"If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint."
Edward Hopper
Welcome to my website.
I have many years of art experience and am now also a certified art therapist. This Edward Hopper quote is significant for both art making, and for art therapy:
Art making involves skills that can be developed, and yet no matter the medium, it also brings to the outside what words cannot always express, allowing the artist to access, observe and respond to what is there inside her already.
Art therapy is also about creating and holding a safe space for something inward to be expressed, seen, reflected on and responded to. Like a spiral that moves from the center outward and then back again.
I invite you to learn more here about what art therapy is, and if you like, to have a look at some of my artwork and perhaps be inspired to creativity of your own.
Cathy Jacobi