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REGINA COUPAR STUDIO 



THERAPY ART

a visual representation of healing
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September, 2019
Moving along in my therapy for GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) and clinical depression, I have decided to return (at least for awhile) to making art in a tactile fashion. While I love to work directly on a screen I found myself wanting to create tangible work. This, of course, is in tension with my reluctance to 'make stuff,' given the overabundance of things in the world today. As an artist, I don't really know how to resolve that.problem. Maybe, like Scarlett O'Hara, I'll "think about that tomorrow..."
For now, I interested in the mundane - everyday shapes, sometimes coupled with previously painted works. At this stage of life, appreciating the repetition of routine activities, while challenging, has become an important step in my journey towards wellness. ​

To see more of these images, click here.
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THERAPY ART is just what it sounds like: creating artworks as a form of therapy. But it's more than just scribbling out whatever's on your mind. That's only the first part. It is an important part because it teaches you to get in touch with and trust your intuition, thus opening wider the door to your unconscious.

​ The second part is to dialogue with the image over time - let it speak back to you. And listen carefully to what it tells you. This may seem difficult at first but as you learn the language of your unconscious you'll be able to figure out more easily what your images are trying to tell you.

The third part is to share your work. That may not seem important when doing inner (therapeutic) work, but it is important for an artist to share what she creates. Being an artist is a gift we need to learn to celebrate - not always easy when culture tends to ignore or undervalue us. Such misunderstanding about us in the external world eventually takes its toll on our inner life and we may begin to doubt our own worth. But sometimes our contribution to the greater good is simply to share our inadequacies in an honest way.

Below are images that will appear as they are created, with or without a corresponding note.

If you'd like to respond, simply email at reginacoupar@gmail.com or click here for the contact form.
Thanks.
Regina Coupar

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June 3, 2019
​whatever was
is

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June 2, 2019

subtle edge

​238

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May 30, 2019

no escape

​237

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May 29, 2019

background radiation

​236

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May 28

tenuous connection

​235

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​May 27, 2019

other worlds

​227

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May 21, 2019

zombie dress

​228

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May 21, 1029

struggle for containment

​229

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May 15, 2019

rage. rage
against the dying of the 
light

​231​

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May 15, 2019

closing in

​230

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May 12

watching

​221

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May 7, 2019

specters

​220

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May 2, 2019

flaming trees

​218

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May 5, 2019

watching

​218

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May 4, 2018

inner turmoil

​217

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May 1, 2019

fragments

​216

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April 26

gathering

​213

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April 23

cycladic gods

​209

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April 23

fire woman

​210

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April 22, 2019

emerging woman

​211

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April 15, 2019

alternate reality

​207

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April 14

event horizon

206

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April 18 2019

confusion

​205

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April 12, 2019

hidden

​204

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April 11

black and white thinking 
takes over the
colour

​203

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April 10, 2019

worlds coliding

​202

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April 8, 2018

opening to a different dimension

​200

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April 8, 2019

pink flower

​201

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April 3, 2019

the safe place

​198

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March 31, 2019
pale primary background noise

​197

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March 30
​grey matter: random order

​196

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March 29, 2019
meeting your inner bird/fish

​195

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March 28, 2019
alone

​194

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March 28, 2019
neurone tree

​193

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March 27, 2019
neutralizing

​192

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March 25, 2019
rescue

​191

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March 25, 2019
expulsion from the garden

​190

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March 24, 2019
induction 

​189

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March 24, 2019


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March 24, 2019
gathering

​187

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March 23, 2019
pressured

​186

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March 23, 2019
phoenix

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March 22, 2019
redwoods

​184

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March 21, 2019
cow deconstructed

​183



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March 21, 2019
pink flowers

​182

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March 20, 2019
winter pure

​181

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March 20, 2019
vulnerable inner child

​180

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March 19 2019
breakthrough

​179


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March 18, 2019
bubbles

​178

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March 18, 2019

sometimes I like to feel
pretty things
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March 18, 2019

inclusivity

​176

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March 17, 2019

circular argument

how I feel when I try to make
​a decision

​174

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March 17, 2019

evil: lurking
sometimes I can't tell
if the evil is inside or outside

​173

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March 16, 2019

veiled

​172

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March 16, 2019

nightmare

​171

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March 15, 2019

distortion
when I can't tell how I feel

​170

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March 15, 2019

tangle

​169

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March 14, 2019

ordered infiltration

​168

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March 13, 2019

inner critic
conversation

​167

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March 11, 2019

red trees 

​166

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March 10, 2019

blood tree
hanging on amid trials and tribulations when it seems as though everything has been uprooted

​165

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March 9, 2019

opposite day
tension of opposites
each colour is covered by its complimentary colour

​164

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March 9,  2019

dream
snake with fins/wings in water

​163

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March 8, 2019

plaques and tangles
screwing with my brain

​162

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March 8, 2019

half angry
half anxious
half

​161

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March 7, 2019

eve's apple showing wisdom in the center

160 - b
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March 7, 2019

tree of conformity and tree of free expression separated by angel's flaming sword 

​160

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March 7, 2019

angel's flaming sword
​separates the garden of eden (dependency) from the outside (wisdom of knowing)

​159

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March 6, 2019

veiled

​158

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March 6, 2019

​happy colours

​157
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March 5, 2019

beneath the surface

​155

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March 3, 2019

complications

​151

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March 3, 2019

leaving liminal space

150

is this the same struggle Alzheimer's patients feel when they try to gain back conscious reality...
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March 2, 2019

night figures

​149

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March 1, 2019

the dream

​147

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March 1, 2019

the future

​146

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February 28, 2019

liminal space

my favourite place...

​145

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February 28, 2019

veiled

​144

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February 27, 2019

I think that I shall never see
a poem as lovely as a tree

Joyce Kilmer




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February 27, 2019

nebula: we are stardust

139

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February 26, 2019

​suppression 

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February 26, 2019

blocked

​140

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February 25, 2019

insights

​137

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February 24, 2019

me and my shadow

​136

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February 24, 2019

​defensive

​135

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February 22, 2019

​sky

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February 21, 2019

​the voices

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February 21, 2019

​oppression

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February 21, 2019

​indecision

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February 21, 2019

​out of control



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February 21

​scorched 

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February 20, 2019

emerging 

​120

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February 18, 2019

​existential angst

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February 17, 2019

diminishment

as we age, much in our life diminishes 

​fades away

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February 17, 2019

worlds colliding

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February 16, 2019

​blood line/ life line

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February 16, 2019

group meeting
​members only

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February 16, 2019

trying to focus
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February 15, 2019

​no justice

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February 15, 2019

​fighting the dark: the struggle

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February 13, 2019

strung together
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February 13, 2019

the line between

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February 12, 2019

​blue

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February 11, 2019

for Trudy:
​glimpse of beyond

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February 10, 2019

going down the valley
one by
one

​tribute to John's mother, Trudy

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February 9, 2019

​veil

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February 9, 2019

keeping track 
​(by fives)

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February7, 2019

​symmetry on a stick

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February 7, 2019

dividing line: inside/outside... above/below 

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February 6

​hiding inside

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February 5, 2019

​order and chaos

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February 5, 2019

​Losing Hope

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February 5, 2019

​the fog

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February 4, 2019

​undefined flower

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February 4, 2019

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February 3, 2019

​the liar's graph

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February 3, 2019

alone in a crowd

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February 3, 2019

vertical flatline

severed connection
to the ineffable
feel
​nothing

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February 3, 2019

dark mourning descending

can see the light
it is distant
can feel the pressing
​of the dark

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February 2, 2019

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February 2, 2019

stirring

things. moving around
don't know what 
is forming
but feel
​the stirring

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February 2, 2019

ephemeral

mystery must remain undefined
​to remain mystery
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February 2, 2019

​feeling the mystery

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February 1, 2019

implosion
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JANUARY, 2019
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January 30, 2019

going downhill fast

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January 30, 2019

​boundaries

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January 29

​on my way home after many days

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January 27, 2019

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January 27

Mermaid by the pool

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January 25

​Anxious energy

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January 25

hidden innocence
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January 24, 2019

arrangement in greys i: the kiss

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January 24, 2019

​arrangement in black and white and grey ii

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January 24, 2019

complexity and distraction

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January 23, 2019

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January 23, 2019

mind the gap

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January 22, 2019

patches of sunshine

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January 22, 2019

arrangement in black and white and grey i

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January 22, 2019

Relaxed tangle 

painted on my first day in Cayman
​such relaxing colours here

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January 21, 2019

indecision
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January 21, 2019

​connecting the dots...

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January 20, 2019

universal light
particles and waves

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January 2019

bubble worlds
​never know when they're going to break or float away from you...

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January 20, 2019

breathe in the darkness
transform it into light
breathe out the light...
​this makes us the agent of change for alchemy

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January 19, 2019

just focus on a few things at once...
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January 18, 2019 

​boundaries ii

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January 18. 201

​boundaries i

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January 17, 2019

random order

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January 17, 2019

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January 17

​panic attack

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January 17, 2019

This really feels like the struggle at the present moment. 
I may not be winning, but I'm not losing.

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January 16, 2019

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January 16, 2019

but then I can see all the subtle pastel colours
hidden behind the primaries
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January 16, 2019

it all becomes subdued...
a blur...
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January 16, 2019

all my synapses going off at once
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January 15, 2019

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January 15, 2019

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January 15, 2019

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January 14, 2019

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January 14, 2019

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January 14, 2019

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January 13, 2019

Grieving
​Good memories quickly turn painful and I find myself falling into the pit.
I can see the compartments of good memories, but I can't reach them anymore because the darkness takes over.

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January 13, 2019

This is a visual interpretation of Erich Fromm's notion of the difference between 'having knowledge' (as a possession) and 'knowing' which requires a deeper effort. The former he attributes to the consumer nature of our culture the latter is an active response to the process of being.
​
Eric Fromm, To Have or to Be (New York: Open Road Intergrated Media Inc) 1976/2013.

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January13, 2019

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January 12, 2019

it seems no matter how hard I try to rise above
the past weights down
like a heavy
blanket. 

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January 12, 2019

This is what a depression trigger looks like. It starts as a small blob and spreads its feelers outward looking for places where it can nest and lay eggs. If you can remove it as soon as you notice it, before it gets too far, you have a chance of salvaging the day.

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January 11, 2019

Sometimes there are just too many dots to connect. On the positive side, there are countless opportunities to create different things. On the down side, the number of choices can be so overwhelming it is hard to begin anything. I think it is best to let the patterns emerge from the dots themselves so they don't have to 'be' anything. Hard for a INFJ to do.

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January 11, 2019

Lots of disconnected stuff, isolated from each other in a black web of goo.

January 11, 2019
Note: These images are created entirely with a computer. This solves one of my problems - as an artist I'm tired of making 'things' that occupy space in the world. This way I can create (using a kid's program I've been working with for years) without adding to the already overcrowded world of consumer goods. I've been struggling with this for a long time and it's hampered my ability to make images (one of the few things that helps me break through depression). They are what they are; they exist only in cyberspace, recreating themselves each time someone clicks on the site. I'm still committed to making 'hard images' for gallery showing, but, for now, this gives me the most pleasure.

​Also, for the time being, I am working only with primary colours. The past few years have been a dark time in my life and I don't feel ready yet to venture back among the full spectrum of colour. Hopefully this practice will help me find my way.


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January 11, 2019

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January 11, 2019

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January 10, 2019

Can't tell whether these are clouds or fire. Either way it looks like there is a way through. I just need to find it.

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January 10, 2019

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January 10, 21019

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January 9, 2019

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January 9, 2019


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January 9, 2019

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January 9, 2019

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January 9, 2019

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January 9, 2019

This piece reminds me of Dante's awakening in the dark wood. He is helpless to 'get back' and so must move forward with Virgil as his guide. It is interesting that this spontaneous and quick  image picks up on the two red strokes I've used earlier to represent Virgil and Dante. It speaks to me of hope in the darkness, but needing guidance to find a new way out, even if, like Dante, it means 'going through hell.'

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January 8, 2019
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January 8, 2019

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January 6, 2019


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January 6, 2019


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January 5, 2019
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January 3, 2019



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January 3, 2019



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January 3, 2019


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January 2, 2019


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January 2, 2019


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January 1, 2019

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December 30, 2018
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December 29

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December 27, 2018

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December 26, 2018
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December 23, 2018

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