I love to be creative and have a great desire to paint, whether it be on canvas, a wall, floor, ceiling, building or a rock. In many different medium's. If you are interested in a painting you can contact me at any time to discuss the details. "JC's Creative Art" J .Collete Tabor / Morfin 505-281-1297 or 505-252-0906 e-mail - Collette@jcscreativeart.com Born in Grants New Mexico in 1961, Raised on a small ranch/farm in Gallup NM. As a child I doodled a lot and watched my Mom (Shirley) make her crafts and paint ceramics. I was very interested and paid attention to small details. Always loving nature and animals. Many years went by not really knowing until A little over 8 years ago I decided to become a stay at home mom for my two beautiful daughters Kristal and Jessika. I was driving over 60miles a day to get to Albuquerque from the East Mountains. I was the production manager for Rogers Indian Arts. We created beautiful handmade and machine cast Indian Jewelery. I loved what I did, but the commute and stress on myself and babies was just too much. After being at home, it was not long that my ambition and desire to create got the best of me. I began tinkering with small wood projects and painting them. My husband Gary came home one day with an easel, canvas and paints. He told me to get serious about my painting, and stop messing with small stuff. That canvas stayed blank for quite a while. I just couldn't bring myself to mess it up. As I sat outside on my porch one afternoon, I spotted a flat smooth rock. I seen a scenery in the grooves of the rock. I picked it and a paint brush up and brought the scenery out with paint. From then on I began collecting flat rocks everywhere I could. I decided that I would practice on the stones instead of canvas, that way if I messed it up I could just throw it away and start over instead of costing money on canvas. After creating quite a collection of these painted rocks, I decided to go out and see if I could find a gift shop to purchase them. I spotted a building with a sign that read Taxidermy & Gift Shop, since I had painted wildlife on most of the rocks I thought I'd give it a try. They liked what I had and bought them all. From that day on I have been creating works of art on just about anything I can get my hands on. I named the rocks "Patio & Fireplace Art" you can click on this link to take a look at almost all of the ones I have painted in the past. As you can see from the pictures on this website, I've been pretty busy over the last 8 years. I thank God everyday for the talent that I did not know I had. I thank my Mom, and Gary for giving me the encouragement and push that I needed when times get rough. And I thank Kristal & Jessika for keeping me on my toes, and not letting me give up. I also thank all of the wonderful people that have given me the opportunity to create my works of art for them. I take every opportunity to be creative and learn something new every time. When I am not taking care of my family or creating, I study art books and lessons from my local library or online to become better at what I love to do. Thank You! |
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