Showcasing Ruby Sage

I began coloring when I was very young. My mom and I would get huge pieces of paper and sit and color together on the same page for hours and hours. 

When I was twelve, our family opened an import store in St Petersburg, Florida. One day, a local shopkeeper, Christy Faris, brought me some tiny canvases and acrylic paints. She sat with me on the floor of our shop and held and rotated those canvases while I held the brush and I was able to create my first paintings! I loved it so much we bought bigger canvases and more paints and brushes. Then another artist, Mary Long, moved into the store next to us and she taught me to paint on large canvases. When I attended a homeschool co-op,  Ms. Ping was my art teacher and I loved learning new things from her. I also worked with Vanessa Montenegro, a local artist in Tampa.  My passion to paint has never faded. When I got my iPad, I started using different apps to make colorful designs. This gives me greater freedom to create completely independently. I mostly paint sitting on the floor in front of our sliding glass door looking out at our back yard, but I love to paint outside with the colors and feeling of nature around me. I love listening to music as I paint!