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I started learning the language of Art in the year 2000, as a personal
challenge to experience something I had never done before. Drawing and painting
classes followed one after the other, and soon I was unable to extricate myself
from this new adventure.
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My first goal as a painter was to acquire a basket of competencies in painting
skills to form the foundation for developing a painting style of my own. I
quickly realized that this was a life-time goal! Today I paint what I cannot
record in a photograph, or express in words-the colors of a brilliant sunset
which imprinted in my mind much more vividly than a snapshot taken on vacation,
a memory that comes from an encounter with a friend, an incidental event that
taught me a life lesson, places where I experience joy or grief from simply
being human....these are the things that inform my paintings.
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Because God gave me a passion for painting, and blessed me with the time and
opportunity to do so, it is my pleasure to share what I have. My painting
studio is also a classroom for children two days a week. Most of my students
are of elementary school age, and I have laughed with them, struggled alongside
their brave efforts, and learnt from them in many ways. Above all, I love
having them around, and I am proud of all their work!
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