A bit about me

I like to think I'm an open book. I'm an over sharer, an over thinker, and an over doer. I'm passionate, emotional, and probably a bit crazy. I love hard. I pretend to be tougher than I am. I am actually tougher than I ever thought I could be. I cry... a lot. I laugh more.

I paint to express my emotions, I paint to calm my noise, I paint to make people feel, I paint to transfer my drama onto canvas, I paint because I need to.

I am obsessed with photographs and the ability of a camera to freeze moments in time. I love being able to translate those moments into art, to capture the details that are missed simply because time passes too quickly to catch it all. I have a really terrible memory so I value the importance of a photograph to keep those memories for me.

I craft. I am forever looking at things and asking myself if I could paint them, turn them into this, or that. Make the kitschy signs I could never find or wanted to be more personal. Make that kids shoes more fun. Make that hat convey who the wearer is. I am addicted to making unique, customized items that will make someone feel special. When you give someone something that is only theirs, that represents them in some way, their reactions are always beautiful and give me that shot of serotonin that sends me flying. Making someone happy is a people-pleasers drug and at my core, I am a people-pleaser.

I'm also a Mom to the two coolest boys around, part of a wonderfully loving and amazingly supportive family, and the incredibly grateful friend to some of the most genuinely beautiful people. There are too many words to describe these gorgeous souls and what they mean to me, and not enough words to convey how impossibly thankful I am to have every single one of them in my life. I am a sucker for all of them and wouldn't have it any other way.

xoxo Claire