The Artist's Eyes by Jenn Lee

When I started my family, I always hoped one or more of my children would have my passion for art. Sure not everyone feels they have a talent as an artist, but in my mind, every person has an artist inside them. It’s all about finding your niche and how to grow it.

As my children have gotten older, it surprised me to see which one has joined me in the art field recently. My oldest son Vincent has always shown signs of being a naturally talented artist, but his interest isn’t in it as a career. He can mimic drawings really well, but rarely draws as he’s gotten older. My youngest two, Michael and Alexis are always drawing. I think I must go through a package of printer paper every couple of weeks. Michael is more of a fantasy/ military artist and Alexis can draw just about anything from her mind. She has a photographic memory of characters she has seen. Jessica, my second oldest, never really seemed interested in art of any sort, but recently surprised me by joining me to work on my latest mural project.

My mural assistant & daughter Jessica

I feel comfortable with her working on this portion of our project, while I focus on adding details in other areas of my mural project. I believe she will learn more steps as we go along. It’s fascinating to watch the changes a person makes once open to learning new things. I believe she has a new appreciation for the many aspects of being an artist.

Our project deadline is coming close to an end. I am confident we will have it completed by Wednesday, barring no big catastrophe with the contractors working in the store. We are both quite excited to see this projects advancements as well as seeing her ability to see my vision and assist me in carrying it through.

I asked her as we were driving home yesterday, if she wanted to work with me on future projects and she said she definitely did. I couldn’t be more proud and surprised in my late bloomer apprentice artist.

I think my point to this topic is, that a person can do anything if they are open to learning. Creativity as an artist is being able to think outside of the box. If you can imagine something or see it in your head you can create it. It might come slower to some than others but you can be what ever you want to be.

I hope that my other children further their interests in art and maybe one or two of them join me, as well, as they get older. In the end, I am very excited to see my business go from a sole entity, to a family business. A family that plays together, stays together can also apply to a family that works together, stays together. This is a very happy moment for me….in this artist’s eyes.