Life's Interests
There are so many things in life to take in.....I want to experience as many of them as I can.  For most of my life, I have been able to fit as many artistic things in my activities as I could handle.  In my younger years I spent hours and hours just sketching and taking in my surroundings.  I always have loved to sing and as a teenager I sang in a band called The Corvettes in Vincennes, Indiana.  We did teen centers and high school proms.  I was also in a trio and the school chorus as well as did operettas!  High school was where I got turned on to painting.  We had models in class and I couldn't wait till art class!  I found painting the human form and face to be the best.  To this day I really enjoy painting portraits.

I have dabbled in quilting, dried flower arranging, stained glass, and probably just about any "crafting" that came down the pike.  Nothing compared to the challenge of painting for me.  I take my paints with me
where ever I go.  There is always a subject and always someone who appreciates getting a little gift when I leave.

The fun thing about "acrylic or oil" painting is that you can paint on anything.
This gives a person a great reason to hit every junk shop or flea market from here to eternity to find "goodies" to paint on!  I always look for old calendars, post cards and things with unusual old pictures on it as subject matter..

All of this will bring a fun thing to do with my friends and students.....painting on site and getting away for painting week-ends.  We go somewhere and just paint our hearts out and yak yak yak!  It is very inspiring and just great gal pal fun.

Since I love to paint on rocks and do some things with dried "weeds", when my husband goes hunting, he even brings me things back.  His friends tell how he makes them stop the car when he sees something that I might want to use.  Guess I have him trained just a little bit!

When I was at a friend's home and was unable to paint, I started writing poetry.  My poetry is more of a story telling of a person I would say.  At any rate, my mind just turned on and before I knew it, I had about 8 poems written about people in my life.  I find if you can't do one thing that you want to do creatively, then another part of your creative mind kicks in and you do something else.   Guess God has a plan to keep us motivated after all!

I have 2 Sisters who are very intelligent.  They both are very strong and smart about everything.  Both very organized and like to do one thing at a time.  I make them totally crazy because I run in different directions at the same time and usually talk the same way.  Guess that is what makes us work as a team.
I like to do what is fun and feels good.... life is too short.

Living here in the hills of Wisconsin has been great medicine for me.  I love the solitude and the beauty.  My husband and I don't go much and really don't mind.  It has such beauty here and lets us tap into nature and appreciate Gods creation.
Jim Snowblowing and 10pt buck he shot deer hunting.

Our dog GangsterScooter