A long time ago I was contacted by Mary Ann Wald of DreamPainters, and let’s face it, despite my best intentions of updating this site very regularly I haven’t done so in practice for a variety of reasons. Well, I said getting featured on ArtHouseMouse is easy, but I didn’t offer a time frame for it.

I’m sorry for the delay in posting, but as promised and without further adieu, here is the feature for DreamPainters, Mary Ann and Sami!

DreamPainters, All About Art is a small, but well known studio in Ocean Springs Mississippi. You can find it on Government St. by traveling south off of exit 50, until things get pretty, then turning left.

Mary Ann describes the history of her husband and herself and their art career.

My husband Sami and I have both been painting since we were children. Me in the Northeast part of Ms. as a child and later as a model and working artist in Malibu California. My husband came to the US at the invitation of President Reagan to work with the CIA and other anti Terrorist Organizations with in the FBI and the counter terrioism program. We met and found a love of  painting and a way of life that relieved much of the stress of his job and our travels.We are in our late sixtys now and still enjoy it just as we did in the beginning.
Elaine Stevens began introducing  me to work within different chaity auctions at the I.P. and that really set us in a new standard of recognition. Todd Trenchard of M&M Bank also invited us and did articles for his group with Bacot McCarty. Over the last few years we have sold many items to private home owners that we looking for that one original  perfect peice that they could help design and resturants who needed   items that would become their internationally recognized logo.

We have been blessed.
My website is small and very  nondescript but if you would go to the archive of Artbeat by Elaine Stevens and scroll down to Dreampainters you can see  who we are and how proud we are to be a part of the art groups in Mississippi.

You can also check out their work on Facebook.

Barbara Samples was born in Zion Illinois February 13, 1962 and moved to Northeast MS shortly there after to spend her childhood. She began drawing at an early age and was fascinated with art of any genre.
This self taught artist has an eclectic taste in music and art. She loves some music of all genres but not all music of all genres! Jazz, Soul, Blues and Rock can be heard coming from her studio as she is busy painting in Biloxi, Ms just a short walk from the beach.

Barbara is a recent transplant to Biloxi from Baldwyn, Ms. The call of the Ocean and the Gulf breeze were to much for this Mississippi native to resist. She can be seen walking in the Gulf waters, taking pictures, or just sitting watching the waves waiting for the spectacular sunsets that we have here. to give her inspiration for her paintings.
Barbara taught herself to draw and paint by seeing with an artists eyes. Most people don’t see what they are looking at. The way a shadow falls, the way a color changes, the curve of a child’s cheek these are things we see everyday but only look at not really see.

Books are a great love for her and at the age of 13 she had read every book in the local library with the exception of the encyclopedia. which she had at home.
She still loves book and has the beginnings of restoring her library that was lost along with everything she owned when her home burned a few years ago. This event and being in a head-on collision with a drunk driver changed her life.
After losing everything but the clothes on her back (including her art supplies and paintings), she gave up painting for years. Coming to the Mississippi Gulf coast with her father, brother, (who is also a very talented artist), and fiance to buy seafood, inspired her to try to paint again. She and her fiance Jeff Anderson loved the coast so much they moved here. She now paints in her studio daily drawing inspiration from her family, friends, and of course our beautiful Gulf Coast!

You can contact Barbara through her facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Barbara-Samples-Artist/178079828891817.