I think my interest in art came from watching my granddad and step dad painting amazing landscapes. I’d be mesmerised by the process. I started drawing when I was 9 but during high school I gave it up. I didn’t realise it at the time, but art was my main source of releasing emotions as I wasn’t a very verbal child. After I stopped drawing I became very isolated socially and developed depression. I didn’t make any connection between the two at the time. Then aged 19 I started drawing again.
All of my work started out with just a pencil and paper. I didn’t use colour for 4 years.
One day I just started using colour.
An interest in alternative therapies at the time, lead me to Chromotherapy.
Chromotherapy has been used for thousands of years even by the ancient Egyptians and involves applying colour along with light to specific areas on the body. Each colour brings on a specific emotional reaction in each individual. From there I met a local band who used colour …show more content…
The therapeutic use of art has existed for many centuries from shamans using carved figures to protect them, Navajo medicine men healing with sand paintings and Tibetan sand mandalas using colour and form to heal. In the western societies, art therapy is a fairly new concept that came in about the mid 40’s. In America, Margaret Naumberg is often referred to as the art therapy founder. She wanted children to have an education that focused more on creative expression and individual interests. She also believed that a person’s most inner feelings and thoughts, pulled from the unconscious mind, express themselves in image form rather than verbal and she wanted to use this alongside verbal therapy to produce much more effective results. It was first used in mental health institutions and can now be found in hospitals, clinics, schools, shelters, correctional institutions, nursing homes and through private
All of my work started out with just a pencil and paper. I didn’t use colour for 4 years.
One day I just started using colour.
An interest in alternative therapies at the time, lead me to Chromotherapy.
Chromotherapy has been used for thousands of years even by the ancient Egyptians and involves applying colour along with light to specific areas on the body. Each colour brings on a specific emotional reaction in each individual. From there I met a local band who used colour …show more content…
The therapeutic use of art has existed for many centuries from shamans using carved figures to protect them, Navajo medicine men healing with sand paintings and Tibetan sand mandalas using colour and form to heal. In the western societies, art therapy is a fairly new concept that came in about the mid 40’s. In America, Margaret Naumberg is often referred to as the art therapy founder. She wanted children to have an education that focused more on creative expression and individual interests. She also believed that a person’s most inner feelings and thoughts, pulled from the unconscious mind, express themselves in image form rather than verbal and she wanted to use this alongside verbal therapy to produce much more effective results. It was first used in mental health institutions and can now be found in hospitals, clinics, schools, shelters, correctional institutions, nursing homes and through private