Lee Blizard
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Partime Teacher |
| Location | Punta Gorda, FL, United States |
| Introduction | Artist, Author, Illustrator. Professional Artist w/ publication of books,"The Diary of Benjamin Reynolds", "The First Rosalie of Philadelphia"1993-94.Real Estate 16yrs. prior to that.Attended CPCC,Charlotte, NC, Unn. of Rhode Island. ArtEditor "The Collector", Charlotte,NC. BTW, my books are still selling: Leeblizard@embarqmail.com Paul and I retired to Punta Gorda (on the Water) in l997. We have lived on water since he joined IBM in 1967. I have 5 grandchildren. 3 here in FL.w/ my daughter, Michelle and 2 out in Oregon with my son, Tor. I belong to the Arts and Humanities Council and work as a Site coordinator for them. I belong to the Visual Art Center (VAC). I have taught at Edison College, Port Charlotte Cultural Center, Punta Gorda Civic Association and out of my own Studio. At the present time (7/10) I am working on the FAF. and painting 3 paintings rendering works by Michaelangelo and DaVinci. These are the artists we are honoring this year. This past year in 2012 we managed to form an artists CoOp in Arcadia,FL. www.arcadiaoperahouseartists.com |
| Interests | Art, Sailing, reading, knitting and crafts (tooling leather), traveling. We have lived on water for 42 years so all water sports and anything having to do with Boats! |
| Favorite Movies | Enchanted Cottage, Ironweed, Driving Miss Daisy, All the old Musicals(Fred Astaire, etc.) All That Jazz, Out of Africa, All Jack Nicholson's Moulin Rouge (both old and new), Homeward Bound, Marley & Me and all Golden Retriever movies (we've had 5). Just a movie buff--Love TCM on TV and NetFlix is great! |
| Favorite Music | Anything by George Gershwin, All the old Folk music & singers (Peter, Paul, &Mary)John Denver, etc. Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Barry Manilow, Julio Inglasis, Ray Charles, Judy Collins. All 60's music, Josh Groban-- Classical too. I'm a music lover! |
| Favorite Books | Anything by Rosamunde Pilcher, Jane Austen, Maeve Binchy. All kinds of Biographys and Auto-biographys, I've read so many! Sue Grafton Mysteries, Marley & Me, Mark Levin's My Dog Sprite. All Bill O'Reilly's books.I'm an avid reader and use audio books too! |
Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?
Without it's shell, of course!