Amy Cohen Banker's Page

I did not find your comments insensitive at all. I would have to direct you to some
literature on color therapy and mental health as I know all about it but out of practice
in writing about it today. My regular email is amycohenbanker@earthlink.net and
maybe later on I can give you references on that. I do not really think about those theories when I work. I work from process and intuition and experience. I pick
a color that pleases me and then continue on and on from there. I have noticed that
the seasons, the location, the geography is influential first. Obviously, who I am
working near influences me. I am emotionally stronger than when I was younger but
I still feel the energy of others. I am truly an artist so my painting and self expression
seems to always come first. I will be interviewed tomorrow morning in Massachusetts
at 8:00 a.m. for a few hours about all of this by Judy Rosley. She is also an alternative
healer. I cannot tell you quickly about color and not everyone agrees. If you give me
another email address I will send you some attachments. I do not know psychology of
shapes. I work from my physical heuristic experience. If I am driving on hills I notice
I can paint with more circles and turns. If I am working near a highway and the river
and bridges then I do a few like that. But color is another thing. I prefer bright colors
and light and white but I just did one very dark one "Orpheus and Eurydice" in order
to express that narrative. So I work from narrative and to do fine art examples of
the poem or theme, not really illustrations, but fraught with color. Art therapy is different from fine art as a profession. Also, if I would do a commission then I would
take the client's ideas into account.