Krista Courier, surrounded by family and members of the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce, cuts the ribbon last week on her new business The Creative Studio by Rustic Girl Painting at 1001 W. Broadway Ave. in Moses Lake.
May 11, 2023
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MOSES LAKE — Krista Courier didn’t start out to become either a painter or a business owner. “We moved to Moses Lake about four years ago,” said Courier. “We moved here because my 13-year-old son is autistic and he suffered a lot of trauma in school. We came here right before COVID started and needed an outlet. So we started painting.” Courier, who worked as a certified nursing assistant, an emergency room technician and a hospital administrator during a 19-year career in the medical field, said while she picked up painting to help her son, it turned out she was the one who stuck with it.