On Our Mind: Thoughts from Mark & Michelle Dean
by Michelle Dean 19-10-2015 | 6:05PDT | Comments (0)
Printmaking can be a source of fascination and challenge that requires an indirect way of working (Hurwitz & Day, 2001). To create a print is to weave the artist’s experience and perception, insight, and differentiation into one (Neumann, 1974). In order to create a print, something must be done to one substance in order for […]
by Michelle Dean 01-10-2015 | 9:21PDT | Comments (0)
Art is a universal process among children in cultures around the world and is something that all adults possess the capacity for into old age. All people may call themselves artists if they create artwork, reserving the term professional artist for those who receive money for their work. Developmentally, there is a universally accepted progression […]
by Michelle Dean 07-04-2015 | 11:37PDT | Comments (3)
Three-dimensional artwork spans from amulet to monument and despite its scale, it has a similar essence, qualities of architecture and sculpture that share a material spirit. The amulet is a small portable charm worn as protection against evil or insurance of fertility and the monument, a structure permeated with spirit. It is believed that some […]
by Michelle Dean 20-03-2014 | 5:34PDT | Comments (0)
by Michelle L. Dean I am often asked how I became an art therapist and my best answer is that it was a marriage of passions: Art and working with others. I came to this realization at a young age. I had always been interested in art, drawing, painting, calligraphy, you name it, I was […]
