So, Why art ?

 

Star Hits Magazine 1985 

Yes, it all started in 1985 with this copy of Star Hits. I cut out the article and have it in my scrapbook. If you know me you know that in the 80's I was a huge Duran Duran fan. Like maybe a little over-the-top fan. Super obsessed and they dominated my life. It makes perfect sense because I thought I was an idiot so being obsessed with a band was much easier than algebra. Anyhoo, Nick Rhodes sharing with pubescent teens his favorite art. If Nick likes art I am going to like art too. Truly it was his liking Andy Warhol. I too started to like Andy Warhol. This lasted for many years ...just the Andy Warhol. As  I matured I moved on to other art. In 2015? I decided to take a trip to London on my own for about 3 weeks. Just wanted to figure out what I really wanted from life.

 

Edward the Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey 

I met Mrs Fitzgerald a docent at Westminster Abbey. I was wearing a bandana on my head because I swear first from my head and I don't want people seeing my sweaty hair. I have fairly pale skin and it was cold. So, I appeared really sick.  She inquired what I was doing there that day and I told her that I wanted to see where the old kings and queens were buried. I have a thing for British History. So, she took me to Edward the Confessor chapel in the Abbey and sat and was ready to explain to me the history of King Edward, but a group suddenly came up for a private tour We had to leave promptly. It was then that I decided I wanted to be a Docent and learn everything about art and art history.

 

The High Museum of Art  Atlanta, Georgia 

I returned back to Atlanta and signed up for classes be a docent at the High Museum of Art. I have returned to college to get a degree in art history and well... probably do nothing with it. I will have a degree in something that I love. Lots of  "I wish that I knew then what I know now." Instead of feeling like I could do nothing but retail.  I was terrible at retail too. I like to serve people, and help people but I am a terrible salesperson. So, yes, my inspiration to pursue art? Nick Rhodes and Mrs Fitzgerald.