Ashley Goad recently responded to our call for creative people to be featured on the {e} Chalkboard Blog. We are honored and excited to show her work.

FROM THE ARTIST

Well, where do I start?  I am originally from Solomon’s Island, MD where my family moved from when I was about 8 to a small South Western Virginia city called Roanoke.  We later moved to the country side outside of Roanoke called Franklin County.  I guess I would consider Roanoke to be my “hometown” as it is where I did most of my “growing up”.

As a child I was always pretty creative and took a lot of creative writing and drama classes in college.  After college the “real” life set in and I had to find a “real” job which made my artistic side take a back seat for a while.  I traveled a bit with a Software Consulting Sales position and also traveled for fun during my vacation times.  I stumbled upon Charleston, SC.  I love it!  What a romantic, beautiful and cozy place.  The outskirts of the city take me back to a simpler time in my life, the small fishing town of Solomon’s.

Since that visit it was a hidden fantasy of mine to move to Charleston.  I later married my husband then had a son who is now 2 years old.  My husband and I decided to visit Charleston so I could show him how wonderful this place is and hopefully have him fall in love as much as I did.  Well, he did and 7 months later, we moved to Charleston, SC.  It seemed that immediately upon residing here, my creative nature began to work overtime.  I was so inspired by the beauty of the city, the beaches, and the people.  So, I decided to pick up my point and shoot camera and noticed that I had a pretty good eye.  This prompted me to spend a little money on a nice camera and pursue a new found passion of photography.  Though I am still on a long journey to becoming a professional, I feel that had we not moved to such an art and cultural full place, this passionate and artistic side of me would still be dormant.

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