I have been an oil painter for many years and took up ceramics in 2020 and loved it. So now I do both with a passion! My favorite part of ceramics is the handbuilding, forming flowers and leaves and adding them to my pieces. It allows me to be creative in a different way than painting does. Within a year I purchased my own wheel, kiln, spray booth, you name it and I was off getting ready for my first art show selling my pottery.

Art has always been such a blessing in my life and even more so after I became deaf in 2013. I had had perfect hearing up until that time, so not being able to hear was a major adjustment for me and it became quite a challenge to socialize even with a cochlear implant. Having a passion that I enjoy so much has been such a lifesaver for me, helping me to adapt to my new world of struggling to hear the people around me. I find myself not wanting to be around people like I used to because it can be a lot of work to understand them especially in a group setting. I feel like the most blessed person in the world having my passion for art to sustain me. Thank you God and thanks to all of you for supporting my passion.

Karen