I use my art to celebrate all the things I love. I save pictures and quotes from my favorite magazines so I’m always ready to collage. I pulled out the picture of Brian Froud’s fairie art and wanted to do a page around that. This page turned into celebrating favorite things.
I am reading Art Heals by Shaun McNiff and he talks about the soothing qualities of beauty. A healing journal doesn’t have to be dark and filled with all the yucky stuff in life. It’s good to get stuff out and express the feelings inside you, but don’t stay in the dark. Self expression is about celebrating the beauty in your life as well.
Use pictures of your favorite stuff and colors you love to make pages that will bring calm and peace. Celebrate the fun and silliness of life. Strive for balance in your art as you do in life. It’s a daily practice to check your focus.
This collage is filled with images that remind me of warm fuzzy memories. I look at this now and it still makes me smile. Your art can be used for meditation, to refocus on the positive, or to evoke beautiful memories.
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I grew up around art and my creative spirit has been nurtured throughout my life. I have always found arts & crafts to be fun, relaxing, and fulfilling.
I stumbled into making beaded jewelry in my 20's and I still love playing with beads. I’ve worked in two bead stores, taught jewelry classes for 8 years, and my jewelry has been in many galleries. I am a guest artist at the Fall Art Tour in Sauk County.
I used an altered book to rediscover who I am and the path I wanted to take when I though all was lost. I found that in fact, all was found and I returned to college to pursue the dream that was inside me—just waiting to be realized.
I am a graduate of Edgewood College with a BS in Art Therapy and minors in Art & Psychology. While in school I continued to work with people from all walks of life and abilities. I have such a great time working with people who are finding that they do beautiful work.
This lead me to continue my passion of sharing the fun, joy, and self discovery that art brings. I have drawn from my life experiences to create classes that are designed to focus on the fun that art brings.
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I use my art to celebrate all the things I love. I save pictures and quotes from my favorite magazines so I’m always ready to collage. I pulled out the picture of Brian Froud’s fairie art and wanted to do a page around that. This page turned into celebrating favorite things.
This collage is filled with images that remind me of warm fuzzy memories. I look at this now and it still makes me smile. Your art can be used for meditation, to refocus on the positive, or to evoke beautiful memories.
Beautiful! 🙂 Love that castle!