Follow Your Dreams

Story Summary

Follow Your Dreams emerged as you stepped into a new adventure, listening more closely to the quiet call within. Inspired by travel, possibility, and the choice to design a life aligned with your heart, this creation reflects courage, curiosity, and trust. It honors the decision to leave the expected path and pursue what truly lights you up. The painting invites you to ask what your inner dream is and to keep moving faithfully toward it.

Story

As I was embarking on a new adventure in my life, I realized this was another wonderful message that I needed to share with myself. While #vanlife was never on my radar, I have always loved my time behind the wheel. At a conference back in 2016, I wrote a post card to myself with a goal to go on a long roadtrip. I was reminded of that after watching a video on Amazon Prime called “The Meaning of Van Life” and reading the book “Orange is Optimism” I decided I wanted to take on my own adventure of hitting the road. I realized that this looks different than what I thought and exactly what I needed. The names that I begin each painting reflect what is going on in my own life, and I feel the emotion comes through. I selected whites, blues and orange as I have found those are colors I tend to gravitate towards. The pieces came together. As I was painting this work, I realized that this piece might be one of if not the last works created in the home where I found my love of painting. It felt great to select the colors that I painted so many pieces while living there. As I was preparing to leave my home and sell my home I realized that my home helped me to connect to a deeper part of myself. The home inspired me and at the same time, the inspiration was coming from within me to share. I encourage you to dream (differently) and determine for yourself what you really want to do with these precious moments on planet earth. For years, society told me I should want this or that and it wasn’t until I decided what I really wanted...a lifestyle where I could be free to let go, explore and trust in life to find simplicity. I’m not sure how long #vanlife will be for me. I am open to the road ahead and where the windshield will take me...if I’m supposed to take this dream which leads me to a different dream I’ll see what life is presenting at the time. I have an open road ahead of me and the direction unknown and exactly headed towards the inner dream inside that is calling me to follow. I encourage you to “Follow your Dreams.”

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