Small Business Mom

First came the eBay bug. Then Sarah Kadlic started painting. Last year, the Shaker Heights mom of four — ages 2, 5, 7 and 9 — earned $55,000 selling her landscape paintings online (www.sarahkadlicgallery.com). “I had always painted as a child, so I just decided to try it,” she recalls. “I made my first one ... and it sold for $24.” In the four years since, she’s been featured on “Good Morning America” for her business acumen and built a fan base. “I never thought I’d have a national following of people buying my art,” she says. “I never thought it was good enough.”