My Mentor

If you bounce around the blog

world or have ever been to

Chartreuse and Co. 

where I have a shop

you've met my friend,

Molly Strong.

Or you've stopped by because you bounced

over from Molly's "Market Monday" link party where she encourages us to share our latest projects!

This is the first time I
have participated, so thank you
for stopping by!

Molly, also part of Chartreuse, 
is an incredibly talented 

artist, a really good friend and

one of the two people in the world

that makes me laugh the hardest!

Take a look at some of what

Molly has created and you'll see

what I mean:

The girl has talent!  

But more than anything, 

Molly has been an inspiration to me.

She encourages me.

She believes in me.

I never thought I had any artistic

talent, but Molly taught me to 

believe in myself, to reach deep 
and draw upon

that which defines who I am:
  

the pain, the joy and the sorrow.

So, I may not have the same talent 
as Molly does, but I am thankful to her, 
because without her encouragement 
and her faith in me, 
I never would have picked up 
a Sharpie marker and created this:

I know, amazing, isn't it? 
  

And to think I have had 
absolutely no formal training!

Incredible!!

Can't you just feel the JOY 

coming off the "canvas"?

The sense of flight, 

the raw emotion, 

the realistic portrait of

an American family on 

a summer day! 

Juxtaposing with 

the oppressive, down-trodden 
emotion of the dog, so 
clearly haunted by
being defined as  
"pet quality only"
his entire life!

I really do think I nailed it 
on this one!

People often say to me, 
"Gail, how do you define your art?".

Am I an impressionist, like Claude Monet, a surrealist, such as Salvador Dali, or a realist along the lines of Da Vinci?  

My answer?

I'm not sure.

My art career is still in it's 
infancy, I don't know where it will lead, therefore,

I hesitate to define my style. 

What do you think?  

I know what Molly thinks:  

The girl's got talent!   

(Now, go back and tell Molly I said hi!) 

(Limited edition prints available this weekend
in my shop at Chartreuse and Co.)