About the Artist...

Hello, my name is Teresa, I thought you might want to know how and why I started this business, so here goes...

I grew up as a local resident of St. Petersburg, one of six children. I have enjoyed drawing and painting since childhood. My mother reminded me that in the 2nd grade I took a bird encyclopedia my family had and drew numerous birds with incredible accuracy for a science project. That must have made an impression on my parents and later on my brother and I were enrolled to take art lessons where we learned to paint still-life and landscapes. That was my only formal training as an artist. Many years later, my older sister was teaching bible study for a local church and she asked my brother and I to paint several religious murals for their Sunday school classroom. What kid doesn't want to paint on a wall? We eagerly voluteered. That was my first attempt at mural painting.

Although I have always enjoyed art, I never considered a career in an art related field. I never thought of it as a way to make money. Art was simply a fun hobby that was useful now and then. I was always the one that drew the donkey for "pin the tail on the Donkey" for birthday partys(actually it was an elephant) for my siblings as we were growing up.....Artists, they have to be different! I have actually carried on this tradition of painting the "pin the tail" on whatever. It really depends on my niece or nephews interests at the time, as to what I paint. I love it though, they make me happy! Back in the day, I also would help out my teachers decorating their classrooms or making posters for some fund raising campaign. I have to say it is fun to think about these things and wonder how you got here.

My most recent, what I would call a "REAL JOB", was as a technical trainer, training clients to build and manage their websites. I still like to tinker around with websites and have changed this one several times to make additions and improvements.

What really got me started in this business was the birth of my niece. My sister wanted the perfect little girls room for her daughter. So I was asked to paint a mural for her room. That mural led to more mural requests and so on and so on, so here I am, getting to make money with what was once considered to be "JUST A HOBBY". Although I do more than just children's murals now, that is probably my favorite thing to do. I've seen the effect a mural can have on a child's imagination and ability to learn. At two years old my niece loves to paint. I think she spends almost as much time as I do getting her paintings exactly right before she moves on! If you ask her about her painting she will tell you she is painting an abstract! Ok, I taught her that...but she hasn't forgotten it! HEE HEE!

I encourage you to browse my photo gallery where you will see a sample of what can be done for you. Check back often because I am constantly putting up new photos. You can contact me by phone at 813-924-5288 or use the contact us form and I will call you! If you know a friend that could benefit from my service, please use my Tell-a-Friend page to send them a link. Thanks for visiting and I hope to hear from you soon!