Sometimes a super fun project comes along – this one has returned periodically for several years now 🙂
It started in 2017, when I was working as the courtesy shuttle driver for Bob Rohrman Toyota. Absolutely fascinating job, kid you not – I felt like Oprah. Everyone has a story, and that’s what I did all day long. Drove around and listened to people’s stories.
During down time between errands, I started painting the portraits of the service people. Then the sales team.
I’ve moved on to a different job, but I still return to update the faces now and then. It helps customers remember who they were talking to – and, it’s a dab of art in an unexpected place.
So very gratifying when people are delighted :).
I’ve gone through phases of enjoying various kinds of art – sometimes more abstract, sometimes more classic. Often “outsider” art, I agree with those who find it compelling. Right now I’m turned off by things that look machine-perfect. I like flaws and lumps, they’re human.
I also like painting clouds 🙂
