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Ann Francis Oakes is a professional fine arts and decorative artist, designer and Art Therapist. She has painted since the age of six. Her work exhibits expertise in a variety of disciplines, from murals, faux finishes and fresco to trompe l’oeil and illustrations. Most recently Ann designed and produced her own line of hand painted ceramic lamp featured by designers and decorators in model homes and retail stores across Canada. She also works in the area of television, retail and product marketing and in the decorative arts field. She has appeared on The Painted house (WTN) and has contributed art projects to the books based on this popular TV program. Ann is also a regular guest on City Line Homeday (City TV) and featured columnist for the beach Metro News.
Ann Studied at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Ottawa School of Art, the Norton Gallery in Palm Beach and the Jupiter Gallery School of Art Florida, as well as the Georges Pompidou School of Art in Paris, France.
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Ann Francis Oakes original Art Work
Exclusively at
The Garden of Goods Galleries
12330 SE Dixie Highway (A1A)
Hobe Sound Florida 33455
772 546 3499
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Art Therapy
The images we make (whether we are artists or not) can act as statements which presents a focus of sharing, expression and self-evaluation. All picture making can act in this way whether the images are the first drawings of children, wall-graffiti, or the `works of art' in galleries and museums. Creating pictures can provide an opportunity to verbalize thoughts and feelings giving entrýe to unacknowledged conflicts and tensions and to meaningful personal insights.
An art therapist is a human service profession that uses the visual arts to communicate feelings that cannot be expressed by words alone. Clinical experience has demonstrated that the images produced in making art help externalize and resolve internalized fears, conflicts and blocks. Credentialed art therapists are specially trained to promote change through involvement in art making within the context of a therapeutic relationship. The practice of art therapy is based on an in-depth understanding of basic human behavior, psychopathology and therapeutic processes
Art therapists work with people of all ages: individuals, couples, family groups and communities. They provide services, individually and as part of clinical teams, in settings that include mental health, rehabilitation, medical and forensic institutions; community outreach programs; wellness centers; schools; nursing homes; corporate structures; open studios and independent practi ce .Like counsellors, art therapists work with a wide range of people some of whom are defined as suffering from mental illnesses or congenital disorders. However, art therapists also work with rape victims; people who are dying; pre/post operative patients; women expecting babies; trauma victims; people with drug or alcohol dependency or addiction; victims of racist attacks; refugees; abused children etc. In other words, art therapists work with a huge range of people who are struggling with the problems of living or indeed have simply reached a point in their lives when the opportunity for self reflection in a supportive group feels appropriate. Art therapy, music therapy, dance movement therapy can all be used in the treatment of patients with diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's. In addition to dealing with a wide range of debilitating diseases, it focuses on the issue of the care and treatment of dementia and the effects on patients, caregivers and staff, and the role of the arts therapies in improving the quality of life for the increasing number of patients who develop these illnesses.
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