About The Artist - Stacey Martin

What got me to this point: While growing up in Selinsgrove, Pa. I had a passion for Art. In 5th grade I knew that I wanted to become an Art teacher. During high school I took up to 4 Art classes a semester and spent all my free time in the Art studio. After graduation, I went to Kutztown University and received a B.S. Art Education. I also have a M.S. in Teaching and Curriculum from Penn State. After graduating from Kutztown I began teaching Art at Lower Dauphin School District for the last 12 years and where I am still currently employed. Even though I love teaching Art, it doesn't leave much room for my own creativity after I have spent all day brainstorming for others. So this past May, I decided to take a year sabbatical to pursue my other passion: Creating. For years I have wanted to create a website where artists could display and sell their artwork and be recognized for their talent they posses not only by their friends, but by the world. I have finally realized that this is my time to pursue my Art and share it with others instead of keeping it stacked against a wall!

Ramblings about my creative process: I enjoy creating all kinds of 2D and 3D pieces. My passions are metal smithing, charcoal, and photography. I also enjoy pottery, but it drives me nuts to wait for it to dry, paint it, and wait to see the results out of the kiln, but I absolutely love the end result. Maybe I need instant gratification, who knows! When I create Art 99% of the time, I finish a piece of Art in one sitting. Once I start a piece I don't like to stop because my mood and style varies each time I sit to create and I want my style to be unified within the piece of Art. I am also an artist who has to "feel it" or "be inspired" or the artwork doesn't come out like I wanted it to. I work best under deadlines (even though I might freak about it) and I tend to produce more stunning Art this way. I am not the stereotypical artist who is flighty, messy, and disorganized. I can't create in chaos or while listening to hard rock music. Evaluating other Artists and their methods, I believe my approach and methods to be completely different, but it seems to work in my favor

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