John Hart

     John L. Hart, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of Spirit Bear Art Farm, an artist and writers retreat on the West coast of Vancouver Island , an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria and has been a practicing psychotherapist for over 35 years. He considers his painting and photography a form of contemplative practice and has been studying with the distinguished John Nip for seven years in the Ling Lam tradition of Chinese Brush Painting. He is a member of the of the Studio for Perseverance in Study of Calligraphy and Art and the Studio of Harmonious Endeavors.