Giving in to “irresponsible” art

Photography by Sara Gardner Photography. Article by Isa Adney. ConvertKit interview with artist Shelby Abrahamsen.

When Shelby allowed herself to do the “irresponsible” thing and add some color to her bullet journal, a small rebellion of art turned into a career.

When she was very little, Shelby received crayons for almost every birthday and holiday; mostly because she kept eating them:

“I like to say that’s where I was really infused with the creative thing.”

She can’t remember a time where she wasn’t figuratively (or literally) devouring and creating art.

“I’ve been doodling on my homework since as far back as I can remember, and I’ve had people telling me since I was really young that I should be an artist when I grew up.”

But while her family told her one thing, society told her another:

“Society tells you that artists are starving, that they’re waiting tables, that they’re irresponsible, that they’re drug addicts.”

“And then of course there’s people who make it. But for every successful artist there’s 10,000 hopefuls who didn’t find their big break.” […]

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You can connect with Shelby Abrahamsen at LittleCoffeeFox.com.