My Background
My Inspiration
My Background
When I was 13 years old, my Grandma gave me her wooden painter box, oil paints and brushes. She said, I am an artist, your dad is also, and now so are you. This was news to me, the idea was tantalizing though, so I spent all my teen years in the bedroom every chance I got practicing with the equipment she had given me. (I was a secret ar
When I was 13 years old, my Grandma gave me her wooden painter box, oil paints and brushes. She said, I am an artist, your dad is also, and now so are you. This was news to me, the idea was tantalizing though, so I spent all my teen years in the bedroom every chance I got practicing with the equipment she had given me. (I was a secret artist) loving the power of a brush stroke to bring something into existence!
My Medium
My Inspiration
My Background
I have used many different mediums, such as graphite, charcoal and pastels. My early canvas works, were all done in grandmas oils, which I used so sparingly, I still have some left after 50 years. There was no money for art, so what ever I had was drawn on, and what ever was found -used. My style is still forming, as being self taught, d
I have used many different mediums, such as graphite, charcoal and pastels. My early canvas works, were all done in grandmas oils, which I used so sparingly, I still have some left after 50 years. There was no money for art, so what ever I had was drawn on, and what ever was found -used. My style is still forming, as being self taught, discovery is constant-and all things delight me. Now I move into a part of my life were I can devote much more time to consider the world of art and all it offers!
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My Inspiration
My inspiration is emotion! I love painting people, animals and things trying to capture that look, that expression or moment.
When I see a person in a moment of their life, a favorite pet that someone loves, or items in a home that tell a story- then I feel the brush strokes coming on, and am not settled until I can create them with satisfaction and beauty -trying to reflect what I saw.