I grew up in a creative home and began sketching portraits and figurative art at an early age. Later art took a back seat to raising my children and for nearly 20 years I rarely found time to draw. At the insistance of a close friend and fellow fine artist, I took up oil painting at the age of 45 for the first time. I immediately fell in love with the process and began painting with a fervor, turning my home into an 'art studio'. Paintings hung on every available space, some finished, some in progress, and canvases everywhere. I was pleased to find that...more
