For 25 years I did pet and wildlife portraits in colored pencil, while never giving up the search for the media that would set me ablaze. The first tile painting I saw did it for me, I knew I had to paint tile! I had no one to teach me so I made all the mistakes it was possible to make until I learned my craft. The layering work in colored pencil prepared me well for layering details in tile painting. As much as I love painting in the ceramic glaze medium, I was not prepared to give up my obsession with fine detail that I was famous for. I learned that I...more
