A young artist from Mesquite is getting her first solo show. NBC 5's Noelle Walker reports you'll be able to see it at the Dallas Black Dance Theater Encore! upcoming performance.
The Smith family used to have a game room loft in their suburban Mesquite home, until the pandemic started and their daughter Madison started painting.said laughing."That's when it turned into a studio!"
The 18-year-old is a straight-A student at Dallas Christian School. While others used the pandemic to learn how to bake bread, she taught herself to paint by watching YouTube. "I was like, I really want to try it. I think that's how my brain works. As soon as I see someone doing something really cool, I'm like 'I want to see if I can do that,'" Smith said.in Cedar Hill.
"When I'm painting, I can feel that release and, like, all the emotions just go onto the canvas and I can be, like, 'phew! It's done! I can walk away now.'" Smith only walks away until she starts her next piece. Her artwork is stacked along walls, and hanging throughout the family's home. It's about to get a wider audience.
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