My parents were both trained fine artist (many awards, made the newspaper many times, taught, etc).so I absorbed great creative urges growing up with them.I started on the internet in 1997 after quitting a job to take care of my mom because I needed more income then. I love dogs (and all pets actually) so I created backgrounds to insert over 100 dog breeds in using previous customers photos with their permission.Then I created a 100 page web site and Google liked that I was working so hard and listed me on their first page with the search term 'dog art'. BUT, I was working 60-70 hours a week filling...more