Shelby is a fine artist in Memphis, TN painting natural, everyday moments of life. She believes there is beauty in the mundane if only we’d take a breath to notice.Through her art, she hopes to connect specifically with those longing for pause and reflection in an era of hurry. Whether you’re overwhelmed with to-do lists or feeling out of control and anxious, she wants her paintings to offer healing by grounding you back down into the present moment. From an early age, Shelby gravitated toward all things creative, but she didn't consider it a career path until taking art classes in college. Upon graduating from the University of Memphis as an art minor, she took the leap of faith to pursue painting as the calling she knew deep down it was for her, opposing the typical 9-5 career she thought she had to have.Shelby sees the everyday details, objects, and people of her own life as colorful and significant. Passionate about composition and color relationships, she hopes to comfort and ground the viewer in a sense of familiar reality while dually creating a feeling of possibility and perspective. Loose, acrylic paintings are her favorite, most therapeutic way of cherishing the beautiful, fleeting moments of this life.