Venus

The Granddaughter of legendary author Sallie Ann Clarke and western character actor and musician Rusty Lee, Venus is a multi-faceted star of The Arts in her own right. She might call herself just a simple girl from Texas but Venus is no ordinary woman. The Texas born statuesque blonde beauty was rightly named Venus by her parents who instilled a love and appreciation for The Arts. She was one of those bright stars who began taking ballet at age 4 and recruited her brothers and cousins to perform theatrical shows for her parents. As early as 8 years old she was creating poetry and art and on her way to becoming an accomplished musician and dancer, all while excelling as an honor student. At the age of 12 she won her first award for art from the Hallmark Card Company and by 15 was modeling for local department stores. As a high school student she excelled in Literature, History, French Language and won first place in a Geometry competition. She helped her school win awards for music and dance and singularly won the prestigious honor of being one of thousands to win all blue ribbons for dance at SMU's summer drill team camp two years in a row. Venus's achievements did not stop there. In college, Venus was a dean's list student and vice-president of a political club. Her college curriculum was centered on Literature and Creative Writing and it was during this time that she began publishing her poetry in literary journals and began winning awards for poetry. Her interest in history led her to archeology and museum studies in which she participated in the archaeological excavation of Nance Farm, historic plantation and former home of baseball legend Mickey Mantle. In 2003 Venus expanded her already impressive repertoire to include acting, making her a full-fledged mega star of The Arts. She began acting in Dallas area community theaters in musicals such as "Damn Yankees" and "Best Little Whorehouse In Texas". She progressed as an actress into commercials for Radio Shack and Mary Kay and a number of feature films like "Blind Corner", "Confessions" and "Rain". Venus also received recognition at this time as a model, which she considers to be yet another art form, having been recognized on websites such as AmericanModel.com and the Domino Dolls Model Promotion Team being called one of the most beautiful and sought after women in the world. It was not until 2005, amidst acting and modeling that Venus turned to what would become her greatest passion...art. Completely self taught, the evolution of her art is no less than astounding. In only 5 years she has accomplished what is almost unthinkable, having created over 1000 works of art and having sold more than half of them to art collectors around the globe. As a budding artist, Venus has experimented with every style and medium imaginable from small scale miniature paintings to massive gallery sized paintings, photography, and assemblage. She takes her inspiration from her travels through life, nature, culture, emotion, and beauty in ways that create new and unique visual arts. Her work has been featured in a number of blogs and art articles, as well as hundreds of features by some of the Internet's most popular art galleries such as Etsy, Deviant Art and others. Paintings by Venus can be found exhibited in galleries across the United States.