The vision of Southern Blue is to be reflective of the emotions with daring themes that are relaxing, stimulating, and inspiring as we go through the progressions of visual sensations expressed in artwork. The story of Southern Blue Art Studio begins with Leah Sakovich-McCall. Leah began creating art as a little girl. Her late Uncle Stanley Sakovich was an artist in New Orleans, teaching at private schools in New Orleans, and was well-known for designing floats during Carnival/Mardi Gras. He began teaching Leah how to draw and color with pencils and crayons as a child. Later he collected Clementine Hunter's pieces and taught Leah about her work. Some of his work was sent to the Chicago Museum of Art. Leah put art aside to further her career as an assessment counselor in psychology. In 1994 her life was interrupted with a tragedy when her fiance was shot and killed. Five years later Leah was living in Baton Rouge, La where she learned process her grief to art work. She was able to sell all but one of her pieces in which she keeps to remind herself of the journey. She went to graduate school and earned an MA in Education. She taught for 7 years in North Louisiana until Co-vid. Leah noticed that she gained a lot of weight, ended up in the ER due to poor health, and was told that she was in burn out. She decided to return to art. She began working with acrylics. The first festival she entered was the Red River Revel in 2022 and was immediately accepted. Since then she has been on a fast track, painting work, taking orders from private clients, and talking with others about her journey. Leah currently lives in Bossier City, happily married to William McCall. Her work is heavily influenced by spiritualism. She is a true believer in the Lord