Art is my passion. My meditation. My longing. My Dream
I will tell you what I tell my kids:
“You just have to take the chance; you have to leap and not be afraid to fall.
You will never know unless you try and so you should try!”
Lesa Sears
I was born and raised in Oregon and traveled all over the United States with my husband who was in the military. We landed in Fairbanks Alaska with our 5 children and decided to make this last frontier our home.
As my youngest child started full time school I decided it was time to go back to work. Then COVID hit and they all came home. What do I do now? I searched inside my soul and remembered I had always loved painting. When my babies where younger I would watch PBS shows such as Bob Ross and think, “I bet I can do that!” I got really good at One Stroke Painting and even taught a community class at Oregon State University. Throughout the years I had taken a few classes but constantly moving as a military wife I could never truly develop my talents.
As I was sheltered at home, I started watching YouTube tutorials on acrylic paintings and I picked up my brushes and sparked my passion again. Painting is where I found my happiness, my awareness, my love for life and the world around me. I was lucky to be asked to do an art show for a local store February 5, 2021 and from there things have taken off.
I have been on the front page of the local paper and was featured in a segment on our local news channel. I didn’t think I could make a career with my art but here I am striving to make that dream a reality! I want to be an example to older women—those who find themselves at a crossroad. The empty nesters. Those who feel they are too old to start living their dreams. It’s never too late to follow your passions. I will tell you what I tell my kids, “If you don’t try you will never succeed!”
Allow your passion to become your purpose,
and it will one day become your profession.
