After five years of teaching and running a studio full-time, I decided to focus solely on running my studio. Then a year later Covid hit-  I didn't want to wipe out my team just to pay myself and fear burning out, so I decided to paint at weddings to make a salary for myself so the business could continue as usual.  Painting at weddings was nice but then Richard Petty let me paint at one of his events and I immediately fell in love with speed and performance painting and raising money for charity. Now I don't want to do anything else, for once!    Over the past three years, I have been commissioned to perform my live, speed, and performance painting at a variety of events and venues, including birthdays, conferences and conventions,  business anniversaries and milestones, product launches, etc.,  my favorite has been at NASCAR races in which my art helped to raise money for local charities. Now I  travel throughout the south, participating in fundraising events for groups like the Petty Family Foundation, Jeep Beach, and the Moonshiners.  LTKtravel LTKGiftGuide LTKunder50