I have drawn and painted all of my life, because I love it.

My mother put me in private lessons at the age of eight, where the instructor , after a year, gave me a full scholarship and had me helping with the beginner students. I stayed with Mrs. Phelps until the age of fourteen. Of course, I took all of the art classes I could throughout Junior High and High School.

The belt pouches came from a custom order and has evolved into the versatile four in one pouch that I make now. They are made on the seventy-five year old Singer I inherited from my mom seventeen years ago.

I love the challenge of watercolors. They can be very sedate, or in your face brilliant. The idea for stretching the paper around wood came to me at 2:00 in the morning. I make my own stretchers, and finish the paintings with four coats of polymer medium to protect and make the piece stronger. I put heavy duty tape on the back of the frame to protect wall surfaces, and give it a more finished look.

Thank you, Randie