I never intended to sell my artwork. In fact, I laughed the first time someone asked me if I did. The thought that someone might pay me to do something I found so rewarding was one I never had. After painting for nearly ten years, I was starting to accumulate a lot of paintings around my house. I saw a tiny little ad in the West Virginia newspaper in the new town we moved to. They were looking for artists to be part of their arts festival in the town of Romney, WV. For only $20 you could set up a tent (that I didn’t have) and sell your art. If you stayed all day at the festival, they gave you the 20 bucks back. What could I lose? So l gathered up the art I already had, and threw together some more. I ended up selling over a dozen paintings and making hundreds of dollars. People asked me for my card, or email. I didn’t have anything ready, so I wrote my old hotmail email on pieces of paper. That one little event has led to me selling hundreds of paintings and dozens of commission pieces. Now that I’m back in Central Pennsylvania, it’s time to start painting and selling again. Thank you for the support!