Tish McAllise Sjoberg has been creating art daily for over twenty. What began as a one-year project of doing art daily to honor her mother's death and her mother's regret that she had not become an artist, ignited a lifelong passion of using the arts to live a more inspired life. She began making art daily that first year and has never stopped. Art is woven into the fabric of her day, the fabric of her life. She now calls it her Creative Practice.Tish has believed since she was a young child that everyone can create, not just a select few. Through her Expressive Arts Therapy training she began to find her inner artist, and since, has been offering the arts to all who want it for helping and healing. Her own path to creative confidence began by finding the simplest way to jump in and overcome her fears of the blank page. The scribble is a favorite as well as blind contour portraits. Tish hopes to create every day for the rest of her life so she and the world know that she lives the life of an artist, and her life is the evidence. Her Creative Practice is a place where she processes her day, her inner world, the events in the bigger world, and comes home to herself. Her daily art is her spiritual practice. Tish is a painter, writer, scribbler, and photo historian. She also loves improvisation through music, dance, performance, and even singing a few lines when she feels courageous.Tish is a daily artist.Her books are an extension of her desire to create safe spaces for all to express-reaching out to creatives everywhere. Her books were written as part of her Creative Practice-showing up 5 minutes or more a day until they were complete.Tish received her Masters in Expressive Arts Therapy, Coaching and Education from the European Graduate School in Switzerland and the Expressive Arts Institute of San Diego. Her studio, Expressive Arts @ 32nd & Thorn in San Diego, is a vibrant safe place for people to explore creative expression and find their creative confidence. There are offerings in all the art disciplines: visual art, movement, music, writing, and drama.
