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THE GIFTS SERIES

THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I HAVE ALWAYS DABBLED IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS. I SPENT MANY YEARS SEWING AND WOULD CREATE BEAUTIFUL APPLIQUE QUILTS/TAPESTRIES FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. AT SOME POINT I BEGAN PAINTING AND STARTED DOING PORTRAITS. THESE PARTICULAR PAINTINGS EVOLVED VERY ORGANICALLY, COMBINING MANY OF MY CREATIVE PASSIONS WITH SOME OF MY SPIRITUAL BELIEFS, THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE SYMBOLS THROUGHOUT EACH PAINTING. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY IS THE RIBBON, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR CONNECTION TO ONE ANOTHER AND THE WRAPPING OF THIS GIFT I CALL LIFE. AS WITH ALL MY PAINTINGS IT IS MY HOPE THAT THEY RESONATE WITH THAT PART OF YOU THAT IS FREE, JOYFUL AND HAPPY.

THE SUMMER BREEZE SERIES 

I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED PAINTING PEOPLE AND WHILE RAISING MY SON I STARTED DOING BEACH PORTRAITS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.  ANOTHER PASSION I HAD WAS WRITING, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS. THESE PARTICULAR PORTRAIT PAINTINGS ARE STRICTLY FROM MY IMAGINATION. IN THE PROCESS OF PAINTING THEM I CAN FEEL WHAT THEIR PERSONALITIES WOULD BE LIKE AND WOULD CATCH MYSELF HUMMING A LITTLE MELODY ABOUT THEM. IT IS MY HOPE THAT THE VIEWER CAN FEEL THEIR PERSONALITY AS WELL. AS WITH ALL OF MY PAINTINGS IT IS MY HOPE THAT THEY RESONATE WITH THAT PART OF YOU THAT IS FREE, JOYFUL AND HAPPY.