My Influences Archives - Wendy Dashwood https://wendydashwood.com/category/recent-posts/my-influences/ Visual Artist Wed, 21 May 2025 12:30:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 147059630 How Art can Help You Cope with Stress and Anxiety https://wendydashwood.com/the_real_reason_you_stepped_on_some_lego_this_morning/ https://wendydashwood.com/the_real_reason_you_stepped_on_some_lego_this_morning/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:45:17 +0000 http://wendydashwood.com/?p=549 I am sure you will know or heard of at least one person who completely turned their life around after a bad experience. And often it’s something creative that made a difference to their mental health and helped them cope with stress and anxiety. One of my friends is a […]

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]]> https://wendydashwood.com/the-worst-painting-i-ever-created/feed/ 1 539 The Agony and Ecstacy of Creating an Artwork https://wendydashwood.com/the-agony-and-ecstacy-of-creating-an-artwork/ https://wendydashwood.com/the-agony-and-ecstacy-of-creating-an-artwork/#comments Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:47:40 +0000 http://wendydashwood.com/?p=1443 Creating a new Artwork is much like being a new mum. It’s painful, it’s exhausting, it’s frustrating but the pain and sacrifice is worth it in the end. But letting go of an artwork is another story… I think you would agree that most artists illustrate the consciousness of mankind. […]

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