I graduated from Southwest Missouri State University (now called Missouri State University) in Springfield, Missouri with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1988. After working for several years in the Graphic Design and Advertising business (while raising two boys and two dogs), I finally have the opportunity to do what I love… creating art from my studio in my home. I have always loved drawing, since I was a young child and got my first box of crayons. Over the years, when time would allow (between the jobs and the kids), I have drawn portraits for friends and acquaintances, working...more
