About
Hi there! I’m Jackie Lea Shelley, and I like you already. Probably.
I am an idealist, mama, and a misfit. I am not an aardvark, but I am an artist. I have been painting in watercolors for over 20 years. Every portrait I create is done with intense love, with a deep desire to show other people how beautiful they are, and how beautiful is their love for each other. Also, with plenty of coffee. My hobbies are: being obnoxious on the internet, researching bikinis during winter rainstorms, and making beautiful things that get me so excited that I forget to eat. Boobs and spreadsheets are two of my favorite things.
I also like chocolate pie, sunsets, pianos, and very small humans and cats. I love my offspring like anything. I’m a geek, I overthink everything, forget to finish most of the things I start, and like Wednesdays. I adore plants, and I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.
I collect adventures and beautiful, kind, people. I have mad ADHD, and am most likely autistic, as it turns out, or at the very least, neurodivergent. You know, I’m completely weird, sometimes obnoxious, but mostly harmless, and I dunno, I like myself the way I am, these days. Wacky, mischievous, and pretty irrepressible. I have occasionally debilitating social anxiety, arithmophobia– and am probably one of the most loyal, and genuine, people you will ever meet.
I make art that helps save lives.
I love what I do, and win at all the things. Let’s be friends?
Dear Jackie – Thank you so much for choosing San Francisco Suicide Prevention as a beneficiary of your amazing 100 Unicycles project. I first got involved with SFSP as a crisis line volunteer in 1995 and then a board member since 1997. I’m glad that Brian Byrne and Mike Dahn are among your friends. I know SFSP helps dozens of people everyday to find a way to hang on and eventually realize their pure path. Likewise, your courageous honesty will inspire many others to have hope and remember their reason to live. What a wonderful way to support SFSP and raise awareness. Blessings and peace to you!
I somehow just saw this! Thank you so much for the compliment. It’s been an amazing project, and I can’t wait to raise the rest of the funds. So grateful for everyone’s support. Nice to meet!