by Dawn Patel | Nov 22, 2016 | abuse, children's book, friendship, healing, healing arts, healing from abuse, healing through art, identity, inner strength, overcoming hardship, scars, stories, storytelling, swan, tiger, ugly duckling
Authors note: I wrote and illustrated this story over 15 years ago. I never really did anything with it except to send it to one publisher and read it to the Quaker Friends Sunday School, and to my elementary students in Washburn, WI. Some recent events made me...
by Dawn Patel | Mar 30, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists, artists process, blogging, domestic abuse, healing, healing from abuse, healing through art, life is stranger than fiction, living your dream, spirituality, visionary art
“The Way Home” Finished PaintingSometimes life is stranger than fiction. Life certainly gets interesting when you are truthful with yourself. Somewhere, deep inside our subconscious, where no one else can give...
by Dawn Patel | Mar 23, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists, artists process, belief, domestic abuse, faith, healing, healing from abuse, healing through art, spirituality, studio, therapy, visionary art
“The Escape” is now “The Way Home”This painting is still in progress, but I felt the urge to write a short but hopefully sweet post reflecting on where I’m at in the process. Since posting the post “Victim no More” I have...
by Dawn Patel | Mar 21, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists process, dawn patel art, domestic abuse, domestic violence, harassment, healing, healing from abuse, healing through art, visionary art, why paint?
Painting in Progress. The Escape is becoming a new painting. I’m still not sure of the new title.I posted my last post ten days ago. It began with the phrase “Victim no More,” and when I wrote it I knew that would...
by Dawn Patel | Mar 10, 2014 | art, art therapy, artists process, artists studio, blogging, dawn patel art, domestic abuse, dream, healing, healing through art, painting, victims, women's shelters
The EscapeThis is the story of the birth of a painting, but it is much more. It is the story of life events that nearly destroyed me. I was not destroyed, but these events followed me. I moved from place to place, but they were never far behind....
