Rock painting helps make personal connections

Aly Young painted the City of Baytown logo on a rock.

“I love painting rocks. It’s basically all I think about all day long. I’ve been doing it almost a year now. I’ve probably done a few hundred.

“I started with small rocks, and now I’m doing projects on bigger rocks. I recently painted the Houston Texans logo on a 22-pound rock for someone’s birthday.

“I came up with this special badge that I painted for our four local K-9 police officers. A history teacher wanted a rock for her classroom, so I painted one showing the Texas flag, San Jacinto Monument and some other stuff on it.

“When I first started doing these I painted a rock that said, ‘The world without art is just eh,’ and I hid it. A woman’s daughter found it. She says her daughter always wanted to be an art teacher when she grows up. So I think my rock can help inspire her. It’s pretty exciting to be able to connect with people like that. I like making their day.”