The holidays may be long over, but with all of this year’s belated holiday gifts, my January has been busier than ever! Now that my own holiday season is winding to a close, I’ve had some time to look back on this wonderful season of gift giving and some of the faces that made it bright. Here are a few of the happy faces - people and pets alike! - who unwrapped joy and art this holiday.
Read MoreLast Christmas, this young woman, Emery, was surprised with the sweetest gift of art from her mother. Emery had been saving up for months to buy my work “Alpine Dreams.” Little did she know, her mom had decided to surprise her daughter by purchasing her dream painting for her.
Read MoreEvery year on Thanksgiving, we’re randomly assigned a family member to buy a Christmas gift for. On this particular year, I was asked to get a gift for my cousin who happened to have celebrated her first wedding anniversary just a few months prior. So for her gift, I painted her a wedding portrait. Her heartwarming reaction still brings me to tears.
Read MoreIn the second installment of my new blog series. Art Reactions, I’ll share with you one of the most rewarding parts of my job: making people happy (or better yet, making people happy cry!). See what makes gifting art so heartwarmingly beautiful!
Read MoreI’m not often there to witness the reactions to my work, but sometimes I do get sent a reaction video, and let me tell you, it makes my YEAR. In my new blog series. Art Reactions, I’ll share with you one of the most rewarding parts of my job: making people happy (or better yet, making people happy cry!), starting with this wonderful surprise reveal at this Spring’s Ardmore Art Walk.
