“Life, love, suffering, anger and passion are why I create and why I am so inspired. This is why people can relate to my work; because in that sense I am not alone.” Gayle

Guest Post by Gayle Arnold – Painter/Artist – Vancouver

On one hand, I was born to paint. I started when I was eight and even then people were noticing how incredibly patient and absorbed I was in what I was doing. By the time high school came around one of my teachers was set on getting me accepted into Emily Carr. He pushed me and it was the first time I considered Art as a career. I always tell people that painting chose me. When I got accepted into Emily Carr I put my head down and worked my ass off to learn as much as I could. By the end of it, I was fully committed to making art for the rest of my life.

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“Art is a collaboration between god and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” Andre Gide

Guest post by Gary Molloy – Painter/Poet – London England

My name is Gary Molloy, I’m an Artist, poet and charity worker. I was diagnosed with Bi-polar 1 disorder, which is a severe form of the illness in my mid-twenties. I use Art, as a medium for channeling crippling mood swings.

Painting still-lives, landscapes and figures, my interest lies in the outline of forms and not in their intricate details. My work is insular and immediate – a characteristic which is accentuated by use of impasto and broad brush strokes.

Ten years ago, I arrived at Core Arts, a mental health charity which helps people connect with and discover their creative potential. I’d never been remotely interested in Art before, but the spark of creativity that my first visit ignited, flared into a blaze of exuberance with flame like forms and scar like brushstrokes. In recent years the glow of this period has blended with more subtle realizations of beauty in the observed object or chosen motif.

Through my art and poetry, I could finally connect with something creative. I had found my vocation and it turned into my purpose. I have rediscovered my dreams, which were shattered by 10 years of illness. Read More→