The thrill has never stopped! From the time I was a child, dragging a stick through the dirt creating daydream doodles, till today, moving a brush through creamy colors on my palette - thoughtfully placing brushstrokes on wood or canvas - expressing a mood that fits a moment in time...this is pure joy. I grew up in central Oregon in a large family (9 kids, 2 sets of twins) with my mother who was an artist and my father a writer. Memories of venturing out every weekend to mountain lakes and trails to the west or picnics among the junipers and sagebrush to the east helped cement my love of the...more
