Jane's Art: From Easel to Residency

My name is Samanthe Jane Harrold and I am finally “coming out” as an artist ❤️

If you know me you might think this obvious, after all I have been making art since I was a child, but there is a difference between needing to make art to survive, and identifying as an artist.

I always knew I wanted to help people, so I became an Art Therapist to help others find comfort in the mediums that helped me understand myself. I have my own private practice and I absolutely love being a therapist and healer, but if there is not a painting in progress on my easel then I am not able to function as the professional carer I am. Art is not just integral to my self care, my art is my purpose, one I have always known but rarely shared.

After years of painting my feelings and hiding them away, I am ready to share my art with the world and introduce myself proudly as, “Jane the Artist.”

I vow to continue to paint my emotions, often disguised as portraits of whimsical children. I vow to paint for myself, to release all the wild parts of me, into the world. I vow to allow space for freedom and play.

I sign my work “Jane,” my middle name, inherited from my great grandmother who was also an artist.

Donations to this gofundme will enable me to have a 6 month residency at The Hive Studios and Art Gallery in downtown LA.

In that time I hope to share my ongoing painting series entitled “Inner Children of an Art Therapist” in the hopes that they resonate with other’s neglected parts/emotions and can aid in their inner healing.

UPDATE: I am so excited to say I have met my goal for the next 6 months of residency! Donations will continue to be accepted for supplies for the new space (it desperately needs painted, puttied and shelves for sculptures) as well as ongoing rent (150$ per month) so that I can continue my residency beyond 6 months. Thank you all so much, I do not have the words to express how grateful I am… so I better get to painting ;)