01/04/2023
Hi, ya'll. This is a big announcement. A hard one. One that is incredibly upsetting but necessary. I know I don’t share too much of my personal circumstances via social media, but I have to be honest and transparent. I have been struggling for the last 8 months with keeping open and profitable. The orders I have form ya’ll have helped, however, with tax invoices coming in for the parish for the end of the previous year and being charged as if I have a brick and mortar location out of which to operate, in combination with the increase in gas, energy, and insurance prices I am no longer able to sustain. If you add in the cost of canvas (wood), paint, and other materials that have skyrocketed, you would see that I have taken a huge cut to my bottom line in sticking with my core belief,”Every person should be able to afford professional custom art for their home at a reasonable price.” I have absorbed too many of the costs to make ends meet. When the costs were not as high, when I would take a loss on any given month it was doable. Now though, it is no longer that way. Just like you, I have bills to pay, mouths to feed, and a place needed to sleep. I am tearfully trying my best to convey how each one of you has impacted my life. Even if I try to put it into words, I don’t think you could even begin to know the amount in which you have helped increase the confidence in which I have felt for myself and my skill set as a college educated Artist or made the child in me giddy with glee every time you have said you loved something I have created. It has been a dream since the young age of 4 years old. I remember telling my mom that I wanted to create art for the rest of my life. I remember telling her that I wanted to be on television for my art. I remember everyone telling me to sell my pieces. And I thank you.
(Please see the next post for the remainder of my love letter to you, Instagram cut me off I was writing too much.)
