We met on Valentine’s Day in 1997 when a mutual friend dragged Marc to my reading of The Book of Love. I had written the scientific study in my thirties to figure out how you knew when love was true. One week later, we bought a house together. We knew.

We dove just as fast into the creative life, opening an art gallery, a bed and breakfast, a workshop, a darkroom, and a performance barn in the artist town of Taylor, Mississippi. We raised chickens, rabbits, a homestead garden. We hunted, fished, made our own breads and cheeses and music with our band.

I had been a professional writer, editor, and photographer since the 1980s, but in 2000 I discovered my true passion lay in paint. I used thick textures, vibrant colors, and rustic imagery. Our gallery visitors collected my work. Publications such as Southern Living, Rodale, and Vermont travel guides showcased my art. I especially loved painting custom-made pieces of clients’ homes, favorite fish, and landscapes.

Marc’s furniture was also a hit. Inspired by the rustic-but-elegant, tenant-house furniture of Delta farmers, he let the reclaimed wood determine what it would become: a bed, bench, barstool, bookshelf, dining or end table. High profile clients from NFL football players to celebrities to universities and hospitals commissioned his work. Southern Living showcased his dining table in their Idea House and on the magazine cover. His pedestal appeared on HGTV.

One day Marc noticed some reclaimed wood in his shop shaped like fish. I painted them in vibrant acrylics, hung them in the gallery, and they sold the next day. Now, many thousands of fish later, we are still happily creating them in all shapes and sizes, and you guys are reeling them into your beautiful homes and offices.

As much as we loved the art farm life, we also loved to travel. In 2011 we bought and customized a Sportsmobile camper van and set out on many month-long adventures around the country. Our dream was to make art while traveling. But how?

In 2017 we sold our property and headed north to Vermont to become artists-in-residence at Green Mountain College. After two years there we purchased a step van that looked like a big white bread truck. We converted it to an artist’s studio with lifted four-wheel drive, solar panels, a wood stove, hot shower, and well-lighted work space.

We wanted to live in the Sportsmobile and work in the StudioTruck while exploring remote places. Since November 2018 that’s exactly what we’ve been doing. We’re still Vermont based in the warm months, but when it gets cold you can find us in the South or Southwest. We’re busy making art and having adventures and we’d love to share it all with you.