The pandemic changed many things for a lot of people. For me, it gave me time to reflect and to be quiet and to sit with that quiet. Out of that quiet, I heard a voice and that voice asks me to paint…every day!
When I was 5, my kindergarten teacher marked a big red F on one of my coloring projects. She then hung it on the wall for all to see. That was the moment that I stopped listening to the voice inside me. I turned her off, tucked her away and proceeded to ignore her for 50 years! While she struggled to be heard during all those years and whispered to me through ceramics, photography, knitting and a life long love of cooking…she never was loud enough for me to say ARTIST! During the pandemic, I had a lot of time to be quiet, to reflect and to open my heart to her whispers. A STRONG desire emerged to paint. With no formal training and a lifetime of telling myself I was not creative or artistic…I ventured into a new season of my life. Following a year of painting every day, consuming art as if it were my last meal, she said “It’s time.” Time to share my work and announce to the world that I am an ARTIST!
Press
ShoutOut LA – Meet Stephanie Irey | Artist
Memberships
Los Angeles Art Association, Since 2021
Events & Exhibitions
Selected for Gleaming Apollo juried show by Los Angeles Art Association, March, 2022
Selected for Aurora juried show by Los Angeles Art Association, December 2021
Selected for Faces & Figures Art Alliance On-line Show, November, 2021
Selected for Off The Easel juried show at Art on 30th, September, 2021
Steph Irey Art 