| A Color Affair and How It Came To Be My name is Michelle Black and I am an artist. I have always loved sketching and painting; creating something out of nothing. And now that I have started my own business, I figured you might want to know (or I want to tell) where it all came from and maybe where it's going. I first realized I wanted to be an artist when I was in the 6th grade. Sometimes, it's hard to think back that far but it eventually comes around. I took an art class while I was going to Ed White Middle School in San Antonio, Texas. It was in that art class that I fell in love with art. It may have been the art teacher, who was just the coolest adult I had ever met at the time or it may have been because I could draw football players and skateboarders, solely to gain the attention of the boys in the class. Most likely, the art I was creating was the first real thing I took pride in and felt good about myself while creating the art and when I finished the piece. And I was only a chubby 12 years old with a face full of pimples when I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I wanted to create ART! I continued my Art Classes all the way through high school, Duluth High School in Duluth, Georgia where my family moved to when I was a freshman. Well, I wanted to be this big, famous artist and get paid to do what I love ... But then Life Happened. Too many other exciting things happened in my life and I just kind of put my art on the shelf and watched it collect dust for a number of years before I picked it back up again. As both my children were born and growing, the three of us (single mother then) moved to Savannah, Georgia where I became inspired again after so long. The city, the people and the art in that city would move anyone so I was no exception. I started painting again, drawing into the wee hours of the morning, painting anything and everything I could. When I couldn't afford canvases, I could afford cheap wood. When I couldn't afford paint, I used pencils or found old house paint. Some of the paintings you see on my website were created during my two-year stay in Savannah, while others were created after I moved back to the Atlanta area, at the time, Lawrenceville. In June of 2007, I met the man I was meant to be with, through a website some people have heard of, a few that have been on and one that everyone laughs when I say it. www.plentyoffish. com is the site and though it sounds corny, that's where I met my NOW Husband, Danny. My Danny is not only my best friend and sole mate; he's also the one that inspires me to do great things. He’s supportive, attentive and very kind to my children and me! My kids and I just adore him. Whether it's my art, my website or folding Danny’s clothes, he wants me to be the best I can be. I don't know if I have ever had that kind of inspiring person in my life so I will soak it up while I can and try not to disappoint him. Danny and I bought our first home together on June 11th and turned around and got married on June 20th, 2008. The week of our honeymoon (woo-hoo), we spent most of our time (not all of it, mind you) working around the house. We painted the kids' bedrooms and decorated all that we could. This includes my ten year old son's room. He wanted a soccer ball on his wall with his name on it and begged me to paint it for him. So I sat down at my table and drew and drew until I got that soccer ball down right. Then I went up and painted my son's mural; after many experiments and errors later, he had a custom mural. I had so much fun painting that soccer mural and decorating his room that I thought I could do this for a living! And that's how the mural business took off. I took pictures of the mural and placed an advertisement on www.craigslist.com on July 7th, 2008. I said “Custom Murals for Sale” and “Let’s talk about what you would like to see in that special space” … and people started emailing me! And now you know the history … stayed tuned for the present … so I can have a future! |
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| Michelle Black Muralist & Owner 770-365-7516 michelle@acoloraffair.com Loganville, Georgia Metro Atlanta Area |
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