Happy Monday! Did you have a nice weekend? The hubs and I had such a nice weekend of just running errands and getting ready for the busy week ahead.  I promised the hubs that I would start working on reorganizing a few of our home and work spaces and you know what that means.. redecorating! I am going to be repainting spaces and wanted to create more space dedicated to art..  Art is so important and I started thinking about why art is important. 1.  Art is important in documenting and capturing a little slice life .  I am a realism painter because I really feel strongly about capturing life now and I am in love with the idea of capturing something in that moment. I think some of the most interesting art pieces through out history are the ones documenting the world.  A little glimpse into the past through the eyes of an artist.  If you look at some of Picasso paintings- he loved the ladies and he loved his dachshunds and you could really see yourself in tha......