Free Expression for Art and Health.


The exhibition of free expression has made the gallery look magnificent.  Even the roof rafters are covered in art.
The energy is filled with enjoyment.
It is vibrant and a very powerful experience to be surrounded by so much creative energy.

Most students that have their art on display have healed in some way - be this with confidence, dis-ease, or balanced metal or physical health.

The journey that the body and mind craves for self healing is always a free and colourful one.






I have had many students with Aspergers, autism, chromosome abnormalities, illness that left them in a wheel chair with limited ability of movement, illness that left them paralysed and so we painted with our mouths and I have had students with no confidence because they are seeking to express their sexuality. Students that were too afraid to speak, students that were jumpy and jittery with nerves.

Creativity and self expression with complete abandon is the answer.

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