Painting is Magical
Why I started painting: From the time I was very young, I felt the pull of art. My early experiences included visits to art museums with my family. Seeing Pinkie and The Blue Boy at the Huntington Art Museum was an eye-opening experience. I had begun drawing faces and was fascinated by artists’ ability to achieve a three dimensional illusion. My great aunt, a teacher, noticed my interest and encouraged me to draw. I’ll always remember her support.
My family was always up for a summer vacation adventure. We backpacked in the wilderness, boated and fished in Mexico, drove across country, wandered Yellowstone, and flew to Hawaii, exposing me to new and wondrous things to study. How would I paint the way the water moved,
