Your Creative Push

Shayla Maddox is an artist who uses Light as her medium, along with acrylic, sand, salt, crushed glass, sea shells, garnet, quartz, candle wax, and even cinnamon to create what she calls "light reactive paintings."  These paintings change appearance throughout the day, season, and year, and also react into the UV spectrum so that they continue to glow into the night. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/shaylamaddox In this episode, Shayla discusses: -How she decided to make one painting while she was an actress, and how she never looked back. -Her decision to stop showing at traditional galleries and start throwing her own. -Some of the things that surprised her when she decided to throw her own shows. -Her advice for anyone thinking about throwing their own show. -How she started with her “light reactive paintings.” -How she is intentionally experimental in her art and always trying to find new materials and new ways to create in order to challenge herself and keep her feeling uncomfortable. -Her in