ART

Cliff was a great motivational art facilitator who provided a safe and non-judgmental space for our youth to be able to open up and express their creativity. The experience was therapeutic, inspiring and fun! Thank you Cliff for being a part of our participants’ journey!

N. Makortoff – Facilitator, Job Developer and Coach with Chance to Choose, a Youth Employment Program

I love ART!

French Artist Louise Bourgeois once said, “Art is a guarantee to sanity”.

Making ART is soothing and nurturing. I believe making ART helps me to be healthier.  What I love most about therapeutic art is it’s about just creating and not trying to be a “good artist“. The focus becomes figuring out who you are and what you want to become.

The process of making ART is a complex experience for me; a mixture of inspiration, followed by periods of productivity, and concluding with feelings of accomplishment.

When I make ART, who I am comes out.

Turtle Island

Golden Fish

Cherry Blossoms

Three Strands

Hadai Gwaii

Stanley Park Tree

Juniper Point

Siwash Rock $500

Brazilian Table

The Gecko Lost Its Spots

Miami Table

Meeting Frogs

Sun Flower

Ivy and Turtles

Contemplation

Times Are Changing

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Email Cliff at cliffthorbes@shaw.ca to inquire about purchasing his ART.

©Cliff Thorbes 2022