Happy 10th Birthday, Hopscotch Art! It’s hard to believe that 2014 marks a decade of sharing my art with you. To celebrate this special birthday, I created a new card from my watercolor of chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and crumbles of mini peanut butter cups on top (it’s gluten-free cake, of course!).
New Greeting Card coming in May!
Being a private person in the beginning, I created solely for my family and my friends. They were grateful and complimentary, as F&F always are. For those initial kindnesses, I’ll always be grateful. Grandpa, bless his heart, said “She’s like our Georgia O’Keefe.” I wasn’t, of course, but grandparents are the bestest kind of people.
As bravery increased, so did the need to share. I always loved Show N’ Tell in grade school. It brought me out of my shy nature.
Greeting cards were a small, safe way to ease my way out of the yellow art room with my art. Then painting with watercolors stole my heart! As I began to show my work and put my timid self out there, I met some really great, hard-working, passionate people. Mr. Montague’s card shop in Cherry Creek was my first official retailer, and I will always recall his welcome enthusiasm for my work.
I agree with Bobby Solomon’s quote: “Put yourself, and your work, out there every day, and you’ll start meeting some amazing people.”
Thank you to all the amazing people I’ve met through art!
“I had no idea I could DO this!!”