I discovered I was an artist late in life. My mother was very talented, but never found the time to pick up a brush. I remember telling her that if I had her talent, I would never stop painting. She always said I had talent, I just had to try. After her death, as if to defy her, I took an oil painting class. I came home and showed my husband the finished painting and said, 'I think I can paint'. I never looked back. At age 58, I discovered the artist in me. I like to think of myself as Grandma Moses without...more
