 Painting can be a stress reliever or done just as a hobby. For this week's Community Spotlight, Hattie Clotter shows us painting with a twist and how it can improve your work relationships. That's great. With the stroke of a paintbrush, painters can create their very own masterpiece. The Bemidji Eagles Club welcomed an avid group from We Love Messes to showcase their creative talents and bond with one another. Right? Yeah. This is mine. Because it puts us all kind of on the same level and it's just like organizing. Everything looks different to each individual person. So to come and hang with the team and each do a different painting and see that we're all working towards a common goal, but everybody's painting looks just a little bit different. It's kind of fascinating. You don't have to be Pablo Picasso to express your artistry. Amy Benedetti with Gypsy Canvas didn't go to school for art but has always been passionate about it. People see things every day with their eyes and they're just able to put it on a canvas and it's kind of fun. Benedetti walks you step by step and there are no such things as mistakes in acrylic painting because it will all come together in the end. Each portrait is distinctive and requires you to use your imagination to create. Painting can also be therapeutic. We're all stressed in our lives and when you paint it's just really cool to see people just release that and have fun with what they're putting on their canvas. For Rachel Lundy, this is her second painting class and she used a simple blending technique. No experience is required and that may be the beauty of it. The freedom to use a brush and canvas to tell a story, Lundy's family inspired her portrait. I picked the quote, home is where the heart is and we just moved here from Chicago with my family. So even though we moved from our original home up to Boomidji, our home is still together because there's still a whole family as one. These portraits can last a lifetime. Benedetti's motto is free your mind and the brush will follow. That's exactly what these ladies did and at the same time they improved their team building skills. For this week's Community Spotlight in Boomidji, Haiti, Clowder, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.