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Long long ago Shriners Hospital introduced me to arts and crafts, drawing and painting; as part of therapy. I enjoyed anything
that took an artist flare; and they would always keep my interest for a time as I was growing up. Now I'm all grown up with a
renewed interest in several aspects of the art world. I am mostly self taught; creative courses weren't in the books for me. Still,
I enjoy being creative and believe homemade, hand crafted, or personaly created gifts mean more. because part of yourself goes
into the item. I'm about to travel a very interesting and scary (I'm not fond of the unknown) road. I have started down this
road by painting at the Sausalito Art Walk for the last three years. After a ton of encouragement it is with great anticipation
I'm starting an art corner to show off my stuff and hopefully get some interesting comments and perhaps a sale or two. I will do
my best to keep everything updated and answer any questions within reason. I will also look forward to your to your comments.
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I am, a disabled person with no use of one arm and 10% use of the other (due to Polio). To add to my life challenges, I can't
walk far or stand for to long and by doctor's orders use a wheelchair or scooter whenever I go out. I may not like how I look,
but I'm proud of who I am and how far I've come from my youthful days.
I may not see beauty every where I look. I may be not happy all the time. Still life is good and I know I've accomplished a few
good deeds, made a difference in a couple lives and left my mark upon this world.
I use to dabble in arts and crafts. You know make Christmas gifts, write stories with twists or the life events I'd have liked,
drawing and painting. Even writing squeezed it's way into my heart and got shelved on my journey of life. Somewhere along the
that road of life it all got waylaid.
Then I got married and moved to California. My whole life changed. Surprisingly there was culture shock. I missed my friends and
family; and to fill in the void I started to rediscover arts and crafts as I helped manage my husband's store.
I must thank June Adamy for always saying “You ought to get back into your arts and crafts.”, A big thanks to Mike O'Mannion who
got me back into painting and showed me a few technics. Another thanks goes to David LLoyd 3, who not only showed me a few tricks,
challenged me to think outside the box and to create in different ways; I must not forget to thank Nikki Tognetti who has helped
me to tackle tress and to be less afraid of the liner brush.
One day if my little art corner takes off, I just may start an art club, where artist types can get together talk about their
work and pick each other's brains. Plan shows, parties or whatever.
My Biggest Belief is "A Person is only as good as their word."
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