Adventure Awaits Series
Going to a class where they teach you step by step how to paint a beautiful painting held a spot on my bucket list. In July of 2017, I checked this off my list alongside my brother (he painted a fox sculpture) in a local Main Street shop during a hometown visit to Campbellsville, Kentucky. I chose a painting with a hot air balloon floating in the sky with the words “Adventure Awaits” sparkling in gold in the background.
I resided in a different state, recently started a new job, and felt like every opportunity out there awaited me. I felt the painting called to me as our mom always described everything as an adventure. A tornado was following our car? Adventure. We got lost on our way to an event? Adventure. Moving to a new home? Adventure. My mom inspired adventure in us, and I felt a painting that held so much of that mindset would be perfect in my new apartment.
A few weeks after I hung the painting above my bed at home in Austin, Texas, I found out I would soon be a mother. The words, “Adventure Awaits,” became the theme to my life. I wanted my son to know he would never be restricted by anything, and I would be there for him no matter where his adventures took him.
I am by no means a fantastic artist, but I pulled from the hours of hanging with my grandmother and have created an “Adventure Awaits” painting every year since. My grandmother created many amazing paintings throughout her life and seeing them means everything to me, especially now that she is no longer with us. I am hopeful the paintings I create will hold a special place in my son’s heart.
Sharing these paintings with my readers feels important. I want my readers to know they are not limited by what others tell them. If they have dreams, I hope they can follow them! Being a parent has not been what I expected, but it has been an adventure. Being a human is an adventure. We all face struggles, hardships, and those that will tell us our adventures are silly or unachievable. All I can say is that Adventure Awaits and I hope to share blogs, content, and books that will help in some way along your adventure!
I will be posting a series of blog posts with the above paintings. They’re currently on the wall in my son’s room and he constantly back flips into them and kicks them crooked. They are a reminder of the amazing five years I have experienced since the first painting made its way into our home in 2017. The series will be what that year consisted of regarding my writing content and being a mother. Be on the lookout!
Ariel Pierce 