming  July 9th and August 6th as well as in Corbeil September 26th. I have chosen for at least one of them to do a palette knife painting but one that needs to be completed in 2 hours or less. I painted this one yesterday and think it would work  well for one of the workshops.





A few paintings in the works are:




     The first one is an acrylic painting  12 x 36. The second one was an interesting process ; it started with an acrylic painting, an  abstract floral that wasn't working, so out came the papers and collage work commenced .  I kinda like the dimensional look to it  and love the texture of the papers.

     Today I  am  working on the Blue Jay painting.