We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Brittany Goodson. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Brittany below.

Brittany, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.

I have always created art in some way and it began at a young age. I remember carrying around my first drawing book until it fell apart. I am primarily self taught. I did take drawing in high school and college but now I mostly work in acrylic paints and that is something that I have taught myself and continue to learn through experience as much as I can. I think, knowing what I know now, I would have spent more time using acrylics before I became an adult. I wish I would have had the courage to experiment with them earlier. I think I would definitely be further along in my skill level if that had been the case.

My biggest obstacle is myself. I get in my own head and lose confidence easily. It is something I struggle with but I am aware of it and I am always working on it.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your background and context?

I mostly paint people and animals using acrylic paints. When I am not working on commissions for clients I like to just focus on what ever God gives me. Normally, He gives me an idea and then I try my best to get the images out of my head and on to the canvas. I love creating paintings that show the relationship that people have with each other and most importantly, that they have with God. I always want my art to inspire people to want to know more about Him when they look at it. I want to touch their heart and soul and make them think. I want people to be moved with emotion and thought when they look at my art. I think it is my purpose and it is something that I am constantly trying to fulfill.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding aspect of being an artist is getting to share parts of your inner self with others. I would also say that is the scariest aspect as well. Every time I paint I pour my heart and soul into the canvas. And then I offer that documented part of myself to others and hope they like it. I have never had someone absolutely hate my work but that is something that I think about every time I am about to show a finished piece. I am always holding my breath as I reveal a part of myself to someone else and it’s that vulnerable, unbearable pause where I wait to see if they really “see” me and what I was going for. It’s so rewarding when you see someone’s face light up and you know that they will cherish this gift that you have created for them.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

A lesson I would like to unlearn would be living in fear. For so long I told myself I could not make a living as an artist. I didn’t know anyone who was doing it so I assumed it was something that was unattainable. I wasted so much time working jobs I didn’t want to do and sacrificing my happiness and creativity to try to fit in to a corporate lifestyle that I saw no hope in. I was empty for a long time and it wasn’t until the pandemic, when everyone started to be sent home from work that I started to really think about what was important to me. My family, my time, my contentment… I have faith in God and I know that He gives us the desires of our hearts, My desire is to share Him with others through my paintings and I truly believe He has placed this want within me. I don’t worry about failing and falling flat on my face. I just concern myself with making sure He is proud of me by doing the things that I know He has called me to do.

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