Valinda Martin and her Art for the Soul store

Valinda Martin greets customer and friend Genia Pickett at her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.

Valinda Martin helps an employee hang a piece of art in her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Valinda Martin, who is handy with power tools, hangs a piece of art in her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.

Valinda Martin sits next to popular colorful glassware in her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Valinda Martin reflects on her favorite merchandise and most popular gifts in her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Valinda Martin smiles in Art for the Soul, her inspirational gift shop on Balboa Island, which she started as therapy after she became paraplegic in a boating accident.

Popular license plate art at the Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Valinda Martin greets her UPS driver at her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)

Valinda Martin greets people on the sidewalk from her Art for the Soul gift shop on Balboa Island.  (Don Leach / Staff Photographer)