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creating a colorful, joyous 
frame to what has become her 
reading room, akin to a man 
cave. She next turned her eye 
to a wooden bannister, which 
now dances with lively details.
“I’m inspired by a lot of 
things,
” Levin says. “It could 
be a person that I love, a color, 
a texture. A lot of my pieces 
have repetitive black and white 
checks and dots on them. 
Creating repetitive patterns is 
very relaxing and calming for 
my mind as well.
”

AN UPLIFTING HOME
Now, over a year into the 
pandemic, Levin’s home has 
become a “living, breathing 
work of art,
” she says. “It’s not a 
gallery where pieces are hang-
ing on the wall, but the home 
itself is the art. We live within 
the artwork, and it is so inspir-
ing while life has been so chal-
lenging. The process has been 
therapeutic and living with it is 
so uplifting.

“I realized you don’t have to 
shut off part of your life or go 
into a different career path to 
realize that your passions don’t 
have to stop,
” she says. “You are 
your own individual person 
before you are a spouse, an 
employee. You are your own 
human being before you are 
any of your tasks. I am a coach. 
And I am an artist.
”
She now sees her art as a safe 
haven — and wants others to 
realize their own passions, too.
“If you have something 
you’re passionate about, find 
a way to do it. The world 
needs more people who are 
not scared to be honest about 
themselves, whether you gar-
den, cook, paint, whatever,
” 
Levin says.
“We need to tap into these 
things to express ourselves, 
even if you haven’t done it 
since you were a kid. Especially 
now, we need to tap back into 
our joy, and share it with each 
other.
” 

Levin creates 
commissioned pet 
portraits, tapping 
into the animals’ 
personalities with 
playful use of color 
and brushstrokes.

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