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Raphaella Vaisseau in her new working space at Trackside Studios<\/p><\/div>\n

By Andrew Patterson<\/p>\n

Raphaella Vaisseau\u2019s art is a pure expression of her heart and love of life.\u00a0She puts the art in heart.<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t lie; it\u2019s difficult seeing the emotion attached to such loss as experienced with Hurricane Helene. The storm may be months behind us, but the devastation remains\u2014like a nail pulled from a wooden fence, the gaping hole painful and clear to see. Rebuilding takes a community; so thank you for being ours.<\/p>\n

We transform darkness either when we bring light into it or, as in Raphaella\u2019s case, by maintaining our own light while surrounded by darkness.<\/p>\n

Just look at some names of her exquisitely vibrant, post-storm acrylic paintings:\u00a0Thriving, Holding Light, Optimism and Resilience. This isn\u2019t just art; it\u2019s pain changed into beauty.<\/p>\n

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Raphaella Vaisseau with new works and holding a print of an original work lost in the flood<\/p><\/div>\n

Sitting in a corner of the gallery, Raphaella has a smile that emanates light and eyes that sparkle even in the depth of her heartfelt emotion. She\u2019s an inspiration on chasing what you want and figuring out how to make it happen.<\/p>\n

Incredibly, at age five, Raphaella\u2019s kindergarten teacher told her she was an artist and gave her the class wall to paint a mural. But her parents\u2019 discouraging words (\u201cartists don\u2019t make any money\u201d) denied her the support to explore that talent.<\/p>\n

Later, as a hippie in Minnesota, she found great joy in creating mandalas and giving them to friends and strangers alike. Mandalas can symbolize spiritual growth and help people realize their desires. Perhaps the drawings reignited her inner child, because seeing an incredible painting (which she still owns to this day) she wondered, \u201cWhat would my mandalas look like in watercolor?\u201d So began her painting.<\/p>\n

Raphaella\u2019s life-long success is rooted in following the breadcrumbs of her soul. Seeing a glass artist at an art fair in the \u201880s with a line of people holding $400 pieces changed her life.\u00a0\u201cI was shocked,\u201d she says, \u201cand waited in that long line to ask, \u2018What\u2019s different about you that you don\u2019t have starving artist\u2019s mentality?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Determined to shatter her parents\u2019 mindset, she spent the summer volunteering with the glass artist, absorbing the feeling of abundance to earn through creativity. Within six months, she launched a watercolor greeting card business\u2014blending her love for color and words into something meaningful and profitable.<\/p>\n

I admire Raphaella\u2019s constant desire to master new skills. Like in the \u201990s when she was at an Ashland, OR farmers market selling her cards. Making $30 the first day next to a guy that sold $300, she studied every factor\u2014location, competition, crowd dynamics\u2014and became the top seller by season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

Or when she ignored a gallery manager in Sausalito saying, \u201cThe owner has enough artists,\u201d found the owner and exhibited in her first gallery.
\nThe final crumb on her journey led her to Asheville, and within six weeks her art had a home in Riverview Station. Not without trepidation, though, about the area\u2019s history of flooding.<\/p>\n

As the storm approached in 2024, many artists, craftspeople and entrepreneurs used the previous flood mark (4 feet) as the benchmark of what to save.\u00a0The water would rise 19 more feet.<\/p>\n

The loss of livelihood means Raphaella has no idea what the future holds. But she has friends supporting her with wisdom so that, even while she is in the clutches of traumatic loss, she can embrace their words: You\u2019re on your path to whatever is next; just be careful of your language and watch how you look at this and label this.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s already embedded that advice. Just look at how she names her art. Raphaella isn\u2019t just an artist; she\u2019s an inspiration in learning how to follow your heart and become your best self.<\/p>\n

Andrew\u2019s book, <\/em>My Journey Beyond the Summit, is available on Amazon. To connect or nominate somebody that Andrew should feature, reach out on ap@andrew365.com<\/a>. Learn more about Raphaella Vaisseau and support her work at HeartfulArt.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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