By Rachel Shuster

A mother, entrepreneur and artist, Lynn Toomey has created a movement that combines all the things she loves most. Founded in 2006, mobile creative entertainment and education services, Let’s Gogh Art and We Paint Social, are the result of Toomey’s dream to make art and crafts a chance for individuals and families to explore their artistic passions and creativity.

Toomey has always loved art, but juggling a corporate job and growing children didn’t allow for it to be her main focus.

“I was in corporate America for 20 years, but I wanted to find something I could do that I love. I had an art studio in Leominster, but I brainstormed and got this idea that I could go out and do programs and offer a lot more than just in my studio,” Toomey said.

Both Let’s Gogh Art and We Paint Social offer children, families and adults a memorable experience that opens the mind when it comes to expressing oneself through art and creation. You don’t need to be an artist; all you need is passion.

“I’ve never wanted to do a program where everyone started with the same thing; I’d give people a kit and say ‘OK, this is what it’s going to look like when you’re done.’ We are about giving people a blank canvas ~ we use the term loosely; it may be a pillow, a box or a T-shirt. The idea is that everyone’s art is going to be unique because everyone is unique,” Toomey said.

Let’s Gogh Art provides the opportunity for people to channel their inner creativity through classes, workshops, group events and birthday parties, as well as family art fests and camps. This program touches many creative outlets including two- and three-dimensional art, canvas painting, arts and crafts, photography, body art and more.

Toomey said that all of these programs come to the client. She has created art at public and private venues such as community centers, schools, businesses, retailers, camps, country clubs, hotels, day care centers, private homes, senior centers and more.

So how does it work? To book an event, visit the Let’s Gogh Art website, choose your event, your art, your venue and your date, and viola! You’re booked.

Let’s Gogh Art has become such phenomenon in Massachusetts, it is expanding through a worldwide licensing program with a new license in New York City.

“We are trying to expand because people love our curriculum,” Toomey said.

Let’s Gogh Art also services various corporate customers, some of which include the Boston Children’s Hospital, Boys & Girls Club, Lego Corporation, Raytheon, Patriot Place and Life is Good.

“We also go to Fenway Park every summer and do art projects with the Red Sox players’ kids!” Toomey added.

In the midst of Let’s Gogh Art, Toomey is also co-creator of We Paint Social, along with Amy Ashman and Emily Ashman. This service focuses on the canvas painting trend, which is delivered to drinking and eating venues, where participants come to socialize with friends, have some snacks and a couple drinks, all while creating a painting through instruction from the event’s artist.

For more information on Let’s Gogh Art, visit letsgogharteastma.com. For information on We Paint Social, check out wepaintsocial.com.