About Jay Harley

 

 

Art

• Published in a variety of media
• Entertained audiences with drawings and caricaturing in public presentations, workshops and training environments
• Illustrator - Reptiles Australia magazine
• Illustrator - Aquarium Keeper magazine
• Illustrator - Ozbike magazine
• Illustrator - Ozbiker Nation magazine
• Illustrator - ICPA online journal magazine
• Web Site Designer & Webmaster for www.paccoa.com.au

Background 

• Senior management - government & non-govt human services in Australia and abroad
• Probation and Parole Officer
• Journalist & Editor
• Graphic Artist
• Radio Broadcaster & Commercial Voice-Overs
• Missing Persons Investigator
• Australian Army Reserve Officer
• Salvation Army Officer
• Theatre Producer
• Publicist
• Teacher, Trainer & Lecturer
• Life & Business Coach ; Counsellor
• Conference & After-Dinner Speaker
• Author
• Video Script Writer & Producer 

 

Education

• Left school at 14
• Certificate in Radio and Television Broadcasting
• Certiicate in Podcasting
• Certificate: Customer Service
• Cert IV Frontline Management
• Cert IV Management and Leadership
• Cert IV Workplace Training and Assessment
• Certified Life Coach
• Diploma in Community Welfare
• Bachelor of Arts (Social Science)
• Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary School teaching)
• Master of Arts (Comparative Religion)
• Master of Counselling
• Doctorate in Criminology
• Wrote a text book "Where Two Ways Meet" - the history of parole and probation in New South Wales (See "Publications & Links" on this website)

 

Always wanted to be, but never was ...

• A Military Chaplain
• A famous, anonymous, graffiti artist like Banksy

 

Memberships

• International Corrections and Prisons Association
• Ulysses ("Growing Old Disgracefully") motorbike association
• Harley Owners' Group (HOG)
• WIRES (Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation)
• Australian Cartoonist Association
• International Coaching Federation

 

Loves

• Aussie Hip Hop
• Salvation Army bands and timbrels
• Making the other person a "star"
• Her children more than anything else in her world
• Body piercing
• Psychic phenomena
• Dressing up as a Nun, and the opportunities it brings for engaging with people
• Laughter, generosity, and kindness to strangers
• The passion and tenacity of William Booth
• Spiritual discoveries and Inter-faith dialogue
• Saying "What does it matter, in the light of eternity?"
• Learning Auslan sign language
• Her 94 year old Mum and the beautiful memories of her Dad
• Random Acts of Kindness 

Dislikes

• Bureaucracy
• The school system (Why are teachers on such a power trip? And why don't they exhibit passion for their art?)
• Power imbalance
• Institutions
• Intolerance
• Ingratitude
• People taking things too seriously. What does it matter, in the light of eternity? We're just pilgrims, passing through.

 

Supports

• World Vision
• The Salvation Army
• Rural Fire Brigade
• Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Service

 

 Voluntary work

• Art for charities
• Raising orphaned kangaroos at home
• Voiceovers

 

 

Doctor Jay and her beautiful Paddy who will soon be released. He is an art critic.

 

 

Sister Jay & Sister Glenda on the steps of the Sydney Town Hall