i read alot....funniest i have read recently....lamb, the gospel according to biff, christ's childhood pal by christopher moore....lol funny
still working on harry potter series...
i read alot of art and craft magazines that helps me keep up to speed on what is going on out there.professional reads: :a whole new mind" by daniel pink

if you haven't seen Slumdog Millionare you must go as soon as possible!!!! awesome....crash, gladiator, man on fire, 50 first dates....i like adventure, action, drama, thillers,but i like my chick flicks too, and comedy....so i am a movie geek that is what happens when you married a tv/film geek...but do not make me watch high school musical !!!!

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I was born in northern California and transplanted to be raised in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas between two lakes and two rivers. I have traveled and lived many places while accompanying my military husband during his 20 active duty years in service to this country. During that time I have seen many museums, met with many fellow artists while raising our family and observing life.

I have a BSE in art education with a focus in drawing from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. I have attended workshops with portrait artist, John Elliot. I have taken classes at the Corcoran and VCU, where I am currently working towards a master’s of interdisciplinary studies with a focus in painting/drawing and crafts.
I have commissioned portrait of both human and animal in private collections.

I am an art instructor in a local Fairfax county school where I work with middle school students to encourage them to explore ways to express their thoughts in a visual format, which could be drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and clay or computer arts.

I have always called or thought of myself as an artist. It is almost as if I can hear the pencil or paintbrush calling to me. “You have to use this…you have to make this line or that stroke. Don’t fight this …you will not win. You must submit to the way that it is to be….JUST make the marks. The rest will follow. It has to be done and ONLY you can do this one piece of work. …there , you see how it looks---you are now lost in the work…there is no other way out…give in…and let it happen…let go…CREATE.”

I would describe most of my work by saying it is full of “life’s little moments”.
Observing people and animals has always been enjoyable to me and visually expressing those tiny moments in time has been my area of focus.
It is the lovely, tender, giddy and sad moments that we live in life that tells who we are and how we are all connected with similar moments in our lives shared in this world.

good food, good wine ( or spirit of the day), good conversation with passion, everyday celebrations- taking pleasure in the little things of life, purring kitties, good friends,hugs and kisses, to lay in my love's arms, visiting with my children, humor and laughing, sunny days, warm moonlite nights, well the list could go on and on....etc. oh did i mention good coffee in the morning...i think my blood is half caffine. i almost forgot ...chocolate.

being a "kitchen" witch i love to cook....just wished my wand worked on that cleaning up thing better. reading... sewing...playing with animals...creating inviting interior spaces...walking or running in nature...gardening or at least trying too...