Love Lee Mural's and ART!
Video of artists Lauren Lee, Chrystal Chandler, and Kyllan Maney working! My Last post was about GreenHaus, and one of artists mentioned was Lauren Lee. When I met Lauren she had just recently made a decision to jump off the artists cliff and free fall without a financial net!! Lauren graduated in 2007 from Arizona State University with a Bachelors in Fine Art and from there went on to teach art for five years at The New School for the Arts and Academics in Tempe, Arizona. Lauren Lee had just finished her iconic 'Three Bird' mural on the East side of the GreenHaus building. The Tri-Birds is now an iconic image everyone downtown is familiar with. If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend checking it out in the next couple weeks as it WILL be gone soon. Kyllan Maney in the video has also been a huge inspiration to me, but I plan on writing more on her in a different post.
Lauren is a huge inspiration to me as I constantly observe her pushing herself to create new works of art. She engages with patrons at her art events, and bridges that interaction that I myself find so difficult. She is an artist for pay and lives soly off of her creative endeavors. I feel fortunate to be around artists who push them selves and lift up others. Lauren has also been part of the a community garden, and engages in different neighborhood activities. Lauren has set specific deep goals for herself and can also be found teaching classes to share her knowledge and skills.
When we as creatives take a leap and let the river flow us through destinies path....magic can happen. The impacts can inspire and spark others. Imagine if.... Madonna, Amy Poehler and Tina Faye, Jane Austin, Georgia Okeef, and others didn't take that leap. The trick is to value our work in a monetary way that pays for the work we do and the materials we use.