230 Art And Trauma – Painting Out The Pain
Here is another blog written by freelance contributing writer , Helen Farnes hope you find it interesting. For many centuries now, we have cultivated a very persistent artistic stereotype. The idea of the tormented creative, driven by inner turmoil and the horrors within to create works of transcendent beauty and significance is one with which […]
229 HOW ART THERAPY CAN HELP YOUR CHILD
Here is another blog written by freelance contributing writer , Helen Farnes hope you find it interesting. Is your child being bullied at school? Childhood bullying is unfortunately a widespread problem and faced by many of today’s youth. According to the Australian Covert Bullying Prevalence Study, 27% of students from year’s four to nine were […]
225 The Art of Mental Health
The Blog today is written by freelance contributing writer; Helen Farnes and I hope that you find the article both interesting and useful. The Art of Mental Health When you get into the flow of doing something that holds your whole attention, the experience can become almost like meditation. We can immerse ourselves into this relaxed […]
209 The Art of Failing New Years Resolutions
PAINTING So how many of you made New Years Resolutions and how many of you are still going steadfast keeping up your promises? We all have good intentions for the most part but it is a struggle isn’t it? In this acrylic on canvas board painting you can find one of my resolutions that seems […]
175 THE ART OF HORMONES
THE ART OF HAPPINESS AND HORMONES I have PMT and a Hand Gun, any questions? My girlfriend had that quote on her fridge for many years and it always amused me greatly. Hormones have a lot to answer for don’t they, too much or too little and we all fall apart. Remember the teenage years […]
168. ART and KEEPING FIT
THE ART OF KEEPING FIT I have just joined a gym today, finally after 20 or so years since last time. Oh and before you get the wrong idea – I have still been keeping fit during that time. You see we had been living on a farm in the country with the closest gym […]
127 Use it or Loose it in Art
THE ART OF KEEPING FIT Ever since my late teens I have done some form of exercise every day. Usually an hour’s worth come hail, rain or shine; the only exception would by New Years Day when my head hurts too much! Although I am one of these people that need to sit around and […]
108 Other Plans & Art
LIFE IMITATES ART Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans, is what John Lennon said and he was so right. This acrylic on board painting is one I did for the son of Jim from Elders Fine Art Gallery when he was recuperating after a car accident called Bandaid […]
97 Meditation are you serious & Art
THE ART OF MEDITATION I just got home from a meditation class, which was only the second time in my life that I have attended one. It does seem to me to be a little bit crazy to be waking up with the alarm blaring in my ears so that I can go off to […]
96 What a Virus & Art
THE ART OF GOOD HEALTH So I thought I was doing so well, feeling fit and healthy, giving the credit to my great fitness regime of daily exercise, lots of fresh vegetables, fruit and nuts and plenty of water (Got to keep the exercise up if you are an artist and sit at an easel […]