I am very pleased to introduce myself.
My name is Sara Delong-Mulligan and I am a painter and professional artist living in central Florida.
When I was a little girl I would spend my Saturday mornings sitting at my Aunt Kate's kitchen table taking art lessons. She was an amazing artist who I admired. As she would teach me the basics and fundamentals of art, both drawing and painting, I just knew that this would be my world!
Art was a calling from God, a deeply rooted passion and desire. It was how I identified myself from a very young age. When nothing else in my world made sense, art always did. I had the desire and natural talent, so I dedicated my years at school practicing the skills.
When it was time to attend college, I naturally wanted to further my education in painting. Unfortunately, I let the voices of too many people convince me that "There is no future in painting" and that I needed to get a "real job" to sustain myself. So, all through my 20's, I worked a desk job following someone else's dream and business goal.
When I met my dear husband 8 years ago, he saw my talent, and he quickly became my biggest supporter. He encouraged me to follow my dream, and so I picked up my brushes again and started painting as an artist, part-time. I created a website and began selling my paintings to many happy customers. Although the passion to create art was reignited in my soul and I was back on my journey, I still had a very poor self image, and I feared that I wouldn't make it in the art industry.
Soon after, I got a minor cancer diagnosis and half of my thyroid removed at the age of 37. I then decided that I needed to dedicate myself to walking a path of spirituality and self healing. I needed to examine these limiting beliefs and paradigms that were holding me back from my purpose and destiny.
My world has absolutely changed since then and I have grown immensely, genuinely knowing my worth and the value I bring to this world. These experiences helped me to find my niche. I now create pieces of work that come from my heart and speak my truth, combining my love for nature and Mother Earth with my love for the Cosmos and Father Spirit. My work represent my joy of living life on this planet with my spirituality and my true divinity. I hope that people feel moved by my work, feeling curious about their connection to the plane of reality we exist on and their connection to the heavens above.
I work with acrylic paint, celebrating color in a realistic, almost a bit surrealistic style.
It would be an absolute honor and dream come true to have the opportunity to display and exhibit my voice, my heart and soul to the Arte Laguna World, and the world at large! Thank you very kindly for your consideration! Many blessings with all the love I can give.
Sara Delong-Mulligan
