Featured Creative Mom - Victoria Hurley

Today's creative mom, Victoria, is an accomplished PR and Marketing professional who has built her consultancy through a lot of hard work.

While she uses creative problem solving everyday for her clients, she channels a different kind of energy at home with her two little boys, ages 3 and 5.

She writes:

My boys, being typical little boys, love superheroes. Over the summer they started asking for a superhero mural or giant superhero pictures for their rooms.

I looked around and found that the few that were available were very, very expensive. So I thought about it and decided that I might try my hand at painting some superhero portraits myself. I figured, how hard could it be? Well, it was somewhat harder than I thought, but they turned out great and my kids were beside themselves with excitement. First that we now had our own “hall of justice” in the hallway between their rooms, and second, that their mommy had made them.

I’ve since painted rocking chairs, other kids art and small tables. I’ve sold some – the ones that do not contain copyrighted images – and kept some for the boys’ rooms.

I have completed: Superman, Batman, the Flash and the Green Lantern. I’m currently working on Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter.

I’m certainly not going to give up my day job, but I’ve had so much fun painting and making it a project with my children. I’m hoping that this will instill in them a love of art, creating and just giving something a try.

Huge thanks to Victoria for writing me about her creative spark. Celebrating moms like her who channel their creativity for their kids as well as themselves is what this site is all about!


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