Artist based on the prairies of North Dakota
Art is the only thing I have ever really wanted to do. Being an artist has been my dream from the very beginning. I have never wanted to get rich from my artwork. Instead, I want to be able to make enough to be able to give it away. I believe art brings people together. It heals, it brightens the world. Case Art isn't just another art store, it is my way of helping others through art.
This old piece of spalted maple was on the "to be burned" pile. It was a discard. Didn't make the cut so to speak. It reminded me of how often we feel we are not good enough to be used to make something beautiful. To be special to someone. But I could see past its current state and imagined what it could be. I gathered a few pretty, polished stones. I picked a small flower. Made something useful and beautiful out of the scraps to be burnt. Sometimes it takes someone else to look at us and find the beauty. Sometimes we can look within ourselves and find it. But each and everyone of us has a purpose. Each one of us has beauty.
Spalted maple trivet with epoxy poured corner. Approximately 7.25 x 7.5 inches.
No matter where life takes me, I vow to never stop using my art to help others. The talents we are given are meant to be cultivated and to be used to improve the lives of our fellow humans. It is a greater gift to give of these talents than it is to use them simply for personal gain.
Artist based on the prairies of North Dakota