ART THERAPY

Watercolour painting can be a soothing, pleasurable activity for all ages. Jennifer has undergone training in art therapy which has enabled her to successfully delivery numerous workshops in seniors’ residences across the Ottawa area. She also developed and delivered a unique, effective art program for the Aphasia Centre of Ottawa, an organization that supports people who have had strokes. One of the activities of which Jennifer is most proud is the flyincolours “Smiling Siblings Watercolour Workshop” which brings together brothers and sisters of children with cancer. In these workshops, she walks the participants through composition to completion with each participant expressing themselves with colour. It is a wonderful, creative escape from the sadness and turmoil they are experiencing. Interval House shelter for abused Women – work with the mothers to provide a creative outlet that gives them a wonderful sense of self and hope for the future as they look forward to hanging their art in their new home.