I am pretty much a self-taught artist. Except for the help of a wonderful art teacher in high school I have just been blessed to be able to put to canvas or paper a likeness of what I see. My first love was oils but after becoming busy with work and family I stopped painting for about 15 years. About 4 years ago after my dad's death I found a journal in which he had written a little about each of his four children. Under my name he had written, 'Jan can draw really good. I have always felt this to be possible because I have always wanted to(draw) but could...more