Finding Her Happy by JENNIFER KULYNYCH photography by RALPH DEFALCO
H
enley Beall’s life could be a screenplay: talented young artist spends her days working as a barista and her nights sketching and painting. Using Instagram to promote her work, she hopes to beat the odds and make her name without an art school education. She’s not entirely sure how it will work out or whether she can actually turn her creativity into a viable career. Yet Beall is more than okay with that. “Art makes me happy,” she says, smiling, “and I’d rather struggle and still be happy.” Will she succeed? You can’t meet her and not hope that she does. At first glance, you might imagine
All-Seeing Eyes by Henley Beall. Pen and charcoal.
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