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Massachusetts woman gives up career to follow dream of becoming artist - CBS Boston (cbsnews.com)

The title just about sums it up. It's not easy to leave the stable job, the laid-out path, the expectations...and you definitely don't see results right away. But I waste no breath in saying that following my dream to be true to myself was the right the thing for me. I didn't start painting until I was 32 years old. I always loved the "idea" of being an artist, but I never thought it was something that I was or could do. I was wrong.

Being a full-time artist is hard work, but it is worth it and I'm grateful for every moment, good and bad, that I get to explore this amazing new path.

Big thanks to WBZ TV for this segment which I feel really authentically captures me and the work I do.

Cheers to all artists (whether you know it or not) who are creating in all ways big and small. And thank you to everyone who loves and appreciates art and artists. You very truly put the food on my table.

It's hard to believe that it was already (or is it only) four years ago that I picked up a paintbrush for the first time. I had been having dreams every night of yellow flowers being painted in a black sky. At first, I thought it was some sort of strange metaphor about the pandemic, or maybe it was some indirect message from the recesses of my mind bringing me comfort in a time of trial. Perhaps it was a passed on loved one telling me to plant flowers? Eventually, my partner bought me a watercolor set and some brushes and said "maybe you should just paint..."

Well, I may have not known then, but my life would never be the same again.

Fast forward to now and I cannot imagine a life without painting. I have made so many friends, acquaintances, and colleagues through this career of total passion (and a little insanity). As a full-time artist my livelihood is entirely dependent on community. Businesses showing my art, people buying or commissioning art, and total strangers sharing my work with others. It's a game of "total surrender" and for a long time has felt like a big gamble.

I am so grateful to be on this path and painting pieces that resonate for people, pieces that bring a sense of peace, wonder, and joy.

Thank you to my clients, collectors, and colleagues for being on this journey with me. I cannot wait to see where we go next!