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Welcome to Art Making Connections
Take a seat, stay a while and enjoy all the beautiful sights.
Let's take a deep breath!
& when you are ready.
Let's connect! Christine@artmakingconnections.ca
Looking to learn or enhance your artistic abilities? Please explore my web page and then reach out. I will be happy to help you decide which Fine Art Lessons are right for you!
Do you enjoy my art? Thank you for viewing what I offer for sale online. Please be aware I have far more artwork available in my art studio and would be happy to book a showing appointment with you.
Art has always been therapeutic for me. With that in mind I know it’s not always easy for everyone. As a result I have developed my skills professionally to help others feel the therapeutic effects of art as well.
What does Art Making Connections mean to me?
The name Art Making Connections means a lot to me. It's meaning is multi-layered.
There's two ways to understand the name I chose:
First, the product of art - paintings, sculptures, etc, - when viewed in art shows or online can create connections with other individuals, and with the community at large.
Second, the act of artmaking can help artmakers feel a calm inner connection similar to meditation. When making art we can enter a mental state called ‘flow’ where time disappears and feelings of relaxation arise.
Scientific brain studies have determined artmaking actively links our primitive Limbic area, in particular the fear and anxiety processing Amygdala, to our higher cognitive functioning Prefrontal Cortex area (PFC). When that connection happens our higher reasoning centre can calm down our primitive alarm centre by, in effect, telling it everything is okay.
As a result, artmaking may help increase our psychological resilience through stress resistance.