A MAXIMALIST FEMININE COLOR EXPLOSION

I'm a Tennessee girl. I grew up in Memphis and started painting when my grandfather gave me permission to paint the pool house at sixteen. I never really stopped.

From Memphis I made my way to New York City, where I studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology, before eventually finding my way back to Tennessee—and my new home in Chattanooga.

I don't just paint hotels and houses. I paint my dresses, shoes, purse and iPhone. Paint is cheap, but my hand-painted pieces are one-of-a-kind.

I believe beauty is a vibe. That ordinary things are just waiting for a little imagination. And that life is entirely too short for beige.

So be loud. Be pretty. Be colorful. Don't give a flip.

And whenever you can, help somebody else along the painted pink-brick road.