Kaleidoscope Expressive Arts

Kaleidoscope Expressive Arts Therapy done differently. Compassion & support paired with art materials & emergent art processes for courageous self expression & re-wilding.

Individual & group support available. Art therapy is using art materials to explore feelings, thoughts and experiences that may be difficult to verbalise. An art therapy process may be something as simple as a squiggle drawn onto paper or a thumbprint pressed into clay.

24/04/2026

A rainy day brings cooler weather perfect for putting on the dye pots. First I’m slowing down and making lake pigments with exhausted natural dye baths. These jars are pecan and brown onion exhausted dyes. Lake pigments will become watercolour paints! Stay tuned to see the entire process.

24/04/2026

A quiet meditation: Itajime shibori (folding precisely, creating a force to resist the dye via clamps, immersing in dye) green pecan hull dye, surrendering to the alchemy, allowing myself to be still and wait in anticipation for whatever emerges from this process. Relieving pressure, the unfolding, allowing the joy of creation from pigment and pressure. Interested in a workshop?

19/04/2026

Simple and fun workshop: impressions - the art of making your mark will guide your first steps into print making, no carving, no special paints required, a relaxed workshop using nature and a styrofoam plate. Saturday - Gold Coast Sunday - north Brisbane.

18/04/2026

Steep natural dyeing learning curve experimenting with green pecan hulls and acorns. So far pecan hulls give 3 distinct colours with 3 extractions, pure magic! And check how beautiful that deep brown is!!! Acorns are another favourite natural dye, this light warm brown is from my first extraction. There so needs to be an acorn emoji don’t you think?

17/04/2026

Ever felt invisible? Unseen?New workshop: IMPRINTS the art of making your mark. Use simple print making techniques to leave your mark.

15/04/2026

Expressive arts journaling = You don’t have to start a new page everyday in your art journal. There are no rules this is your journal to create as you like. Sometimes I work on the same page all week. Sometimes I move between a whole lot of different pages following my curiosity. It’s your self expression. A reaching for connection, calm, self awareness. It’s not supposed to be pretty and follow design principles. Often it’s a brain dump, messy is ok!
What are you waiting for? If you’re staring at a blank page and don’t know how to start I’m just about to release a 1 hour online class to get you started! Message for early bird tickets!

13/04/2026

Create daily. These two little words don’t just slide off my tongue without effort. It takes effort to insert creativity into my daily ritual, to take the time with a pencil instead of scrolling. To write a few words in a journal that feel lyrical that allow me to soften. To stop and wonder at a sunset or fallen autumn leaf, to scribble and sketch them onto a page. But art is my life line, always has been. I create daily because I have to. It’s an act of survival and thriving. Want help to make creativity a daily ritual? Message me to connect.
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12/04/2026

My favourite chair. Threads. Needle. Slow stitching a long neglected WIP on a quiet Sunday hoping to finish this little owl project. Anyone else stitching today? Show me your WIP.

This expressive art group is a weekly wellbeing and social group (come once or pop in every week) for those seeking a re...
09/04/2026

This expressive art group is a weekly wellbeing and social group (come once or pop in every week) for those seeking a relaxed, nourishing, process-focussed art group (the outcome is not the focus). Each week we use different art materials and art processes for social connection, mental health support, unleash creativity, courageous self expression, self reflection and joy.
* No art experience or art skills necessary
* Bring your curiosity and a sense of fun
* Simple morning tea supplied

NDIS participants welcome please contact me for details.

09/04/2026

Thanks for hosting our Tuesday Art Group 💖 you are amazing!
Tuesday Art Group is moving to a new location from next Tuesday April 14. We are excited to settle into We have a longer time slot 90 mins, for greater social connections and deeper art experientials. Same time 10:30, same arts based creating, same facilitator! Hope to see you there! 🎨 ☕️ 💖 .

08/04/2026

The way we start the day gives us the scaffolding for everything else the day holds. Around my 50th birthday I began daily solo morning walks. This morning movement ritual primes my parasympathetic nervous system for “calm alertness,” a scaffolding for responding to the days stressors with resiliency. Just before I arrive back home from my walk is a street perfect for foraging, so once a week I take 10 minutes to enjoy natures bounty and bring it home to incorporate into my dye pot and art.
What movement do you prefer?

06/04/2026

Creativity can feel like chaos. Loss of control, facing an unknown outcome. Tuesday art group is about staying with the art process, centring curiosity. Today: we are using rocks to allow curiosity to lead.
PS we are moving Tuesday art group to from next week!

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Lawnton, QLD
4501

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Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 10am - 5pm

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Art therapy because sometimes there are no words

We meet you where you are at. We provide safe spaces and art materials. We collaborate with you and encourage creative expressions that explore feelings, thoughts and experiences that may be difficult to verbalise. An art therapy process may be something as simple as a squiggle drawn onto paper or a thumbprint pressed into clay. We help people empower themselves to health and wellbeing through the creative arts.