WHY YOO? I get asked this question all the time. Unfortunately, I don't have an exciting answer to give you. Writers have 'Pen Names'. So, I decided I needed a 'Brush Name'. I believed at the time, that having an alias would give me a sense of 'artistic freedom' and I believe it has. It also gave me the confidence to try different mediums--Indian ink, oil pastels and acrylic gouache, to name a few. I first started using each medium separately, but then came up with the crazy idea of mixing these mediums in...more