My Practice
My practice is an interdisciplinary mash up that includes designing and delivering unique arts infused learning and creativity coaching / facilitation programs for a diverse range of learners and clients, a visual arts practice working in the mediums of photography, and drawing, as well as a new practice as a Therapeutic Arts Practitioner.
Complimenting and informing this diverse background is an equally diverse educational background that includes an MEd in Adult Education, BEd (Visual Arts Specialist), BFA in Fine Arts, Certificates in Photography, Adult Education, Non – Profit Sector Management and Advanced Design Thinking. Along with these credentials I am also a Certified PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) Practitioner, Certified Coach Practitioner, Certified Flourishing Life Coach and have recently obtained the CIIAT - Therapeutic Arts Practitioner Certificate.
I have also engaged in online studies in Positive Psychology including Appreciative Inquiry (Coaching), Foundation of Coaching Psychology and VIA - Character Strengths Interventions.
To learn more about my experiences and credentials visit the CV page
My practice is an interdisciplinary mash up that includes designing and delivering unique arts infused learning and creativity coaching / facilitation programs for a diverse range of learners and clients, a visual arts practice working in the mediums of photography, and drawing, as well as a new practice as a Therapeutic Arts Practitioner.
Complimenting and informing this diverse background is an equally diverse educational background that includes an MEd in Adult Education, BEd (Visual Arts Specialist), BFA in Fine Arts, Certificates in Photography, Adult Education, Non – Profit Sector Management and Advanced Design Thinking. Along with these credentials I am also a Certified PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition) Practitioner, Certified Coach Practitioner, Certified Flourishing Life Coach and have recently obtained the CIIAT - Therapeutic Arts Practitioner Certificate.
I have also engaged in online studies in Positive Psychology including Appreciative Inquiry (Coaching), Foundation of Coaching Psychology and VIA - Character Strengths Interventions.
To learn more about my experiences and credentials visit the CV page
Professional Philosophy
The following is my professional philosophy that guides my practices as a Community Educator, Creativity Coach / Facilitator and Therapeutic Arts Practitioner.
I am committed to placing the learner / client at the centre, both in the development and delivery of every learning, coaching and wellness process I offer. I am also committed to the establishment of an inclusive coaching environment in which the learner / client is provided with the optimal learning, coaching and wellness experience, in a safe and non-judgmental setting (in person or on line). This of course, requires an on - going dialogue between myself and learner / client. It is through this on - going dialogue that the learner / client becomes an active partner in the creation of the learning, coaching and wellness process.
The following is my professional philosophy that guides my practices as a Community Educator, Creativity Coach / Facilitator and Therapeutic Arts Practitioner.
I am committed to placing the learner / client at the centre, both in the development and delivery of every learning, coaching and wellness process I offer. I am also committed to the establishment of an inclusive coaching environment in which the learner / client is provided with the optimal learning, coaching and wellness experience, in a safe and non-judgmental setting (in person or on line). This of course, requires an on - going dialogue between myself and learner / client. It is through this on - going dialogue that the learner / client becomes an active partner in the creation of the learning, coaching and wellness process.
Artist Statement
The medium of photography is more often than not a medium of the found image. There is also a long history of manipulating and transforming photographic images. I find myself straddling the fence between these two aesthetic practices as the photographs and photo – based works I create are derived through a kind of dialogue between the found and the constructed. As my primary subject matter is the urban landscape, these landscapes hide and reveal themselves. I can walk down the street one – day and see nothing, two days later I walk down the same street and ten plus images emerge. Some of these images will stand on their own, while others will be transformed either digitally or physically. The transformed images become the constructed images. During the process of constructing these images new concepts or ideas for a new series of images emerge. How I determine what photographs are manipulated and what images remain unchanged becomes an intuitive thing.
The medium of photography is more often than not a medium of the found image. There is also a long history of manipulating and transforming photographic images. I find myself straddling the fence between these two aesthetic practices as the photographs and photo – based works I create are derived through a kind of dialogue between the found and the constructed. As my primary subject matter is the urban landscape, these landscapes hide and reveal themselves. I can walk down the street one – day and see nothing, two days later I walk down the same street and ten plus images emerge. Some of these images will stand on their own, while others will be transformed either digitally or physically. The transformed images become the constructed images. During the process of constructing these images new concepts or ideas for a new series of images emerge. How I determine what photographs are manipulated and what images remain unchanged becomes an intuitive thing.
To see the most recent art works and projects I am working on visit the ART WORKS page.
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