Working Together Many people have expressed curiosity about our working relationship. While we have a similar professional background, each of us brings a unique way of using the expressive arts from our practice as therapists, as well as our own individual approaches to the creative process. Once we worked out a compatible way of combining our individual talents and interests, we were able to expand our creative expression in new and varied ways. A single composite (montage) often involves many skills that neither one of us could produce entirely by ourselves. Capturing the images (photography), setting up shoots with models, creating costumes, and making props, are some of the preliminary steps we may take before we can bring the images to life in visual, artistic form. While often beginning with a basic concept or theme, our final images contain many surprises, reflecting the synergy of our energies and the creative process. Our real secret, for working together successfully, is the love and respect we have for each other and the importance of having fun with whatever we do. We are fortunate to have found a common passion which we enjoy sharing with each other. Sharing with others is a bonus. We find many reasons to celebrate, whether it be the completion of a new art piece, participating in an exhibit, or passing on a painting to someone who resonates to the meaning of the work. Background Bob has always possessed a very active visual imagination. While working as a therapist, he employed his abilities to develop unique forms of expressive therapy. In particular, he utilized symbol and metaphor both in his therapeutic work with metaphoric psychodrama and in his guided creative, fictionally writing with clients. This processes were a means to engage the client in a creative and active way in their own personal evolution. As an artist, he constructs his images to include powerful visual symbols, embedding rich, psychological metaphors in the art. Donna's past training and experience as a mind-body therapist has contributed to an interest in using movement and the body to communicate feelings. Their Shadow Art Series demonstrates the power of expressive feeling combined with color, light and form. Donna and Bob have enthusiastically embraced the visual arts as a means of self-expression. Personally and professionally, they promote the value of self-expression and its positive influence on the health and well-being of people. Through training and experience they have learned the tools of making art. Their work is a synthesis of their skills in photography, photoShop, Painter, printing, drawing, acrylics, gardening, handcrafts, structural design, and an attraction to discovering new expressions through experimentation. They have formal training in many of these skills but have learned mostly through the discovery process. Together they created and produced their art site.
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