Seated cross-legged on the floor wearing a black tank top, painted-splattered blue jean overalls and black shoes peppered with speckles of even more paint, Fox Gradin carefully swipes her brush across the frame of a small doghouse at the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia in Gainesville. To visitors at the nonprofit animal shelter, the 39-year-old woman appears to be your average volunteer sprucing up a multicolored doghouse with a fresh coat of paint. But she is, in fact, is an artist on all levels with a multitude of skills ranging from photographer (her main profession) and painter (her art is showcased at Quinlan Visual Arts Center) to belly dancer (she is an instructor) to author (her book is “The Forty”).
Fifty shades of Gradin
Painter, photographer, belly dancer, clown; her creative outlets know no bounds
