About the ArtistGrowing up, I was always interested in art. In eighth grade, I was chosen to attend the John Herron Art Museum, in Indianapolis, for a summer art program. One of our assignments was to do a charcoal drawing of a student. That is when I sold my first painting, to the student's mother.Later, when I was married with children, I took up painting portraits, in pastels, and did this to earn a little money on the side. After retiring, I took an interest in watercolor, which is my medium of choice, now.In The Villages, I take watercolor classes and have been greatly...more