Val loves the Lord and very much enjoys doing scriptural type calligraphy pieces and acrylic one-stroke technique painting. Val does pointed-pen Spencerian penmanship of hymns and spiritual sayings in the Bible, and makes laminated placemats of her penmanship for sale at flea markets and craft fairs in Southwest Michigan. Val wanted to be a medical illustrator in college and, in fact, did do medical illustrations which were published in laboratory manuals at Western Mich. University. Val worked 23 years as a medical transcriptionist and did commissions of house portraits on...more
