Julie Davidson Smith - Kingston Artist
Living With Soul Means living Creatively
613-531-8901
www.creativeencaustics.com
The Power of the Creative Process - People Are Hungry
Living With Soul Means living Creatively
613-531-8901
www.creativeencaustics.com
The Power of the Creative Process - People Are Hungry
People are hungry to express themselves, to use the creative connection between their right mind and their body. I love to work with my hands and feel the materials between my fingers.
I've been teaching creative workshops for the past 5 years to adults and its very clear to me that most people do not get enough time or opportunity to release their creative desires. I've watched people paint for 5 hours straight without a need to eat, drink or go to the bathroom. Their need to lose themselves in their process of navigating colour, form and the materials seems almost desparate. I get a thrill from watching people slowly lose their inhabitions with not only their art but with their bodies. People's eyes bulge at the site of flowing, colourful wax, they stick out their tongues with total focus as they carve into the surface and they squint their eyes making funny faces to see their creations with a fresh perspective. I witness time and time again groups of people who are starved for playful self expression and time just for themselves. It is wonderful for me to see so many people excited about their creative process. For many its like a little birth in my studio and I'm the midwife coaxing out their new baby; a fresh peice of art born again and again. We are all creative in one way or another. It could be the way we dress, how we think or the marks we make - we are all unique and our creativity is part of that.
Encaustic Intro Level 1
Encaustic Level 2
Encaustics & Photography
Creative-4-Play Women's Open Studio Series
Pottery
Pregnant Picassos
Mosaics
Printmaking
