Broke Truck Driver Refuses To Sell Her Precious Thrift Store Find Creating A Ripple In The Art World

By Apoorva Jha

Art is a piece of our soul. It is a way to communicate with our innermost being for both the artist and observer. The same piece of art summons diverse emotions depending on the person, their perspective, their experience of life. Some people try to discover the greater meaning behind the colors and the brush strokes while some see nothing but a colorful blob on a canvas.

Teri Horton belonged to the latter category. One fine morning, she was at a thrift store to buy a gift for her friend when she spotted a massive “messy looking” painting. Teri assumed it would be funny to get it for her friend as a joke. What she didn’t comprehend was that this was no ordinary painting and this little joke will change the course of her life forever.

Meet Teri

Teri Horton, 74, is a retired long haul truck driver with an eighth-grade education. She is a feisty, independent, single woman who spent her whole life working in a male-dominated profession. But she loved her job. It is a possibility she went into that job because it suited her personality so well.