In Style

Seems that I'm am the lucky artist who's name was drawn out of a hat and I am the featured artist for the 2019 February edition of Style magazine. Style magazine is a regional publication covering; Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Folsom, El Dorado Hills, El Dorado County and Lincoln, California. The author was interested in my family inspiration to start watercolor painting which was the main topic of the article.

If there's one thing that is worth taking away from the article it is how I started painting after middle age for no particular reason except curiosity about family. If I can do it, so can you. It really doesn't matter what the end product looks like, the important part is that you take that step and to follow your heart. You don't know what you can do unless you sincerely try it and persevere. Which leads me to this story...

When I was in high school, a friend's mom kept saying to me I wish I could paint and do art. My response is always why don't you just do it. She would say, but I'm not good enough. This went back and forth on for decades. A quarter of a century later, she finally joins an art club and creates art by painting and drawing. She loves it and her works were are admired by the art club. The painting continues for a few years and she is so happy that she followed her heart. Then she says to me, I wish I had started sooner. About a year later, she died of cancer. I attended the funeral in San Francisco and at the memorial were members of her art club that spoke glowingly of her art and passion for it. At the memorial were many easels displaying her artwork. It was a very sad day but I was happy that she finally took that step and painted. And that is a lesson for everyone, take that step for whatever you want to do, and it's not just about art. Life is short.