Susie Barrett on Clubhouse

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Hi 👋🏻...I’m Susie.
Artist 🖼🎨 | Mother 🙍🏼‍♀️🙎🏼‍♂️🙎🏼‍♀️ | Spiritual Seeker 🙏🏻 | Healer 🌟💖 | Positive Mindset ☀️ | Single 47 | Pisces ♓️
www.susiebarrettART.com

This is the story of my journey to (he)art. I have always loved art. It was my favorite subject in school growing up. However, in college I wasn’t bold enough to study such a subjective field, so I settled on Journalism and then went on to obtain a Master’s in Media Arts with the intent to get my Ph.D and teach. Life had different plans. Fast forward three children and one divorce many years later. In 2013 and 2014, I was blessed with the opportunity to visit Hawaii several times. These trips absolutely changed my life. I was so entranced by the colors of the islands and the water, so vibrant I found them hard to describe. I would gush about them to people but they just couldn’t visualize what I saw in my mind. I could literally feel the colors and they made me so happy! It was during my last trip to Oahu where the pivotal moment starting my art journey occurred. I was walking downtown with my friend who had introduced me to Hawaii over the last several months. He stopped and looked inside a shop window and commented on a painting he liked. Instinctively I said to him, “I can paint that.” What possessed me to say that, I don’t know. I hadn’t picked up a paintbrush in over 20 years. Upon my return to the mainland, I bought my first canvas and painted my friend a thank you for his hospitality in Hawaii. The painting opened a flood gate, and paintings literally began pouring out of me. And seven years later, I haven’t stopped. I’ve experimented with different styles, mediums and surfaces, but my love of vibrant color has remained constant. I am so grateful for my friend and Hawaii and the path it has led me down. E pili mau na pomaika ‘I ia ‘oe 💞