As a child I was extremely creative and loved to express it mostly through singing and dancing, and a little scrapbooking. 

My mom was amazing at drawing and painting and part of me shied away from that type of art because I never thought I could create something as beautiful as she did. 

Fast forward many years to 2016 when a friend took me to a little painting class and I had the most amazing time. I was literally beaming with joy and wouldn’t stop talking about that class to anyone who would listen for about 3 days straight LOL!

I was so proud of the ocean wave with the bird I had created. It was so simple but added so much happiness and joy to my world and changed my life forever. 

After that day I have never stopped painting.

The floodgates had opened and I let myself paint whenever and however I wanted.

I wasn’t trying to be like someone else. Compete with another’s style of art. I simply started painting things I saw in my mind’s eye during sessions mostly.

Lots of be...

A few years ago a friend took me to a class, and I painted my first picture ever!

It was an incredible experience.

I was beaming and excited about the painting and the entire experience for days!

At first, I felt uptight and intimidated; I’d never done this before.

Many beautiful paintings were hanging everywhere, and I had no idea how I was going to make anything look half as good as those!

I realized so much about myself and life that day. Everyone was extremely friendly and calm, just having fun.

I allowed myself just to play and go along with whatever happened.

If I added too much of a color, I would simply adjust it by adding more water, less water, a different color whatever I felt guided to do.

I could feel the tension and judgment melting out of my body each time I would add more paint to the canvas.

I began to feel myself getting excited as a little child to the point I just kept a big grin on my face as I splashed paint around thinking of the endless possibil...