My Creations

 Real life can be messy and can be painful and our best isn't all that  there is.  There is all the work that builds up to the best creation. Art can be a struggle. In my Other Life, I define it as anytime- then -as opposed to now, I did not have the time and money to create, so I had to make use of what ever I had. I made paints last forever painting so thin as to not waste it. Drawing on paper not meant for art. I did not have a method to photograph most of my art then. Not having art education made it more difficult than it would have been to create. Almost all my first paintings were painted with one brush that I pampered and coaxed along- not knowing when I might get another. A lot of art was lost to water damage, rats, moving, and inadequate storage.  Below I will add a series of  art photos- as I continue to find them, they show the then times, the crumpled and some what destroyed remains of  the learning which never stops, if we are lucky!

I would never have imagined that I could draw a straight line, or even a crooked one -that could become a reasonable painting when I first picked up a pencil. Its a long road when you walk it by yourself, but if art is a passion in your heart, grab that pencil and start! My old works look like beginning art! They should inspire you to say- I can do that, I can do even better!