American Fork • Cristall Harper’s art career didn’t get off to a rousing start. She was, she readily admits, “hustling” 15 years ago — doing “little 6-by-6 [inch] paintings that I would list on eBay” to raise money for paint.
She had to fight for her art degree from Brigham Young University, staying on an extra year after professors rejected her first senior show. Two years after graduation, as she was primarily painting florals, she remained convinced that failure was “never an option.”
“I was, like, I’m just going to work hard. I’m going to hustle.