MY ART STORY
I’ve always loved art. As a kid I wanted to have messy hands and be creating fun stuff. Yet, somewhere along the way, I got it in my head that I wasn’t good enough to be a full-time professional, aka REAL artist, so it wasn’t worth my pursuit of art.
But I still loved art–looking at it, making it, being around it. But with grad school, marriage, and then kids, there was so rarely time for art. I was able to do some nursery and kid-themed paintings when I had a chance and I kept my art supplies in the midst of moves with the hope and intention to make more art in the future.
CREATIVE FOX
In 2011, things started to change. I got divorced and spent my limited budget to sign up for ZOETICA, a nine-month creative workshop for moms looking to rediscover creative energies. Creative Fox is a “spirit name” that I generated during one of the workshop’s exercises. This was a time of rebirth for me in many ways–it began my focused effort to make time for creativity in my life on a more regular basis.
In 2016, I was introduced to mosaics! I was still struggling with that ex-husband on several issues, had stress related to being a parent, and just the stress of daily life. Cutting tile and working with tile soothed my soul in a way that painting never did! I was hooked. You can read about my love affair with mosaics here.
I am forever grateful to Besty Gruy who taught me the basics and helped get me hooked on mosaics. She’s a great resource for anyone in South Texas, visit her at sugarloosestudio.com.
ZORRA CREATIVE FOX – THE START OF A NEW JOURNEY
In fact, I was so addicted to the stress-release that was mosaics, I started to make so many things that we just couldn’t have that much yard art… so I started an Etsy store. But Creative Fox was a paper supplier, so I added the “Zorra” to my name because a) Zorra means female fox in Spanish and b) I once had a cat named Zorra and this felt like a nice way to honor her.
And…since I make websites for other people as my day job, I decided it was time to make myself a proper place to share my discoveries and thoughts as I continue in my role as a mosaic addict. Other arts and mediums may show up here from time to time as well! Thanks for visiting! XO
