For the past 30 years, I've been living in Florida, but before that I was born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I've started painting in 2012, so I guess you could say I'm a newbie in the art world. My mother was an artist and did beautiful sketches but she never did anything with her talent. I decided I want to do something with what talent I have. I can say I don't have as much talent as my mother, but I try to develop it every day. I enjoy doing naive/whimsical art the best and have been working mostly with watercolor. I used to...more