Geri Lindsey's
life reads something like a novel. An ageless and iconoclastic ssitemappirit,
with an infectious laugh and unstoppable zest for life, Geri is the sort
of person who literally lights
up any room she enters. She is like a
bright star.
I feel
that painting is what I was meant to do, and that my ability to express
myself through it is stronger than ever... there is always a certain
moment that arises with each painting, when something magic seems to
happen... it's a mysterious thing and difficult for me to explain, but
it's at that moment I know the piece is finished, and I can let it go.
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Geri Lindsey Raised primarily
by her mother, a gifted painter and dress shop owner, Geri's childhood
universe spanned from the indoor world of her mother's art studio and
the classes taught there, to the dress shop filled with elegance and
fine design, to the wildly untamed outdoors of the Pacific
Northwest woods that surrounded their home. Her father, a butcher by
trade, was an avid hunter and fisherman, who also had a talent for
cultivating varieties of flowers for exhibitions. He often took Geri and
her brothers on camping trips, and passed his love of the natural world
on to her. In the end, the divorce of Geri's parents served her
creativity in unexpected ways, as loneliness became her familiar
companion. I
learned to entertain myself very well! Everything seemed magical and
could be played with, and crafted, and formed into something
new... I'd cut down branches from the woods and bring them inside to
decorate my room every Sunday. I remember how happy
I was always making new things... changing and recreating the space in my room again
and again... I was lucky to grow up in a highly creative environment.
Geri began to develop
an appreciation of beauty and aesthetics at an early age. This connection
to creativity was not destined to be just a childhood pastime, or a phase that
would fade into the background. Working in her mother's dress shop, she
beg
