Monica Dougherty

Artist • Author • Art Therapist

About Monica

My Creative Journey

Drawing • Painting • Writing

About Monica

Monica Dougherty

monica doughertyMonica is an artist, art therapist, author and teacher. After a few years working in TV production she left the bright lights of New York City and returned home to Chicago to follow new dreams. Along the way there were countless jobs as a temp secretary to pay the bills as she pursued a freelance art career. After fulfilling her biggest dream – becoming a mother – she went on to become an art therapist, author and art teacher. In her role as an art therapist she has worked with pre-school, elementary and high school students.

She also works at a facility which provides services for adults with intellectual, physical and developmental disabilities, offering creative opportunities for enhanced self-esteem, for the expression of feelings, for stimulating a sense of joy and supplying opportunities for success. She is a published author and creator of The Laughing Angels©, a whimsical and merry group of beings who inspired her first book, You’re A Miracle…Pass It On!

awardwinnerShe is also in the process of pitching her feature film script based on her historical novel, Rose’s Ring: Inheritors of Silence and Secrets, and you can read all about it by pressing Enter above. In May the script won Best Historical Drama at the Cambridge Script Festival!

When not working you can find her happily creating, listening to old radio programs, binging on favorite movies, and TV shows, spending time with her family and, with her band of Spirit Sisters,

Laughing Angels: A to Z

Laughing Angels A To Z:  There Is An Angel For Everyone!

Laughing Angels A To Z is a colorful and unique gift book introducing a whimsical group of merry beings, the Laughing Angels©, who are able to fly and skate across cultures and language barriers, speaking a global message of joy, peace, love and a Go Green message to boot!  The Laughing Angels wear striped stockings and polka-dotted wings in tribute to clowns and jesters.  Since earliest times clowns and jesters have been our truth-tellers.  In addition to pointing out our foibles, jesters and clowns have always known that the sound of people laughing is more contagious than any cold, sniffle or sneeze.

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The format of the book pairs each alphabet letter with a particular Laughing Angel, highlights other Angel names beginning with the same letter and includes an appropriate quote.  I envision Laughing Angels A to Z as a small, colorfully illustrated book available anywhere and everywhere there are angel devotees who will want to add this book to their own collection of angel lore or to give as gifts to friends and family (the perfect gift for hard-do-buy-for Aunt Tilly) or put in a Christmas stocking, an Easter basket or a bring to a friend stuck in the hospital.  It is a book that has appeal for both children and adults.

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