Hi There! I've been painting all my life... My Dad was a painter, and I followed around behind him, absorbing as much as I could about the materials he used. Mostly though, I absorbed his love for art & his love for color. I studied studio art formally at Evangel College in Missouri, at the Universities of Alaska, Maine, and Connecticut, and I studied painting privately in Europe. I hold a BS in Studio Art and Art History from Charter Oak College in West Hartford, CT. My work is an expression of my happy life. I paint common...more