January 2024 1 Day workshops at Armadale Arena, Townlet Rd, Armadale.

10-4 Sundays 7/14/21/28 Jan

$120 Each 1 Day Workshop ($100 each workshop if you book two or more.

BYO art materials including 2 canvases approx. 75 x 75cm and BYO lunch (Cafes nearby)

"Painting from the Inner Child: Expressive/Abstract approaches to landscape and nature"

I will do several demos during the day working on two canvases to create bold expressive abstract paintings of Roley Pool Reserve.

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Term 1 2024 with David Giles

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Using art to nurture the Inner Child and evoke a sense of "wonder" for nature.

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A UNIQUE COACHING - MENTORING PROGRAM WITH DAVID GILES

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8 WEEK COURSE

STARTS 16/17 FEBRUARY 2024

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VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

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SESSION TIMES: 4 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30.  You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. On line using zoom available Friday 10-1 session only.

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DATES: 16/17 FEBRUARY - 5/6 APRIL ​

COST: $360 - BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

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BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks

 

Each session will begin with a demo and group discussion and conclude with a supportive and encouraging show and tell. Questions to think about, as part of the process of developing your unique arts practice include: Why do you want to make art?  What do you hope to get out of it? What do you want to say through your art? What do you want to get from your practice? What strategies, processes techniques do you want to explore? Whether you have never painted before or are a professional I can help and support you to use painting to connect with your inner self and express your inner creative self. It's a wonderful journey and I look forward to working with you.

 

This is a great opportunity to work with an experienced artist to explore your artistic voice and purpose and develop your own direction in your work. 

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All participants can join the Freedom School Social Site private Facebook page where you can view a demo each week by David Giles and share your work and seek feedback.

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All participants can also exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition with total prize pool value of $7000.

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I have been teaching painting as a creative therapy process for nearly 30 years with more than a thousand people participating in my programs over that time. Whilst many have gone on to become multi award winning artists my main goal has always been to help people use creative processes to connect with their inner creative self and learn to become more free, authentic and fulfilled in their lives. As well as running my own private programs I have trained and worked for many years as an arts worker in the mental health field, working in various “creative therapy” processes based on positive psychology and transpersonal approaches. I have given talks at numerous forums about art and mental health including the Australian National Mental Health Conference and the WA Mental Health Commission. 

 

In this course I bring all this experience together, along with my success as a multi award winning exhibiting artist, to support you to use art to connect more deeply with your inner self, feel the bliss of pure creativity, and learn, through painting, to open your heart, let go and embrace the divine within, embrace the mystical, the wonderful and the enigmatic, “Inner Creative Self’ and see the beauty of nature through the wonder of the inner child. 

I hope you will join me on this journey of self - discovery.

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Term 4 2023 with David Giles

FINDING YOUR ARTISTIC VOICE: COACHING - MENTORING PROGRAM WITH DAVID GILES

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8 WEEK COURSE

STARTS 6/7 OCTOBER 2023

VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

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SESSION TIMES: 4 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30.  You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. On line using zoom available Friday 10-1 session only.

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DATES: 6/7 OCTOBER - 8/9 DECEMBER (NO CLASSES 3/4 AND 10/11 NOVEMBER - MID TERM BREAK)​

COST: $340 - BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

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BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks

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TERM 4 PROGRAM

Week 1 we will look at look expressive landscape painting from photographs (BYO photo). In week 1 as an example of arts practice. I will also sit down for 10 minutes with each participant to discuss what your goal and expectations are regards your arts practice. Why do you want to do it?  What do you hope to get out of it? What do you want to say through your art? What do you want to get from your practice? What strategies, processes techniques do you want to explore? Whether you have never painted before or are a professional I can help and support you to use painting to connect with your inner self and express your inner creative self. It's a wonderful journey and I look forward to working with you.

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Weeks 2-8 I will do demos / talks based on what is happening that week in my arts practice and thinking. Partcipants will be encouraged to pursue the goals discussed in week 1. 

This is a great opportunity to work with an experienced artist to explore your artistic voice and purpose and develop your own direction in your work. 

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Each session will begin with a demo and group discussion and conclude with a supportive and encouraging show and tell.

 

All participants can join the Freedom School Social Site private Facebook page where you can view a demo each week by David Giles and share your work and seek feedback.

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All participants can also exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition with total prize pool value of $7000.

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I have been teaching painting as a creative therapy process for nearly 30 years with more than a thousand people participating in my programs over that time. Whilst many have gone on to become multi award winning artists my main goal has always been to help people use creative processes to connect with their inner creative self and learn to become more free, authentic and fulfilled in their lives. As well as running my own private programs I have trained and worked for many years as an arts worker in the mental health field, working in various “creative therapy” processes based on positive psychology and transpersonal approaches.

 

In this course I bring all this experience together, along with my success as a multi award winning exhibiting artist, to support you to use art to connect more deeply with your inner self, feel the bliss of pure creativity, and learn, through painting, to open your heart, let go and embrace the divine within, embrace the mystical, the wonderful and the enigmatic, “Inner Creative Self’.

I hope you will join me on this journey of self - discovery. 

 

Term 2 2023 with David Giles

From Monet to Rothko and Beyond - A Lightning History of Abstract Painting

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8 WEEK COURSE

STARTS 28/29 April 2023

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VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

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SESSION TIMES: 4 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30.  You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. On line using zoom available Friday 10-1 session only.

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DATES: 28/29 April - 16/17 June 2023

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COST: $320 - BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

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BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks

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The first six weeks we will look at 6 significant artists tracing teh eveoluion of abstractv painting from Monet to Rothko and beyond.

 

The last two weeks will be an opportunity for you to use the skills and knowledge gained in developing your own unique style of abstract painting.

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Week 1 Claude Monet

Week 2 Vincent Van Gough

Week 3 Wassily Kandinsky 

Week 4 Joan Mitchell

Week 5 Mark Rothko 

Week 6 Brian Rutenberg

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Each session will begin with a demo and group discussion and conclude with a supportive and encouraging show and tell.

 

 

 

 

Term 1 2023 with David Giles

Express yourself through Abstract Expressionism 

8 WEEK COURSE STARTS 10/11 FEB 2023

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VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

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SESSION TIMES: 4 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30.  You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. On line using zoom available Friday 10-1 session only.

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DATES: 10/11 February - 31 March/1 April 2023

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COST: $320 - BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

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BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks

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The first four weeks we will look at 4 contemporary abstract expressionist artists and i will a demo loosely in the style of each artist. The last four weeks will be an opportunity for you to use the skills and knowledge gained in developing your own unique style of abstract expressionism.

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Week 1 Jo Davenport www.jodavenport.com.au

Week 2 Trine Pannum www.trinepanum.dk

Week 3 Linda Coppens www.lindacoppensart.com

Week 4 Romulo Goncalves www.romulogoncalves.com

 

Each session will begin with a demo and group discussion and conclude with a supportive and encouraging show and tell.

 

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TERM 4, 2022 COURSES WITH DAVID GILES

@ STUDIO 11 ART GALLERY FREMANTLE

OR ON ZOOM

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Finding your Artistic Voice

In person or on line using zoom

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8 WEEK COURSE

VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

SESSION TIMES: 5 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30  You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. On line using zoom available Friday 10-1 session only.

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DATES: 7/8 October - 25/26 November

COST: $320 (Early bird price $280 pay by 4 September - BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks

 

Term 4 2022, my 8 week class will focus on individual mentoring to help you develop your own artistic voice. Each session will begin with group discussion about what your artistic purpose is and approaches to finding your own unique artistic voice. 

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I will also do a demo which will be a snapshot of my own journey to find my unique voice. Something I have been pursuing for many years. 

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All sessions conclude with an informal show and tell / review where you can talk about your painting and reflect on your practice and what your message as an artist is, or could be.

 

All participants can join the Freedom School Social Site private Facebook page where you can view a demo each week by David Giles and share your work and seek feedback.

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All participants can also exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition 3-18 December, with total prize pool value of $5000.

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TERM 3, 2022 COURSES WITH DAVID GILES

@ STUDIO 11 ART GALLERY FREMANTLE

OR ON ZOOM

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Art and Self Expression

In person or on line “creative therapy” art course

with David Giles

8 WEEK COURSE

VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

SESSION TIMES: 5 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30 or Sunday 10-1. You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. To attend on line you will need zoom on your device. 

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DATES: 15/16/17 July  – 2/3/4 September

COST: $320 BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

Payment please to bsb 036306 account David Giles 532506 - please confirm booking before making payment thanks

 

Each session starts with a short painting demo by David Giles (approx. 30 mins) and concludes with an (approx. 45 mins) show and tell review where you can talk about your painting and the process and insights you have learnt from it. This enables you to reflect on your painting practice and what you are saying to yourself (and the world) through it.

 

The goal is not necessarily to finish your painting in the session though often this is the case. Works can be finished at home and posted on our private facebook page for further comment and feedback.

 

All participants can exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition with total prize pool value of $5000.

 

Term 3 we will look at some very expressive contemporary artists and use their work as inspiration for our own

 

Week 1          Claire Kirkup  

Week 2          Llewellyn Skye

Week3           Frederik Lindskor

Week 4          Rikke Lilholt

Week 5          Jason Craighead

Week 6          Jane Burton

Week 7         Freestyle: Finding your own artistic voice

Week 8         Freestyle: Finding your own artistic voice

 

I have been teaching painting as a creative therapy process for nearly 30 years with more than a thousand people participating in my programs over that time. Whilst many have gone on to become multi award winning artists my main goal has always been to help people use creative processes to connect with their inner creative self and learn to become more free, authentic and fulfilled in their lives. As well as running my own private programs I have trained and worked for many years as an arts worker in the mental health field, working in various “creative therapy” processes based on positive psychology and transpersonal approaches to support people to use art to connect with their inner self and live more conscious lives. In these course I bring all this experience together, along with my success as a multi award winning exhibiting artist, to support you to use art to connect more deeply with your inner self, feel the bliss of pure creativity, and learn, through painting, to open your heart, let go and embrace the divine within, embrace the mystical, the wonderful and the enigmatic, “Inner Creative Self’. I hope you will join me on this journey of self - discovery. 

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TERM 2, 2022 COURSES WITH DAVID GILES AT STUDIO 11 ART GALLERY FREMANTLE

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Art and the Inner Self

In person and on line “creative therapy” art course with David Giles

8 WEEK COURSE (AVAILABLE IN PERSON OR ON LINE)

VENUE: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

SESSION TIMES: 5 to choose from. Friday 10-1 or Friday 1.30-4.30 or Saturday 10-1 or Saturday 1.30-4.30 or Sunday 10-1. You attend one session a week and choose which session to attend. To attend on line you will need zoom on your device. 

NB DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND ONLY SUNDAY SESSION 10-1 HAS VACANCIES THIS TERM 

DATES: 29/30 April / 1 May – 17/18/19 June

COST: $320 ($280 early bird price - pay by 9 April) BYO acrylic paints and brushes. Easels, tables water jars palettes etc provided 

BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com www.davidgilesartgallery.com

 

Each session starts with a short meditation and painting demo by David Giles (approx. 30 mins) and concludes with an (approx. 45 mins) show and tell review where you can express your feelings about your painting and the process and insights you have learnt from it. This enables you to reflect on your painting practice and what you are saying to yourself (and the world) through it.

 

The goal is not necessarily to finish your painting in the session but to create enough to show and express your feelings. Works can be finished at home and posted on our private facebook page for comment and feedback.

 

All participants can exhibit in the end of term Freedom School Art Awards Exhibition with total prize pool value of $5000.

 

Based on my book “Painting as a spiritual practice” we will explore three different techniques of painting associated with aspects of personal and spiritual growth which are outlined below. After each technique we will apply this technique the following week to a landscape / seascape subject matter but still with a focus on expressing our feelings rather than representing objects or what a landscape looks like as such.

 

Week 1          Calming the mind: Blended colour fields techniques

Week 2          Applied blended colour field techniques: Mystical Seascape

Week3           Opening the heart: Lyrical mark making techniques

Week 4          Applied lyrical mark making techniques: Impressionistic landscape

Week 5          Letting go: Expressive gestural mark making techniques

Week 6          Applied expressive mark making: Expressive seascape

Week 7          Embracing the divine: Finding your own artistic voice

Week 8          Embracing the divine: Finding your own artistic voice

 

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Term 1 2022

‘Abstract Landscape’ Painting with David Giles 

In person, Fridays 1.30-4.30 at Studio 11, Fremantle

Live on zoom Sundays 10-1 or 1.30- 4.30 

In this course we will discuss and explore our own take on three abstract expressionist painters, who whilst their paintings are very abstract draw inspiration from the landscape around them or memories of environments they have experienced. I call their work “abstract landscape” painting but it is not necessarily a term they would use. However, painting abstractly about the environment around me and how it makes me feel has always been a driving force in my practice and is something I would like to explore further. I invite you to join me in a journey of exploration.

 

Each session begins with a live demonstration by David Giles and concludes with a friendly and supportive show and tell where you can talk about your work and get feedack.

 

VENUE FOR IN PERSON: Studio Eleven 11, Captains Lane, Fremantle 

SESSION TIMES IN PERSON: 1.30-4.30 Fridays; 

SESSION TIMES ON ZOOM: 10-1 Sundays or 1.30-4.30 Sundays

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DATES IN PERSON: 18 February - 9 April

DATES ON ZOOM: 20 February - 11 April

COST: $320 BYO acrylic paints and brushes.

(Canvases available for sale at Studio 11 or bring your own)

 

Term 1 2022 Program contents

We will spend two weeks on three different artists with the last two weeks free for you to explore your own style.

Week 1         Krista Harris

Week 2-        Krista Harris

Week 3 -       Leah Thiessen

Week 4 -       Leah Thiessen

Week 5 -       Bobbie Burgers

Week 6 -       Bobbie Burgers

Week 7 -       Freestyle

Week 8 -       Freestyle

 

SUITABLE FOR ALL LEVELS INCLUDING COMPLETE BEGINNERS

BOOKING: 0416 079 204 or davidgilesartist@hotmail.com

Payments to bsb 036306 account david giles 532506.

Please book before making payment thanks. 

Full payment of fees is required to confirm bookings. Fees are not refundable 

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