Artist Declaration
Better Late Than Never
She started at 50? Why not?
Stephanie is an award winning, multi-media artist in NW Georgia. Having earned her BA in Studio Arts in 1994 at UNH, she chose to marry and prioritize family life. Much of that time was spent making ends meet and raising her sons.
Decades later and navigating a series of life altering events, she and her husband relocated to Georgia. For years, Stephanie was riddled with doubts about her talent and how to pursue a dream of being a successful income producing artist. Perfectionism, like a dark cloud, always managed to be an ever present obstacle to overcome. Paralyzed with fear of failure, her art supplies continued to attract dust, silencing her creative voice. In 2022, she stepped out of the shadows of insecurity- bolstered by social media artist communities and shrugged off the yoke of fear and embarked on what has now become her mid-life artist journey.
Four years in, Stephanie is still celebrating a lot of artist “firsts” and is actively building a body of work. She has adopted the nickname "MidLifeArtist;" attributed to the timing of her emergence. A majority of her body of work is watercolor, acrylic and oil; but she also creates in graphite/charcoal, pastels, pen/ink and mixed media collage. She is inspired by the beauty of the natural world, portraiture and conveying concepts of cultural importance that can be seen in her emergent works.
She is concurrently creating exclusive artwork to contribute to both her world-building husband's tabletop role playing game (in development) and author L.M. Stephenson's writings. Additionally, she has opened her studio to selective commission requests and participates in regional art festivals. Her body of work can be viewed both in her online gallery and seasonally in local gallery exhibitions.
