Healing Art Blog – Painting – Invisible
About seven months ago when I moved to Portland as I unpacked I came across a simple watercolor painting I completed when I was an older teenager. It is a very powerful piece for me. Every month I open...
View ArticleHealing Arts Blog – Cocoon Series – Art Photography and Having Fun
I had a show this weekend that was quite fun, very gratifying and a great personal experience for me. Interacting with people, hearing their responses to my work (or lack thereof!!) is always...
View ArticleMy Big Mouth Blog – Finding the Real Me
I had an incredible occurrence not too long ago. I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Scott MacDonald, a writer for a local Portland magazine, about my art, this blog site and male survivors. It...
View ArticleHealing Arts Blog – Guest Poetry – Anthem: Hope of Recovery
Early in my research about healing arts – long before I ever created this blog – I came across a publication called Reaching Across with the Arts. This document contained a lot of really interesting...
View ArticleHealing Arts Blog – Male Survivor T-Shirt Project
For today’s blog I want to share with you a unique and simple exercise in healing art that I’ve been privileged to be involved in. I have shared several times before a resource that I find invaluable –...
View ArticleBook Spotlight Blog – Art Heals: How Creativity Cures the Soul
Art Heals – How Creativity Cures the Soul Shaun McNiff Publisher: Shambhala This book immediately caught my attention when I read the title. That heading, “How Creativity Cures the Soul”, makes quite...
View ArticleHealing Arts Blog – Tattoo Art
I’ve presented a lot of my personal healing art on this site, which to date I believe has all been my painting. I have also shared other healing art mediums, poetry, writing, t-shirts, etc. to...
View ArticleHealing Arts Blog – Painting –“Awakening”
I recently completed a new painting, one that I am quite happy with and has been quite well received by others who have viewed it. I call the painting Awakening, and it reflects my experiences...
View ArticleHealing Arts Blog – Painting – Off on Another Journey
If there is one thing I can attest to, it is that change is definitely inevitable. This can be a positive thing as we grow in our recovery and heal the wounds of the past. It can also be pretty damn...
View ArticleHealing Art Blog – Painting – Life Journey
Back in May of this year, I posted a blog entitled “Tattoo Art”. I want to repeat a portion of that blog as a preface to the painting I’ll present today: “I’ve presented a lot of my personal healing...
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