God, Master Creator, Artist of artists, Creator of light and beauty has given me the gift of painting and a love of gardening along with the natural world. I create landscapes, gardens and flower portraits, plus still lifes that I enjoy arranging.

I have been drawing most of my life and started painting in high school art classes. In my early years of marriage, I did some oil painting. However, when the kids started coming, I quit except for small periods of time. When I started foster parenting, I would paint in acrylics at night for relaxation.

After the kids were grown, I took tole painting classes. Later I was encouraged to take up watercolor. Since it is the hardest medium to work in, I decided to take the plunge and go for it. I took classes in watercolor and basic design at the College of the Redwoods in California and studied with many nationally known artists. My mentor is Alan Sanborn who was in galleries across the United States. He taught me to see with an artist's eye for which I will be forever grateful.

My biggest achievement was to win an award at the juried California National Watercolor Association - although I have won many awards in juried shows in northern California.

The most important thing for an artist to do is to forever remain a student, always learning. When you think you have arrived, you might as well hang up your brush and put away your paints for you will never progress beyond that point.

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