Art & Sobriety and Giving Back

PAINT THE WORLD –

SEPT. 18, 2024 – For Jamie Walters, art is about helping others as well as creative self-expression.

“My dad was an artist,” Jamie said, calling him her most important inspiration. “I’ve always loved art, but it wasn’t something I knew I could do. When I was forty, I thought, ‘I’m going to try it.’” “Part of my purpose was for the art to be attainable,” she said. “I know what it’s like not to be able to afford original art.”

Her works range in price for people of varying economic strata and are sometimes sold using a particularly personal exhibition technique.

“Early on, I started doing ‘art on the move’ appointments,” Jamie said. “I load up about a dozen pieces in my car — all sizes, all colors — drive them to your home, then we place it. It’s a way to bring art to people that didn’t know they could afford it and didn’t know that Dallas had such accessible art. It’s been a game-changer for me.”

Jamie contends it’s never too late to try new things. “I’ve been sober now over 13 years, and that’s a big part of my journey. Without that personal, spiritual transformation, the courage to try something new probably wouldn’t have happened.”