I am a retired art teacher. I taught general art to high school students for a number of years, and learned the basic techniques of all the major art forms. I always worked along with my students and was always amazed when the 180 students I taught everyday came up with 180 solutions to an assignment. I live in 'green' Eugene, Oregon with my husband and our five cats. Four of them are ferrel cats that my husband has adopted. We have lots of beautiful flowers on our lot that I love to draw. Many of my works are 'abstracts' because I love to...more