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Angels Coverage

On this week's edition of the Tar Heel Traveler with Scott Mason, a Charlotte woman 

BRING YOU THE COVID FRIENDLY BALL DROP FROM NEW YORK'S TIME SQUARE. LIVE AT MIDNIGHT. >>> TONIGHT THE TAR HEEL TRAVELER BRINGS US A STORY OF INSPIRATION FITTING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON. >> SCOTT MASON MEETS AN ARTIST FROM CHARLOTTE WHOSE ANGELS HAVE TOUCHED MANY LIVES. >> GOD JUST SAID I WANT YOU TO PAINT AND GIVE BACK. >> Reporter: AND NIELSEN IS IN HER SHARDED STUDIO, SHE PLAYS HER MUSIC WHILE SHE PAINTS AN ANGEL. AND SHE LISTENS TO THE VOICE SHE BELIEVES HAS CALLED HER. >> THE ANGEL SERIES BEGAN ON A PIECE OF PAPER. >> Reporter: IT BEGAN IN 2003 WITH THIS ANGEL. >> IT WAS A TEENY TINY LITTLE ANGEL PAINTED IN BRIGHT COLORS. >> Reporter: SHE SHOWED IT TO HER SISTER. >> HER RESPONSE WAS I THINK YOU FOUND YOUR VOICE. I JUST CAP PLAYING WITH THEM SO THE ANGELS GOT BIGGER AND PEOPLE WERE BEHIND THEM. >> Reporter: SHE ALWAYS KNEW SHE WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST. EVEN AS A LITTLE GIRL. >> I WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST WHEN I GREW UP. WHEN I GROW UP I'M GOING TO BE AN ARTIST. >> Reporter: BUT IT TOOK PATIENTS TO FIND HER WINGS. >> EVERYBODY WAS LIKE WHY ANGELS AND I JUST WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT REFLECTED WHO I WAS, MY FAITH. >> Reporter: SHE PAINTED THIS PAINTING NOT EXACTLY KNOWING WHY. >> IT HAD THREE AFRICAN- AMERICAN ANGELS AND IT SAT IN MY STUDIO FOR A YEAR AND A HALF. >> Reporter: THEN ONE DAY SHE WAS WATCHING OPRAH. >> SHE HAD THAT BREAKING NEWS ABOUT HER NEWFOUND HALF-SISTER. >> Reporter: OPRAH'S THIRD SIBLING. >> THAT'S THE PAINTING, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. >> Reporter: SHE SENT THE PAINTING TO OPRAH AND OPRAH CALLED. >> SHE SAID THIS IS OPRAH WINFREY. >> Reporter: WHAT DOES THAT STORY SAY? >> GOD IS IN THE DETAILS OF EVERY LITTLE THING WE DO. THERE WAS A LOT OF TIME GOING THROUGH THIS JOURNEY WHERE I QUESTIONED. IS THIS REALLY WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? >> Reporter: THAT HER PAINTINGS KEPT SELLING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND SHE WROTE A BOOK AND SOLD THOUSANDS OF COPIES. >> A LOVELY NEW FRIEND OF MINE NAMED ANN LEVISON. >> Reporter: KATHY LEE GIFFORD SHOWED THE BOOK ON TV. >> THE WEBSITE BLEW UP, MY PHONE BLEW UP IN THE ORDERS BLEW UP. >> Reporter: SHE OPENED A GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN CHARLOTTE. >> WE GIVE A PERCENTAGE OF ART THAT IS SOLD >> Reporter: TO GROUPS THAT NEED HELP. >> CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR ANYTHING NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART. AND THE PAINTINGS, IT TURNED INTO A MINISTRY NOW. >> Reporter: CAN YOU BELIEVE FOR THIS HAS TAKEN YOU? >> NO. IT'S JUST A NEAT FEELING WHEN YOU CAN VISIT YOUR ART AND YOUR PRODUCTS HAVE A PURPOSE AND THAT IS TO BLESS OTHERS.

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Angels Coverage

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