Shandel Gamer can't remember a time when she wasn't drawing or painting. Many of her best memories include after-school arts and crafts at the local recreation department. Her serious interest in art began in high school. There, she began to develop her own style of pastel painting. For the next twenty-five years, Shandel concentrated on developing this style through her portraiture. After sustaining a serious hand and wrist injury, Shandel was forced to stop painting. When she was able to return, she discovered that she could no longer...more