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I’m so interested in people,
in personalities, interactions between people. You can read so much of that
in a face. In older people, it's like you can see their lives and how they've
lived in the definitions in their faces. Younger people, children especially,
have really soft smooth features, so they’re more difficult to paint
than someone with a lot more character in their face, they don’t have
lines from years of smiling and laughter and crying, but there's a sparkle to
their eyes that's always there, and it shows exactly who they are. Most of the paintings that
I’ve sold now have been commissioned directly, for private collections
and gifts, and a few were sold in local galleries. I’ve had a few
customers now who have come back for a second piece of art, which makes me
feel really good as an artist. Right from the start, though, painting has
always made me feel good. I’m working with my passion while giving
people something they really enjoy. I find it very fulfilling. I’ve always loved colors. As
a little girl, I just ploughed through coloring books. Coloring always
fascinated me. As I grew older I explored different ways of experiencing
colors, and one day I was invited to a party where people were making wood
stains and painting, and I did it just on a whim, and what I made was the
ugliest thing I’ve ever done. It was supposed to be roses and my sister
thought it was thistle. What I ended up with was atrocious, but I enjoyed the
process so much I thought, I have to
paint. So I started painting with acrylics,
and I read books and magazines and how-to guides, and as I developed as an
artist, something was drawing me to oil paints. The first time I tried an oil
paint, I was hooked. At that point I was painting flowers and animals, and
then a client challenged me to paint people. The first person I painted was
B.B. King, and it was such an amazing experience. I’ve mostly painted faces
since then, but I still paint other things by request, like pets and flowers.
I especially love working with people’s faces, because every face is
different. Even painting identical twins, it’s not possible for them to
be truly identical subjects. Even if they’re impossible to tell apart,
there are differences in the lighting that they’re in, whether they're
in separate images or sitting right beside each other. Every face is a new
adventure for me. It’s my passion, and I love it. Thank you so much for visiting my
website.
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