View from my window

Tell us a little about yourself.

I live in Marietta, Georgia, United States, a suburb of Atlanta. Fortunately for me, my favourite thing is painting. I always drew and painted but never considered it as a career until 18 years ago at age 50.

Tell us a little about your everyday life as a painter, and the view from your window.

I rise early, usually by 5am. I). I’ve been doing this practice for more than 25 years. It is a brain dump to get rid of all the minutiae and little worries that distract me. After these are finished, I will read a novel for a while, waiting for my husband Dennis to get up. After breakfast and a shower and a walk with the dogs, I’m in the studio by 9am. The studio itself is a 15-foot square room just off the kitchen with access to the backyard. There are windows on two sides - one facing north and the other east. I can see the backyard and the picket fenced vegetable garden where I grow tomatoes and cucumbers. In the summer we have lantanas and roses in the flower beds. Out one window I can see my neighbour Maureen’s beautiful English-style flower beds.