Hear the voices of those living creative lives. Sculptors, Yoga teachers, marketing experts, writers, painters and more.
This site contains interviews you can read or listen to with people who make a living by engaging their passions.
Susan is an artist, writer and teacher. Michael is a writer, a professional voice talent and audio producer.
Here, we bring our talents together to tell the stories of creative people living creative lives. Our mission is to listen and learn, then share these stories with you in publications (examiner.com), iTunes podcasts, our website, your website and our blogs.
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A blank wall inspires an art mural in Beaverton
Chuck Wilson said to his wife one day, " I'm tired of looking at a blank wall. Would you be willing to paint a mural there?" Award winning artist Gina Wilson replied, "Sure.'
By the next day, Beaverton Sub Station owner Chuck Wilson had called the mayor, the Arts Commission and the owner of the building with the blank wall, Ickabod's Tavern. Everyone thought the idea was wonderful, but there was a catch.
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Visit the Beaverton Sub Station at http://beavertonsubstation.com
Helen Hollick pens a different path for the legend of Arthur
”I was just so intrigued that he might have been real though all of the stories of the knights of the Round Table, the Holy Grail, Camelot and Lancelot were said to be just made up. But as soon as I realized that maybe there was a real Arthur, I became fascinated.”
Author Helen Hollick remembers the stories she read as a child about Merlin and the young Arthur. But for Helen, it
was somthing in the back of a book that actually brought another sort of magic into her life.
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Read the book review at http://www.sculpturepdx.blogspot.com
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Visit Helen's website at http://www.helenhollick.net
Margie Lee: Following an intuitive path through art and life
“I have done a lot of different things, but I think that’s the way my art developed. It’s not just a straight path, that’s for sure.”
Margie Lee’s life path has led her across the country and Europe, and across the fields of geology, literature and art.
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Visit Margie's website at margieleeartworks.com
From the past to the future: Beaverton's new mural celebrates youth and hope
“My intention is not to portray a beautiful world, my intention is to portray a world
that is real but also one where we can overcome problems."
Working with 15 students from Merlo Station High School, Hector Hernandez, created a mural concept that spans the solar system, early Beaverton, the threat of global and their children.
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Visit Hector's website at hectorhh.com
Kitty Wallis: Artist, Teacher, Entrepreneur and Founder of Portland Open Studios
“I’ve spent many, many years waking up in the morning saying what do I feel like doing today? As an artist, do I feel like going into the studio? Do I feel like going out meeting people? Do I feel like getting reference material? I’m very young looking for my age. And I think that’s one of the reasons.”
From the streets of New York to a California commune, Kitty Wallis has always lived an artist’s life. As a child growing up in a small, poor Pennsylvania town, Kitty’s mother was proud of her artistic daughter and encouraged her to draw.
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Read the blog at portlandopenstudios.com
Workshops with Kitty Wallis at http://portlandpleinairandstudiopainters.blogspot.com
“Don’t Tell Fred”
Last year, when we visited with Teresa, she showed us a note found with a necklace she’d bought at an estate sale. It was a short handwritten note with more questions than answers. The mystery intrigued and inspired Teresa to make an art piece incorporating the note with the beads from the necklace along with other icons. The piece entitled, ‘Don’t Tell Fred’, is featured in the September/October issue of Fiberarts Magazine.
Teresa is a story- teller in beads. The stories she tells in her beaded tapestries, jewelry and sculpture are about the power of people discovering their abilities; from super heroines of comics and science fiction to the real mentors of her life.
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Visit Teresa's website at teresasullivanstudio.com
Kelly Neidig: Painting Landscape Memories
"I've painted and drawn ever since I can remember. Now, when I think of my memories a lot of the details are lost but I can remember the colors and how I felt."
Kelly Neidig remembers drawing birds in kindergarten, and they were so good, even her mother didn’t believe she’d drawn them. After winning an art contest in first grade, Kelly devoted most of her time to art. Growing up in a small town in Pennsylvania, Kelly went to schools that didn’t have any art programs, but she didn’t let that stop her.
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Visit Kelly's website at http://kellyneidig.com
Erin Donley: Marketing Her Truth and Yours
I was looking for an occupation that was really in line with my own truth," says Erin. "One that was engaging my creativity and integrity, where I was giving back in a deeper way."
Erin Donley's, Marketing Your Truth, began with an ending. Her first job in radio sales taught her a great deal about media and marketing but after eight years, she realized it was time to move on.
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Visit Erin's website at marketingyourtruth.com
Nicky Falkenhayn: Building a Studio of Her Dreams
"About three years ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. During chemo, my dream was to build the studio."
Three years later, Nicky Falkenhayn is putting in the electrical outlets, painting and plumbing to make her dream come true.
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Visit Nicky's website at www.nickyfalkenhayn.com
Patrick Gracewood: Sculpting a Living
“My first job out of school was sculpting for a high end mannequin company,” says Patrick. “I went from sculpting one life-size sculpture a semester to doing one every week and a half and getting paid for it. I had a beautiful studio and I was getting paid to do what I loved.”
Portland, Oregon sculptor, Patrick Gracewood is living a creative life and making a living with his sculpture work for many different businesses.
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Visit Patrick's website at http://www.gracewoodstudio.com
The Weitzers: A Passionate Life
"We could hear the sounds of suburban development marching toward us like a tidal wave. Pretty soon, I was teaching many of those who visited my bamboo oasis."
David and Janice Weitzer's passion for bamboo, food and yoga has led them to establish several successful home-based businesses. Following their own needs and personal passions, this couple currently operates a bamboo business, a massage therapy practice, a private yoga school and traditional Thai Massage classes.
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Visit the Weitzer's websites - bambooasis.com traditionalthaimassage.