Robert: “Do you have a goal Robert: “What drives you and your emotion in mind in regards to how art? Are you trying to prove something to you want your art to resonate with yourself or anyone else?” trapped in her mind are vivid,
your audience? Or is the art just America: “Inspiring others drives my art, haunting, beautiful and inspiring.
about making money? Or is it a like I said, I just want people to look up from Her desire and drive to express her
combination?” their phone while walking down the street. I feelings in Art and word is truly
America: “The art is never about am trying to prove something to myself and moving and the lives she touches
making money, my goal as an artist is that is that if you practice something with her presence are changed
to evoke any emotion from the viewer, constantly and stay determined and never forever.
no particular one. It would be cool if ever give up, you can be one of the greats.” Robert: “If you had a message
my mural caught someone’s eye and This Art installation project inspired to share with your fans and
got them to stop, look up from their America to move into a totally new direction followers of your art, what
phone and say, WOAH (sic)!!” with her loud, big, beautiful and incredible would that be? Would you
America’s proudest Artistic moment, to Art. She is currently creating a series of encourage or discourage them to
date, is the Martini Glass permanent murals in all 50 states, called ‘America emulate you?
Art installation she and I placed on top paints America’ and this would give her the America: “My message for
of a historic building in downtown Fort distinction of being the first Artist to followers is to find your creative
Wayne that currently houses Club Soda accomplish this feat. expression, whatever that may be
restaurant. She wants to be loud with Robert: “Who has made the greatest and use it as a tool. Use it to get
her Art and thought that should include impact on your art and why”? through hardships, heart break,
putting something on top of a building America: “A lot of people inspire me, I addiction or whatever you need to
if she wanted. We built the Art as a travel the United States looking for my get through. I would not
fundraiser for Cancer Services to favorite mural artists so I can watch them encourage them to emulate me,
provide patients with Yoga and other paint. I would say my greatest influence has find your own style, that’s the best
positive outlets to help them manage been John Pugh. He’s an absolute fun. He part!!”
their disease. The piece is a 10’ paints buildings and people from all over diameter by 11’ long clear plexi-glass travel to help him for free. I want to be just Martini Glass that had 1300 blue like him when I grow up. I can literally call balloons cascading out and had him anytime and he always has the best matching donations for the patients advice for me and it’s always what I need to with each balloon. hear right in that moment. I quit my job to
happy, introverted and extroverted
r all at the same time. The images
go help him with a mural.”
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