Art Talk: Which Direction To Go?

Art Talk: Which Direction To Go?

Thursday, January 5, 2017

About 8 years ago, I picked up my very first paintbrush. My daughter was a baby and I wanted to makes some art for her nursery.  I couldn't find anything in the big box stores so I wanted to create something myself. That was the start of my art journey.  If I were to look back and reflect on the last few years I would said it was all experimental.  I went from painting only art for baby nurseries and kids to painting large floral, abstract and landscape pieces for my clients.  I struggled for so long with what to paint.  I tried it all.  Looking back I was most successful when I was painting for kids rooms. I was fairly busy to say the least and was offered some fun opportunities.  About 5 years ago I flew from Canada to Hollywood to a celebrity gifting event to showcase my art. Say What?! Maybe that was the universe trying to tell me to follow that path and to keep painting for kids.  I still don't know.  I had repeat clients and my paintings were selling as soon as they were posted online. What more could I ask for?  Everything was going great but I kept feeling like I needed to experiment and see if a different style of painting was going to work out better for me.   Honestly, I still don't know what direction to go.  I've been painting for 8 years but my goal for 2017 is to try to find my painting niche.  It will be interesting because we have a design business and decor shop on top of it all. Maybe I'll do a bit of both styles, art for kids and fine art for other areas of the home.  Either way, whichever I paint I will add to my online shop and I will share on the blog here so my readers will be the first to know whats new.  I'm going to post a handful of my nursery art and then below some of my fine art paintings. Here we go: 

NURSERY ART

(I commissioned a few baby ultrasound paintings)

   

FINE ART

 

 

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Welcome

Welcome

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Welcome, I am so happy you are here.  This is the first ever post at ASHLEYTRENTHOME.COM. This is our new home, lifestyle and design blog. In the next few weeks we are launching our brand new handcrafted home decor shop called ASHLEY TRENT + CO.

To properly introduce myself, my name is Ashley and my husband is Trent.  I am the lead creative designer, artist, and blogger here and he is the talented skilled carpenter.  Trent is the man behind handcrafting our wood products and furnishings in the shop. I create all the other products and fine tuning, decorating, providing design services for clients and painting commissions.

We are always talking design at our home and it is pretty typical to see us knee deep in home renovations. Its what we love to do. We compliment each other very well and share a lot in common when it comes to design and decorating the home. Though we do enjoy working together, we also have our own spaces where we can get lost in our projects and work.  I'm usually found in my art studio and he has his own studio workshop where he works.  It is important to us to create and design our house to be functional with kids, organized, cozy and stylish.  We want a place that comforts our family each day telling our story, a home that is welcoming and timeless.  We decided to start a blog here so we can share our latest diy projects, reno's, our favorite recipes in the kitchen that brings our family together, favorite decor finds and how we live day to day with our three kids all while redecorating our entire home, running a shop and home design business. Things can be pretty crazy some days.  It is a good kind of crazy, its our crazy and I wouldn't change a thing.

I hope this blog leaves you feeling inspired to make your own home special too or if we can help you with your home design needs, send us a message in the contact form.

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our wedding 10 years ago.