About MeI have always had an interest in being creative which seems to be in my genes as a result of growing up with parents who are world class artists. My childhood home was a gallery, a stage, an art room, and gourmet "restaurant". So much going on all the time. I appreciated art, and yet never felt "called" in that direction. Instead, I went to Purdue University and got a degree in Geochemistry (after switching from Math as my major.) Even though I didn't pursue art as a career or serious hobby, I did continue to dabble in creative "crafts"
while my 3 sisters actively pursued fine arts education and/or careers. It wasn't until my children were adults (in the early 2000's) that I recognized the latent fine art talent
within me that had been waiting so patiently to be discovered. My mother then introduced me to collaging. That was a blast. We would go to the recycling center and dig magazines out of the bins and bring them home and spend hours cutting out pictures and making our fun creations. When I became ill from mercury poisoning in 2002 (and then a few years later, thyroid cancer),I was unable to do
sit at an easel, or table, or spread magazines out all over the floor. I had long recognized my skill at taking awesome photos even with a very basic, simple “instamatic” camera. I just had “the eye” for composition, subject, lighting, texture, etc. Recently my husband bought me my first SLR digital camera, and I am just now learning how to use the many features it provides. Look out world, as I learn the tricks, I expect my photography to blossom even more! I use a photo manipulating program on the computer to crop and edit my digital images to make them more pleasing
and interesting. I can sit for hours tweaking photos to get the best composition and color adjustments etc. I LOVE photography and for the first time recently displayed 2 of my photos in a local photography gallery juried exhibit. I have some of my collages displayed in an exhibit in other galleries as well. I became interested in jewelry making (beading and wire wrapping) after years of working as a computer tutor for a dear senior citizen friend who had several necklaces that needed repair. I knew I could do that! One thing led to another and I started acquiring beads and beading tools and going to bead shows and shops. Slowly I started building up a lovely inventory of high quality materials. I was still just dabbling at the "hobby" level. It took a major plumbing disaster in our home, the repair of which looked like it was going to cost thousands of US dollars, to LAUNCH me into high gear of producing various art to help pay for this plumbing project. I got busy! I enlarged photos and matted them. I started cranking out jewelry and making note cards. So now I have many items of wonderful quality and beauty that I sell: I am looking forward to my health continuing to improve so that my productivity and creativity can increase.I would also like to make my "Art Rains" works available to those interested in high quality art not only for browsing enjoyment, but for purchase for collection sake and gift giving and for that wonderful "feel good" sensation one has when beauty and quality are present in their lives. My work can be seen and purchased at this site as well as seen on my FaceBook "Art Rains" site: I am working on getting an Etsy account going as well as getting my photos up on Flickr. I can be reached at if you have inquiries about what else is available or questions on shipping, quantities, sizes, pricing, etc. Blessings of Art Raining down on all of us! |
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