We recently connected with Ginger Walker and have shared our conversation below.

Ginger, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today What’s been the most meaningful project you’ve worked on?

I grew up in Dallas and my Dad worked for a printing company called Williamson Printing. I grew up running in between the huge reams of paper and clacking printing presses…playing capture the flag and raiding the vending machines. I started painting with inks several Years ago when my Dad was sick with Pancreatic Cancer. Something nostalgic and healing happens when I work with the inks. My Dad passed away the first few week of the pandemic and I started painting rainbows as a sign of hope. The rainbow art has been an ongoing project that has helped me heal and get through some of my grief and anxiety of the pandemic.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I graduated from Baylor with a degree in Fine Art but I didn’t use it for years. I worked as a pharmaceutical rep for Pfizer in my 20s and then stayed at home with my children who are 11 months apart until they went to school. I started painting again really for myself. We had just built a house and I wanted original art but I couldn’t afford any of the art I wanted so I just started playing in the garage. Eventually the word started getting out and people were buying my art which was thrilling and terrifying! Eventually my husband said I had to get out so my friend Pat Green and I opened Galleywinter Gallery four years ago. That was a huge step for me to get out of my comfort zone and really show my work. During the pandemic our landlord doubled our rent and it was just not feasible to stay open so we chose a new path. A year ago I opened my own studio/gallery and it has been amazing. When one door closes…. I am so blessed to be able to do what I love every day. I feel like a kid in a candy store when I get to paint in my happy place I have kiddingly named “Club Ginger.” Most of my work these days are commissions. I love working with clients and creating a piece just for them. I also host painting parties at my studio that have been really popular… another pandemic happy accident.

Are there any books, videos or other content that you feel have meaningfully impacted your thinking?

One book that really inspired me was “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” I think i highlighted and dog eared every page!

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Losing my Dad was incredibly hard and excruciating to watch him suffer. What I know at the time is we would lose my Father in Law six months later to Covid, followed by my Husbands’ beloved Grandmother and an uncle all within the last 15 months. I just kept painting rainbows to give hope to others and to myself. I think I’ve painted at least 500 rainbows in the last two years and if helped one person then it was worth it. My other favorite quote

“Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That’s just living heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.”
L.R. Knost

Contact Info:

• Website: Gingerraywalkerart.com
• Instagram: @gingerraywalkerart
• Facebook: Ginger Ray Walker Art

Image Credits
The posed pictures are Shannon Lange photography the rest are my iPhone :)