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 I am a wife and mother of three children. My first memories of drawing were at around six years old. About that time was when I decided that I was going to be an artist. My favorite tool was an HB no. 2 yellow school pencil. Much of my childhood was spent drawing everything on anything that had a blank space. The back of used office paper or the back of leftover wallpaper were the typical choices. Copying, in detail, book covers and photographs from magazines or taking my no. 2 pencil into the pasture to draw my horses. Studying everything about them.
Painting medias weren’t explored until my collage years where I started with a watercolor class. Life drawing classes were being held next door. That class invited my class to draw one of the live models. After that experience, I took five semesters of life drawing. The life drawing class introduced me to pastels, which led to two semesters in portraiture. Learning skills of accuracy, color blending with pastels, and seeing more than the obvious color in a persons skin. An anatomy class furthered my understanding of the human body from an internal aspect. People became my favorite subject. I am fascinated with how beautifully complicate people are inside and out.
Currently, my media has been watercolor, watercolor/pastel, graphite and occasionally acrylic. I have painted a little more than a handful of murals that I call wall paintings. I still use a no. 2 school pencil for thumbnail sketches, the beginnings of watercolor paintings and graphite drawings.
My favorite color is Quidacridone Gold. You will see this color and what are called ‘blooms’ in all of my paintings. The subjects typically chosen are vignettes of people, animals, food, and flowers. In other words, just about anything. People are my main interest.
My work has been in various shows and has won 1st and 2nd place awards as well as awards for composition. At this time, I am drawing and painting portraits of children, fine art pieces, handpainted personalized wall clocks, and an occasional mural. I also volunteer as an 'art mom' at the school my kids attend.
My future endevours include fine art with mosaic tiles and floor cloths. Floor cloths are handpainted rugs. A hypoallergenic and low maintainance floor covering. Mosaic tile art has yet to be explored. |
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