I'm Aaron

My creativity journey began while playing with legos.  

Then my mom decided that I should expand my horizons in the arts and made me take piano lessons. That didn't go too far.  To this day I have no idea where middle C is on the piano.  

She was artistic, so I watched her and started to draw.  That was fun for a time, but in high school I discovered tape, and spray paint and Pink Floyd.

When I started adulting, I wanted to continue in the arts, but I also had expensive taste as my mother would often remind me, so I needed a way to make money and according to her, I would never survive on an artists salary.

I went to university, graduated, married, bought a house and became pretty successful in business, but I longed for an artistic outlet. 

I did a lot of 3D studio max as a hobby.  It was somewhat satisfying, but probably not what I was really looking for..

One day we had an event that changed our family and me. We almost lost our youngest son in 2004 to a drowning accident.

Through that experience, I truly understood that life was fragile, short and, could be taken away in an instant.

I thought about the things I wanted to do, painting being one of them.

I went to Michaels, brought paints and just started.  The important part is that I kept going and am still painting 21 years later.

I started with trees, then landscapes, added swirls to the trees and landscapes, tried people, moved to very impressionistic art and right now I've landed on impressionistic people which I really enjoy.

Some of my very first clients ask why I stopped painting trees (I do still paint them, just not as much), I love painting trees, but art, like life evolves.  We change, ebb and flow.  My art has done the same. That is what makes it fun and creative, and keeps me engaged in living this thing called life.