Southerner, painter, poet, photographer, wife, mother, grandmother, barefoot beach walker, grower of orchids, lover of music and all things beautiful –and pursuer of creativity. There is no order in this list, it all overlaps and intertwines, as in life. My art is as flowing and changing as my life. I am largely self taught, and yet recently taught in various ways by generous friends and artists I have been fortunate to know. For over 40 years a painter of realism, I have recently added various experimental techniques to my painting, allowing me to paint...more