Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Fine Art Painter, Retired ASL Interpreter
Location	Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Introduction	Even as a young child I had a deep desire to draw and paint. All throughout elementary,middle, and senior high school I excelled in all of my art classes. I later attended our local Fine Arts Academy and college in Baton Rouge,LA, with a focus in art, art history, and English. I have taken private lessons and workshops from several talented artists in LA, TX, and AL. I continue to take art classes, always staying open to new ideas.We can learn something new from anyone! I have worked with charcoal,graphite and colored pencils,pen and ink, and various pastels,although preferring animal portraits in oils. I sometimes "get out of the box" and enjoy painting with heavy impasto, creating abstracts, and collages that seem to give my paint brushes the freedom to pull me toward each new creation. My work is probably the most relaxing part of my life, and I am so glad to be back doing what I love! I believe a painting is in everything around us. We just have to look for what is truly there!
Interests	Painting, drawing, photography,traveling,reading, fishing,spending time with my husband.
Favorite movies	Steel Magnolias, Fried Green Tomatoes, Driving Miss Daisy, Gone With the Wind
Favorite music	Gospel Jazz Blues (anything with the saxophone,banjo) Some Country- especially the old stars;like Patsy Cline, Hank Williams,Conway Twitty,Charlie Rich,etc. and the newest group I have added, The Texas Tenors!
Favorite books	The Holy Bible, Any books by author Karen Young,of Houston Texas Lilian Braun,"The Cat Who" series, Nearly all of John Grisham's work, Margaret Coel

You have to dig a hole to China. Where do you start?

In my own back yard, where else?