How did this shop come about? Honestly, I was sitting at The Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach, it was pouring rain for the second weekend in a row. The rain was so bad, they actually closed the show for the day. And I thought to myself, there has got to be a better way to share my art with the world. One that isn't dependent upon the weather, and people's ability to come to a show.

The next day I listed a couple pieces of art on my new Etsy shop - and sold two pieces that night! To people I knew, but who had never been able to come to an art show, because they didn't live in California.

So I decided to put some of my attention on a shop here on Etsy. And I'm glad I did. Since then I have been able to share my art with collectors, not just in the United States and Canada, but also the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia. How does it get better than that? (I also have my giraffe paintings in Africa, but that's another story.) So my art has now seen much more of the world than I have, and I think that's pretty cool.

All because an art show in Sunny California got rained out.