Two best friends who took a crazy idea and turned it into a meaningful way for communities to come together to celebrate, create, and collaborate.
It started with a gentle jest about Lyssa’s skill as an artist and how you ‘almost couldn’t see the numbers’ in her paintings (*cue eye roll*).
As an artist would so thoughtfully do, Lyssa went to work on making the world’s best paint-by-numbers of that person so they could eat (paint) their words. She did it by hand - spending hours getting the outline and detail just right. Thing is - it turned out good. Like, really really good.
She did a few more for friends as wedding gifts and what struck her—beyond seeing the stunning finished products—was the the joy, connection and meaningful memories that collaborating on a creative project was generating between guests.
Then, the requests started rolling in for her handmade paint-by-numbers in a wave she—and her right hand—could no longer keep up with. So she turned to Scott; a talented software developer who just happened to be the husband of fellow artist/entrepreneur Jess.
With Scott's talent for turning ideas into programs (and naming businesses, it turns out), Jess's uncanny ability to spot a business concept in bloom, and Lyssa's creative direction, Paintillio was born.
By taking the process digital, we have been able to bring the experience and the joy of coming together to celebrate, create and collaborate to events around the world. #innovate
We’ve seen again and again that the beauty of the finished product is only a small portion of each painting’s power.
The connection they generate is meaningful.
The calming effect the act of painting has on participants is zen-inducing.
And the sense of contribution and belonging they foster from every hand that goes into a painting is inspiring to say the least.