Randa Wells
Tracy City, Tennessee
Randa Wells’ busy life as a nurse, wife, mother of two, Girl Scout leader, room mom, choir member, and more left little time for a dream of escaping into the art that filled her mind.
Years went by, and Wells would sneak in an occasional painting class into the tiny slivers of her open time. Memories of childhood Saturday art classes at The Toledo Museum of Art struggled to the surface.
When the Covid arrived, her husband’s health had declined, and her high-risk nursing job became a threat. The couple took a leap of faith: they retired, sold their home and business, and left loving neighbors and old friends behind to move from Nashville into a 400-square-foot tiny house on the lake in quiet Tracy City. The next step was to build an art studio and begin the dream.
Anything and everything seems to find its way into Wells’ art, so do not be too surprised if you look closely. After all, there are about fifty years of art ideas trying to get out!
When not in her art studio, Wells keeps busy with yoga, gardening, knitting, reading, enjoying her new mountain friends, and being with family. The mountain has been good to her.
