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 […]
200 Naive Paintings & Thailand here we come!
FLOWER PAINTINGS Just got back from our holiday in Thailand, a very memorable trip for lots of reasons, both good and bad! We did of course see some beautiful flowers and monkeys as you can see in this naive acrylic flower painting as well as many other things. Pairing this painting with my blog is […]
199 ARTnBED AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF: The Duvet
ARTnBED AND NAIVE ART I just stumbled on an interesting fact as I was writing another art blog about my art being on duvet and quilts featuring the rather new crisp looking white Hindley Street set. I was amazed that it seems to be a Swedish invention: my home country and here is a great […]
198 THE ART OF INFINITY & SEAWORLD
THE ART OF HAVING FUN This travel and artblog is the continuation of my daughters and my Queensland trip and if you want to re cap here is the start; 197 THE ART OF BIG BROTHER & MOVIE WORLD We got up early again the next day, beachwalked (got to do the exercise bit) and […]
196 HIGHLIGHT HOLLYWOOD AND THE ART AWARDS
HOLLYWOOD AND THE ART AWARDS I just love being an artist, you never know from one day to another what may come your way. This week I just found out that I had won first prize in 2 categories at the American Art Awards in LA. The first award was for Naive Art where I […]
169. PAINTINGS AND OPPOSITES ATTRACT
PAINTINGS AND GICLEE PRINTS This painting Balloon Wedding is one of my favorite artworks and is available as a Giclee print these days. Often bought as a wedding present which brings me very neatly to the wedding we attended on the weekend and also to the topic of opposites attract. I love painting wedding scenes […]
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 […]
167. THE ART OF LETTING GO
ART AND TRAVEL BLOG Todays travel and art blog continues on from 166. Rondellhund, Roundabout dogs Sculptures as we finished a great smorgasbord spread in the Rondellhund factory. So if you should want to catch up on the travel and art blogs leading up to this point in our recent Europe trip here are the […]
166. Rondellhund, Roundabout dogs Sculptures
ART AND ROUNDABOUT DOGS SCULPTURES The time had come to leave Sundsvall and it is with sadness that we do so. Our visit with my lovely cousin Kent and his gorgeous family was not nearly long enough and the setting and town so picturesque that I could have stayed a long long time! TRAVEL AND […]