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I hope you will enjoy the whimsical images and appreciate my style with figure drawings and portraits.
I hope you will enjoy the whimsical images and appreciate my style with figure drawings and portraits.
The first creative project I remember was a papier mache duck puppet that I made with my grandma when I was maybe three or four years old. (Wish I had it, or a photo.) Throughout my growing-up years, I was busy drawing, sculpting, or creating with fabric. My parents, classmates and teachers always called me an "artist". When I went to college, I majored in General Art, which included classes in two- and three-dimensional design, working with clay, wood, metal and fiber, and my favorites … life drawing, rendering, and illustration.
After completing my BA, I went on with schooling to earn a teaching credential and PhD in Educational Foundations. And then I devoted nearly four decades to my family and career as an educator, still being creative with craft projects, although I seldom drew anything, except occasionally pictures for children.
At retirement, I decided to "reinvent" myself as an artist, and I've had a wonderful time! I began in the spring of 2011, doing pen and ink illustrations for two children's books, Songs for Bears - A Tale of Goldilocks and The Puppet Explained. I started painting with acrylics in 2012. These days, I particularly enjoy doing whimsical paintings and figure drawings.
After completing my BA, I went on with schooling to earn a teaching credential and PhD in Educational Foundations. And then I devoted nearly four decades to my family and career as an educator, still being creative with craft projects, although I seldom drew anything, except occasionally pictures for children.
At retirement, I decided to "reinvent" myself as an artist, and I've had a wonderful time! I began in the spring of 2011, doing pen and ink illustrations for two children's books, Songs for Bears - A Tale of Goldilocks and The Puppet Explained. I started painting with acrylics in 2012. These days, I particularly enjoy doing whimsical paintings and figure drawings.
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This is my most recent painting, titled "Bonding"..
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