My passion is art and anything that lets me create.
When I was a little girl, I loved drawing and creating little art works that my parents would give away to their friends. Two trips ago when I went to Denmark about three years ago, one of my parent’s family friends came up to me. He handed me a drawing that I drew for him when I was five. I was touched by his gesture and was shocked that he had kept my drawing for 24 years. Sometimes a simple thing such as a drawing can make someone happy.
In my later years, I started painting and create hand painted clothing for my girl Aaliyah and after many compliments and suggestions I started my hand painted boutique clothing business Unique Boutique.
People don’t know this but I get such a great satisfaction to see my works come to life and best of all capture the imagination of a child. To see their smiling faces and get the many testimonials is really what keeps me pick up a paintbrush every day. The greatest satisfaction of all is when I get fan mail from children thanking me for the perfect outfit.
Sometimes I don’t reveal the design until its all done, so it’s a surprise for the clients, of cause those are the customers that gave me full range of the design or have purchased a custom item from me before. In this design process something magical happens. I look at the plain pair of jeans and just let my creativity go wild. I don’t even know how the design will turn out, I just go with the flow. In addition this is also what makes painting so much fun it’s like a new adventure everyday.
Occasionally I have the famous artist moods everyone has heard about. When this special mood happens it’s a fantastic feeling. I can create and paint for hours and will not stop until my hands get tired of painting. When I am in such a creative mood people know not to disturb me. Many times I paint until 3 AM before I put my paintbrush down. However, as crazy as it may sounds it’s really a true blessing. You get a burst of energy like no other and you’re in a state of great satisfaction and creativity.
People ask me don’t I get sick of painting so much, but in reality it’s a great stress reliever, its like therapy. Some people might take out their stress in the gym but I just paint and sew. In the end I will have a finished a project and feel awesome that I have accomplished creating something new.
Looking back I have always had a passion for art and art history. I think the first time I really notice art was on a ceiling mural in an old Danish church in Copenhagen. The massive mural took my breath away, and I had an A-HA moment. I thought wow to paint and create like that would be wonderful.
Here is a picture of two of my murals that I have painted:
Art is all around us and to contribute wearable art to children and expose them to the old art of painting is an awesome feeling. They take a little piece of me in every custom item that I create and I am very proud of that.
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