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Renate Wesley - Artist

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As a child I always wanted to draw.   I dabbled in art until I was old enough for art college.   I attended Ontario College of Art in the late 60's, but never got into the painting at that time.   Advertising Art was to be my destiny.   As time went on and I mothered 3 kids into adulthood, I had very little time to work with my passion ..painting.   Finally 15 years ago I decided to try my hand at what I had yearned for, and amazingly it came to me very easily.   Well, it gave me such pleasure to play with the paints, and see what I could do with...more
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Hi again! So I finally made it to the art store...Omer de Serres is the place I go to here in Ottawa, Ontario. Love going in there..but its a very dangerous store!!! Dangerous for my wallet, that is. Not that they are expensive, but I could get out o... 

Well, another Birthday has come and gone, and the year is off to a good start. Just worked out a new digital piece, and am liking it! I've also posted a few others last week and the week before..and have had many visitors and great comments on the pi... 

Hi again....yes I'm still at it! I'm loving playing with the Gimp program on my laptop. Have you gone to see my work yet? I would really like to hear from you with comments on my artwork. I was never a big abstract lover, but NOW!! I'm loving it. I... 

Ha! The title sounds like it should be two separate blogs. Oh well, here it goes. My life as an artist goes back to crayons and coloring books. Like most everyone else. Well it didn't take me long to figure out plain p...