So, this month I have moved to Charlotte, NC which is about 2 hours from Greensboro, NC where I have called home for five years now. Five years is pretty much a max for the amount of time I live in one place, so it was quite a transition to pick up my life and move to another city this time. I had to leave behind all of the ‘roots’ I had established there which included my art studio and community of artists residing in the studios surrounding mine. I had to leave all of the contacts I had worked so hard on establishing for the five years while in Greensboro. Contacts for my art career, and let me tell you, those contacts were hard to establish! Lots of hard work!

I am optimistic about moving to Charlotte which is much larger than Greensboro, and has a larger art community, or should I say, a large variety of different art communities. I will get to meet more people and get a new studio and new clients and new energy flowing in the way of my artwork. New, new, new… all new.

I took down most of my artwork in the Triad area and have it now finding a home in my garage. That was sad; saying bye to people, saying bye to the homes of my artwork, saying bye to my ‘roots’.

After this sadness set in and I moved into my new home, I started to feel lonely. No more art peeps to talk to about the life of an artist, about new ways to make money using our incredible talents. Sigh.

Then I went out to my artwork stored in the garage and began to hang my favorite pieces throughout my home. As I hung, the artwork gave me a renewed sense of hope. My artwork is me, it is my essence, the very material that makes me who I am. It was then that my grieving ceased. Although I will miss the roots of Greensboro, my home is where my art is. And my art is my heart, thus the saying… home is where the heart is. It really is! Now I am looking forward to establishing new roots and sharing my beautiful work with these new people surrounding me here in Charlotte.

To be continued… J