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 […]
202 ART, Phuket and Tripadvisor
TRAVEL AND ART BLOG For those who read my travel and art post a couple of weeks ago called Thailand here we come! this is the continuation of that. As you may remember we were not very happy with the hotel and after a big of searching on the internet we decided to go and […]
197 THE ART OF BIG BROTHER & MOVIE WORLD
ART STUDIO I have recently come back from a wonderful 4 day trip to the Gold Coast with babygirl Hillivi and what a wonderful time we had. I really should have stayed by the easel in my art studio painting but my daughter gave me quite the sales pitch, lol of why the 2 of […]
174. St. PATRICK’S DAY & ART
COMMISSIONED PAINTING Several years ago I was commissioned to paint a St Patrick’s Day painting celebrating all things Irish by my US Art Gallery. That was something that up until then had not occurred to me and one of the reasons I generally enjoy doing commissions so much is because there is always a new […]
173. PAINTINGS AND MEMORIES
ART AND TRAVEL BLOGS Today’s tale begins at the end of another art and travel blog in our European trip and finds us just having finished lunch in 167. THE ART OF LETTING GO. Cousin Benny and his sister Berit her partner Anders were now taking us around Sundbyberg and Solna seeing the houses and […]
107 Girls Night Out in Art
THE ART OF HAVING A GOOD TIME Oh the 1980’s – I remember it well, those Girls nights out. Well some of it at least although I have to admit through a glass colored by gin and tonic or champagne. Those were the days when I could party all night, sleep for an hour and still attend […]
105 ART & Little Miss Wee Wee or Pee for you Americans
PAINTING DOGS No this time it’s not a tale about my poor long suffering daughter who wishes her mother would keep all those embarrassing childhood stories to herself. No, this one is about Kicki the cute; butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, bitsa dog. This painting below has the puppies in a gum boot being on their […]
103 Everyone wants a bargain & Art
THE ART OF THE BARGAIN Scoopon, Cudo, Our Deal and Catch of the Day are all the rage here in Australia – and what exactly are they one might ask? Well it works something like this. These website offer an item or a service at a special price, often more than 50% discount and if […]
98 Red Dog & Art
ARTS AND MOVIES Have you seen Red Dog yet? If not I thoroughly recommend it, it is one of those movies that the Aussies do really well. Quirky and surprising and very real, not the Hollywood look at all. Not a nip or tuck in sight that’s for sure, I spotted two sets of even […]