After working in marketing for over a decade – primarily for software startups– Kristie began searching for a creative outlet. She needed something that had no expectations of outcomes or measures of success – so she picked up a paint brush. She began painting for just the fun of it and discovered she had a hidden talent. Within 6 months of painting her first artwork, she began getting requests for commissioned artwork, murals, and selling original paintings. Since then, she did her first art exhibition and has been enjoying a balance of the creative lifestyle along with working in the tech industry.