Welcome to my art site. Painting is my passion and I have been at it since I was eight years old, starting with my mom ( who sent me for oil paint lessons from an artist in the Bronx-where I grew up). One of my very first oils was of two swans! I later attended Art and Design schools in NYC and upstate New York, earning degrees in Textile Design, Art History and Art Education. I became a textile designer in New York City, and taught art in Michigan and (still do in) Florida for many years. I have always loved the basic, simple, stylized shapes found in all...more