Hi everyone,  I don't know where to introduce myself, because there does not seem to be a place on the forum for that.  I guess I'll just copy and paste my profile here.

I have been an artist for over 25 years. I am a sculptor and most of my work is through commissions. It can be seen on my web site at http://www.creativesculpture.com.  I also paint in watercolor, but have just recently been learning the digital watercolor medium to help illustrate a few children’s books that I have been writing.

As a writer I have been a coauthor on several books and write nonfiction for a couple of different magazines. My favorite things to write about are the business of art, psychology, gardening, the brain and education. You can read about my writing at that portion of my website

Presently I am writing business articles for Sculptural Pursuit Magazine and the Best of Artists and Artisans online magazine.  I am presently looking for a publisher for my first book, Bringing to Life the Spirit of the Deceased—A Sculptor’s Journey. It has been a fascinating journey writing it and I am looking forward to some of my first interviews on the book. The research that I have done on emotion in art is the topic of one of my first interviews.  You can read about the book  

I have an online journal and three blogs. The Newsboy Journaldocuments the eight month-long process of a commission for the Texas Press Association of a life-size newsboy sculpture intended for the state Capitol in Austin.  The journal takes the reader from the signing of the contract through the installation of the sculpture and beyond.  It is located at

Two of my blogs are updated regularly.
•    The first is Creative Endeavors where I blog my recent work and happenings. http://www.creativesculpture.com/blog/

•     The second is a blog on a specific job, a posthumous sculpture of Professor Richard Hathaway. The project has been around for a year now.  The TW Wood Gallery in Vermont has been raising funds to cast the figure.  I have just received word that they have the money and now we will be completing the project. http://www.dickhathaway.blogspot.com/

•    My third blog has not received many posts of late. Because it is related to education. It is title Perpetual Learner. Not long ago I found myself back in school finishing my undergraduate degree, I blogged my process of education, which at my age was very interesting.  It was also quite intriguing because of the type of school. Vermont College is a student driven educational system.  In other words, the student designs their curriculum. It was an incredible experience.  I hope to continue on doing the same type of education at Goddard with a masters of fine arts in Interdisciplinary study.  That way I can study writing and art and still be able to mix the other elements that I so love like business and psychology.  Then it would be on to a PhD, studying creativity as it pertains to behavioral psychology and neurology. It was fun to be back in school and learning, not because I felt like I had to but because I wanted to!  I have decided on holding off a bit on the masters and therefore there are very little posts on that forum right now.
 
Last but not least I am a public speaker and speak on creativity and marketing and the artist.  I have a wonderful workshop that I have created for marketing in the arts you can read about on my website.

MEMBERS COMMENTS VIEWING 1 - 1 OUT OF 1 COMMENTS From: dryadart 10/01/2007 21:16:42 Hi and welcome to our happy home, this is a great place and the artists here supported me through my masters dissertation and the emotional challenges it presented. I decided to just dive in and I went to England for a year to do an intensive MA in Visual Culture, I left my husband and three children here in the states. As I am English it was not so bold a leap as it sounds, but writing up to an academic level was a huge challenge, and I missed my family beyond words. I am currently working on a website that will link my research with my studio work. I guess you could say my work also speaks from beyond the grave as I use the lives and experiences of 18th and 19th century women to act as a springboard for discussions on contemporary society. I enjoyed the perpetual learner blog, and could really relate to your dilemma on choosing a field of study. In the end I picked a program that answered my interests in Victorian society. I wanted to understand as well as we are able, how the Victorians felt about the visual culture of their times, so that I wouldn't be distorting that in my own work. If you'd be interested in learning more about my voyage, and how my maybe PhD research is going, I'd love to be in touch some more. Right now I am still pursuing my lines of inquiry and have some contacts with departments interested in overseeing the work, but I just don't feel up to snuff yet, and as my own children are beginning to head out the door to college, I feel they should get a little more time from me, plus I have some debt from my MA I'd like to clear!! Looking forward to getting to know you better!