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The need to create art has been part of me for as long as I can remember.
Perhaps it was instilled by my mother who I witnessed drawing in the
margins of her magazines. I can recall playing drawing games with her as a
young child … she’d scribble a line on a page and challenge me to create
something recognizable from it. In elementary school I was asked to
be my art teacher’s assistant, (I thought she was magical). I
happily agreed to come to school early each morning to mix her paints and
sort her supplies. As an adult, I became an art educator in the
public schools and in the community.
Today I'm a full time painter and
sculptor working daily in my studio. I paint predominantly in
acrylic, pastel and watercolor though I occasionally work in oils, colored
pencils and batik. This past year I've begun creating sculpture in
steel. I show work in a variety of exhibitions, galleries and juried
shows.
To my thinking,
creating art is a way of communicating in a language beyond words. It
doesn’t matter whether the subject is realistic, abstract, or
nonrepresentational. It’s like saying to the viewer ‘I have a visual
message for you’. It’s always a treat for me to see someone “connect”
with one of my pieces.
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