Rock and roll, Classical, Jazz like Sarah Vaughn and Miles Davis, great to listen to while painting.

The Bible, Anything by Taylor Caldwell, Irving Stone.

Love the classics in black and white, can't get enough of Bogie and Betty Davis, old hollywood.

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I paint in Oils, watercolor and acrylic. I also can be found constantly with my camera, so photography as well. Some subjects just seem to cry out for the different mediums and when an image comes into my mind I usually see it finished in the medium that it chooses to be born in. I am working on a new style of painting my oils. I prime the canvas with different primers like gesso, plaster and plaster of paris, leaving it to dry and crack usually it takes about three layers to achieve the correct amount of cracking and then I paint, sometimes in the 7 layer flemish style and sometimes not. Really give an old world feel to the work.

I like painting of course and my pets. Two Keeshonds, very independent and a rescue bird called 'Tubber', she came with the name. Says it over and over, "Hi Tubber, Tubber". I like long walks the kind that you forget your walking and your mind leaves and all thats left is the beauty around you. Even winter can be beautiful when your 'self' takes a back seat. Oh ya I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

I hate cruelty in all its forms, especially when directed at children or animals, really gets my spine out of whack. Old rock and roll that is played over and over I mean seriously how many times can you get excited over Stairway to Heaven. Old rockers need to make some new rock for us.

Walking, reading, splunking through antique stores looking for treasures.