Featuring artwork, poetry, and and other literary content. I have many stories to tell. The most interesting stories are true. I became a serious artist in 2010. Finding What I'd been missing since I traded in my artistic interests for pursuit of a an Education. I did continue to write, however. In 2004 became disabled, . I stopped doing Creative art work at about the age of 14 years..After att
ending GVSU in 1996, I accepted a position at an advertising agency where I worked. Although I was a marketing major in college. I have never taken any art classes. But since I was a victim of a serious violient crime I had many challenges looming over me.. But somehow God intervened and restored my creative spirit. So with too much time on my hands I began to get busy and create when I was introduced to the Heartside Gallery & Studio. There I began a journey that has reawakened the writer in me and also the Art talent that had been hiding under the surface for so along. The last poem I had written was a piece for my sister Heather a gifted artist and Horse Trainer & Rider. In 1996, We lost Heather to a fatal car accident in her first Year at Kendall School of Art & Design at Ferris State University(FSU). She was on her way to work: She was only eighteen years old. . I read that poem at her funeral. Afterward I had writer's block for almost 15 years until one day a God intervened and my sister's spirit lead me into the Heartside Gallery Studio. I wrote a poem for the first time since I read that poem at my sister/s Funeral. I restarted writing again! Something spritual happened to me that day and about a year later started doing pastels, drawings and Painting. At Heartside Writers Group and I began writing for and delivering "The Spoon" ( a Collection Of Heartside Writings) in the Heartside and downtown Business area. In 2012 I was given the primary responsibility with the Heartside Writers Group for continuing the Spoon. Now, I had been delivering writing for and delivering the Spoon for a few years. When the founder of the Spoon turned over all the responsibilities over to us at the Heartside Writer's Group. We found Funding through a generous Heartside District busness owner. The owner of Clark Communications has funded "The Spoon: for the past three Years. I am thankful for all the volunteers and those who have helped us achieve our creative pursuits at the Heartside Studio and Art Gallery. Heartside Ministries since 1991, at 54 S. Division Grand Rapids has been the main catalyst for many artists and writers who have become disabled and Homeless in Downtown Grand Rapids. MI and wished to rekindle their creative spirit. Come see why Heartside Artists have been at the Cutting Edge Of The Downtown Grand Rapids, MI Art Scene for over 27 years. We Hope to see You Soon at The Heartside Gallery & Studio!
