Artist
It all started when…
About ten years ago I found myself looking at a very large blank wall after I had given away a large piece of furniture to my parents. I had an excuse to go shopping! First I found just the right accent table to hold my favorite decorative jars and a beautiful lamp. Then I needed a beautiful piece of art to hang above the table. I looked. And I looked and I couldn’t find anything I loved. It needed to be large. It needed to be cool, unique but sophisticated. It needed not to come from Hobby Lobby and it needed to be within my budget. I couldn’t find it.
It was a Saturday night and I was feeling creatively challenged. I had crap in my garage. Literal crap left over from design projects that I had completed. I purchased a large blank canvas, set it on the floor and began to create. I wanted texture so I accidentally created a material that I could add to my paint to build up texture. I intentionally broke a glass vase that I never liked…I believe it came from an ex-boyfriend…and it felt great to break! I digress…
I added the glass to my painting, let it set and the next day hung it on my wall. Later that week I had a get-together and a woman who I had never met before asked me where I got my painting. I told her my story. She wanted to know how much I wanted for it. I stood looking at her with my mouth open because I was shocked and confused which left me speechless which was a surprise to everyone in the room! She left that night with my newly created painting in her car.
The next day I created another one while wondering if what had happened was a fluke. So, I showed up at a home show in another city (just in case it was a fluke and no one would recognize me in case I bombed) with four paintings. That is all I had time to create in the time that I had and I was scared to even bring the four. They all sold in the first thirty minutes.
It was not a fluke. I have spent the last ten years cultivating relationships, creating original works of art and having the privilege of selling my work all across the United States. I am grateful and I am blessed. If you would like to see some of my work, please follow the link. Just be advised: Photos do not do them justice. It is nearly impossible to accurately capture the texture, sheen and sparkle of any given work of art. If you would like to talk to me about a painting, please send me your information below and I will get back to you just as soon as I can.
