KIM STAPLES ART THERAPY TOUCHES HEARTS AND EMPOWERS LIVES

KIM STAPLES ART THERAPY TOUCHES HEARTS AND EMPOWERS LIVES

✦ “Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.” - Pablo Picasso

Kim Staples is an Award-Winning Artist and Art Therapist. Born in Paddington, Australia, Kim Staples now lives in the beautiful Mid North Coast, Port Macquarie with her husband.

Kim draws her inspiration from the colours and beauty of her natural surroundings. Her work is influenced by her life experiences, inner emotions and intuition, taking this mindset into all the mediums she explores including water based mixed media and sculpting. Kim Staples’ art explodes with colours. When you see Kim, you know she is an art of life!

➸ Geisha Maiko

➸ Bluey the Kookaburra

➸ Humpback whale diving

➹ Kim Staples, Award Winning Australian Artist & Founder of Art of Life talks about how she started Art Therapy and why you should try it.

Kim provides a safe, open and warm environment to support people to achieve, improve and develop healthy emotions through the arts. Her clients include youth, adults, Alzheimer’s sufferers, people with disabilities, special needs and other challenging conditions in the community. Some of her special needs students are under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

"Art to me is a therapeutic tool," says Kim. "It allows the artist to tell a creative and expressive story. It is an incredible tool in the visual world of healing. When one has no words to express their experiences and emotions, art can be the channel they can use to express themselves. It helps to release emotions that have been too unbearable to deal with. Some of these may go back many years and unearthing these emotions can be very painful and frightening. With the help of art therapy, people are gradually able to put aside these fears and start sharing their stories and experiences."

Those who have taken Kim’s Creative and Reflective Art Classes leave feeling lighter, more empowered, and so much more hopeful about the future. They walk away with their unique artworks which, beyond the aesthetic value, is also proof of their courage and effort in being able to sit with their difficult emotions and allow them to surface, no matter how painful it was.

No matter what one’s situation is, art therapy offers a ray of hope for change. And many have experienced Kim’s gentle guidance as she helps people to begin to want to live life with joy again. And they are doing this one brushstroke at a time. Everyone is doing their best to paint a new and beautiful future for themselves.

➸ Enzo at one of Kim Staples’ Art Therapy class

✾ “Art to me is a therapeutic tool. It allows the artist to tell a creative and expressive story. It is an incredible tool in the visual world of healing. When one has no words to express their experiences and emotions, art can be the channel they can use to express themselves. It helps to release emotions that have been too unbearable to deal with. Some of these may go back many years and unearthing these emotions can be very painful and frightening. With the help of art therapy, people are gradually able to put aside these fears and start sharing their stories and experiences.”

- Kim Staples, Art of Life

Get in touch with Kim staples to learn more about Art Therapy:

0408 550 950

kstaples1@bigpond.com

www.kimstaplesartoflife.com

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