From Hobbyist to Professional: The Unexpected Journey of an Artist

There are so many things I’ve Learned over the years as a professional artist that I just had no idea about growing up as a young artist. I didn’t grow up desiring to be a professional artist or to make a career out of art, necessarily, but I did. I did enjoy it a lot. And I drew all the time, I painted all the time, I made art all the time, and I was creative in other. In other ways as well. But I didn’t think that it would be a very reasonable career path or sustainable job opportunity for me. I mean, it did sound really cool. And honestly, thinking back at that, I’d probably want to be this, like, a professional artist over anything else I could. I could desire. It just didn’t seem realistic. And also, I didn’t have that intention behind drawing. I just really enjoyed it.