{"id":254,"date":"2021-09-09T07:21:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T07:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qi110.qodeinteractive.com\/main-home-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:57:26","slug":"about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/haleyrichthomas.com\/pt\/about-the-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"254\" class=\"elementor elementor-254\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d596a45 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"d596a45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/haleyrichthomas.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/about-page.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b1c66e qodef-sticky-column--no\" data-id=\"4b1c66e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b341b84 elementor-section-full_width qodef-elementor-content-grid qodef-extended-grid qodef-extended-grid--left elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b341b84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbe0a7b qodef-sticky-column--no\" data-id=\"fbe0a7b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35e40da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35e40da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haleyrichthomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Vol-1_-first-layer-photos-027-scaled.jpg?fit=600%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"Vol 1_ first layer photos-027\" alt=\"Vol 1_ first layer photos-027\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c22aa91 qodef-sticky-column--no\" data-id=\"c22aa91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66eb6a1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"66eb6a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-section-title qodef-decoration--italic qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"qodef-m-subtitle\">\n\t\tthe artist\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\">\n\t\tHaley Rich Thomas\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hello, and welcome to my studio. Based in Reno, Nevada, I am a painter creating work inspired by nature and the emotional experiences of life. I draw inspiration from real stories. Real losses. Real joy. Art that celebrates the sorrow and the joy, the chaos and the peace. All of it.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because no human experience is ever truly isolated, I sometimes share poems, journal entries, or stories alongside the work I release. The paintings and the words are part of the same\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conversation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc6b642 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"fc6b642\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b88b084 qodef-sticky-column--no\" data-id=\"b88b084\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ed353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"e5ed353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-section-title qodef-decoration--italic qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"qodef-m-title\">\n\t\tMy story\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My interest in art began before my long term memory did, so I don\u2019t even remember painting for the first time. I do remember being too short to see over the bathroom counter and helping my mom with projects. I remember being in preschool and begging for paint. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It wasn\u2019t until college that I began creating work for myself though. It started with graphic design projects and digital art first, before I bravely began sharing my paintings. It felt like sharing a part of my soul. It still does.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since then, I\u2019ve sold art prints globally, painted commissions for clients all over the US and Canada, and watched my work evolve into something I truly believe in.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e169fb qodef-sticky-column--yes qodef-sticky-column-disable qodef-sticky-column-disable--1024\" data-id=\"5e169fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2036342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2036342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/haleyrichthomas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/about-img.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"about img\" alt=\"about img\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db04082 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db04082\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f76753 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f76753\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b8c29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"87b8c29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-section-title qodef-decoration--italic qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"qodef-m-subtitle\">\n\t\tWhy paint?\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I could list many reasons why I paint. It is an essential part of who I am. I paint to find my way back to joy. And I want the work to keep doing that for people I may never meet, my whole life long and long after I'm gone.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s the simplest way I know how to say it.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The longer answer lives in the people and experiences that have shaped me:<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb71b43 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb71b43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-321db90 elementor-arrows-position-inside 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elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-left\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M646 125C629 125 613 133 604 142L308 442C296 454 292 471 292 487 292 504 296 521 308 533L604 854C617 867 629 875 646 875 663 875 679 871 692 858 704 846 713 829 713 812 713 796 708 779 692 767L438 487 692 225C700 217 708 204 708 187 708 171 704 154 692 142 675 129 663 125 646 125Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-chevron-right\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M696 533C708 521 713 504 713 487 713 471 708 454 696 446L400 146C388 133 375 125 354 125 338 125 325 129 313 142 300 154 292 171 292 187 292 204 296 221 308 233L563 492 304 771C292 783 288 800 288 817 288 833 296 850 308 863 321 871 338 875 354 875 371 875 388 867 400 854L696 533Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83d2f6e e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83d2f6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8177d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"b8177d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-section-title qodef-decoration--italic qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-text\"><p>What I've learned is that joy which has survived something is different from joy that was never tested. It has weight to it. 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