My dad, John, and I share a bond that goes beyond family, built through our parallel journeys as artists. We were both educators—Dad in IT/Telecommunications, and me in Music Education—and both of us found art to be a powerful outlet. Growing up, I remember watching...
Martha has this to say about her journey as an artist: I wanted to paint earlier in life and I did complete several paintings on my own. However, due to obligations to family and work, painting was shelved. My return to painting was at the Paducah School of Art in...
I was born to parents who barely survived the Great Depression of 1939, so there was no money to waste, but my mother encouraged me in art and furnished me with basic inexpensive supplies. My daddy’s art consisted of drawing house plans on a napkin, and then built the...
Bailey has been drawing all her life and began painting in high school. She finds inspiration in traveling, nature, and art history, as well as characters and environments both whimsical and strange. Bailey’s preferred tools are ink, graphite, acryla gouache, and...
Sandi has the following to say about being an artist: I have been painting for about as long as I can remember. When I was a tot in church; we didn’t have Children’s Church way back then, but the kids sat with the adults in Big Church, I drew on a notebook Daddy had...
Julie Brigance has the following to say, as an artist: I, like many of my PAPA friends, have had a life-long love for art. Mine began with my talented, artistic mother. I grew up drawing and painting everything – even on Easter eggs. At school I was always decorating...
