Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs, Art Therapist ATR-P
Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs, Art Therapist ATR-P
One of the most challenging things in life is having an invisible wall or barrier between ourselves and a loved one. “Love and Courage,” Bobby Jacobs, fossilized bluestone, 78” x 60” x 48” Time flies by, and words left unsaid can do as much damage as words spoken in anger. I learned a [...]
Featured Art: “NOVA" Mixed media on paper, 20 x 16 inches Rosemary Laurent Let’s face it – most of us worry too much. Worries can be like a stream: they may continually flow, almost without notice, or they can be like waves continually crashing down on the shore. We can try to ignore [...]
This month’s featured art is a genuine, contemporary Runestone – one that my husband and I created together for a dear friend and collector, Karen C. It tells the story of her “journey” in ancient Runic text: from the beginning of her 39-year marriage to its intensely challenging end, focusing on the amazing and continual [...]
Hundreds of people gather in Downtown Las Vegas, during First Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, for the opening ceremony of the Community Healing Garden in memory of the victims in the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. If there is one thing I would like to share more than anything [...]
Featured Art Secret II: Letting Go Mixed media with oil and watercolor on paper, 17.5 x 11 inches ElizabethBryanJacobs.com This topic is a wonderful continuation of last month’s post, “Breaking Through Personal Barriers,” as feeling unappreciated can reap amazing breakthroughs. I especially appreciate my own feelings of being unappreciated, as they feed [...]
Featured Art “Spread Your Wings” Mixed Media on Canvas 39 x 78 inches The experience of creating this month’s Featured Art has been one of the most abiding and uplifting ways to outsmart stress that I have ever experienced. It is an amazing art project that I was blessed to participate in at Dell Children’s [...]
This month’s Spiritual Toolbox Addition is right in tune with the Thanksgiving: it’s called Gratitude, and when you practice it on a regular basis (we are not talking lip service), life is a whole lot more beautiful. OH NO by Byron Keith ByrdOil on Canvas, 48 x 36 incheswww.ByronKeithByrd.com You’ve heard the gratitude [...]
THIS MONTH'S ADDITION TO THE SPIRITUAL TOOLBOX IS A PROFOUND INSIGHT: Turning Point Oil on canvas, 32.5 x 20.5 inches ©2016 Elizabeth Bryan-Jacobs If you are farther ahead than where you were, you can’t possibly be “behind.” It’s really simple; “ahead” and “behind” are opposites; although we never think that literally with life swirling [...]
This might not be your typical self-portrait, but at the time in my life when I made it, I like to think you might have recognized if you saw it. Found wood, cast bronze branches, canvas, paint 85 x 50 x 20 inches I was emerging from an incredibly dark period, living half [...]
“Discovery” is a visual account of this month’s blog post - and my life. Discovery, oil on canvas, 13" x 34" Art was the first form of communication (think cave paintings) and it is still the most revealing one for many artists today. What started out as my own organic depiction of all [...]
