Visual Art – Portland
Ashley has been creating sunce she was five years old. She started creating art more after learning that her youngest son, Gabriel had to have surgery to remove a Bone Tumor. He also had to have it biopsied.
"If it was not for creating the art, I do not know how I would have gotten thru that time in my life. Just thinking that my son could have had cancer was the worst time in my life. Just sitting in the waiting room while he was in surgery was the worst feeling. As a Parent." Ashley Mcilvain (Ashley Bashlee Art)
I ended up working at Comic Con as a volunteer and made Michael Rooker and a few other people who were at the Con some art. Just as a thank you for helping me. I never expected to get the reactions that I got, from the people I gave art to.
I found my fiance dead during covid & was with him over 13 years. Art is how I keep sane.