Eulogy - Alyssa Burnside

My Creative Life Eulogy

The life of Alyssa Burnside is one of a simple dream. She grows up drawing and letting art guide her. Kids in her elementary class would often ask her to draw them their favorite cat since they thought she had an amazing talent. As life went on, she grew into ideas of what she wanted to be. A graphic designer was one, an animator for Disney was another and she finally stuck with a Game Artist. She loved playing games as a young girl. She was always fascinated by the artwork the game would have, especially video games. 

When she went off to college, her goal was to work hard and learn as much as she could about art so that she could fulfill her dream of becoming a game artist. After the first year of college, she went off on a mission for the Mormon Church. After a year and a half, she returned and found a wonderful young man to marry. They both went to college and were amazing artists. They both motivated each other and pushed themselves into success. After graduating from Snow College they both moved up to BYUI where they had their first child and continued to learn more about art. Alyssa was a stay at home mom while also finishing her Bachelors in Fine Arts. 

After college, she and her husband moved on to greater heights and started to work on their careers. Alyssa was able to work from home with a small game company. This gave her the chance to be with her children. She stayed with this company until her oldest was able to take care of the younger children. At this point, she moved to a bigger game company and was able to go in a few times a week to work. Once her children were all on their own, she started going into the company more often and bacame the one of the best game artists they had. 

Once her children started having kids, she retired so that she could focus more on her family. She continued to do her art in a more minor and at home way. She loved to paint and started to take it up again. She's wanted a study at home for years and finally, she was able to get one built in her home. Her children and grandchildren love coming to play and see grandma's artwork. She often would let them into her studio and create their own pieces of art. 

She continued like this until she died at the age of 95, happy as can be.