My interests are eclectic. My innate and essential loves are, horses, art [especially drawing and watercolour painting], and being in Nature. I take pleasure in reading, classical music, walking and hiking, and having good, long discussions about unconventional subjects.

Could I … should I offer more personal information? I am unsure.If you have any questions, please ask. I might answer.

I sometimes catch myself thinking that working with pencil, colour, paper or any visual medium is not quite a valuable use of time. However, a recent study bt the University College of London [I believe] published a study indicating that even viewing art reduces stress and cortisol levels; the effect is more pronounced when one participates in the creation of art. When I see or learn about the joy my efforts have brought people, it makes the process both worthy and worthwhile. And when I am able to share my expertise, joy and humour when teaching an art class, the students’ reactions extends and expands the good feelings.

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  Beautiful Inside and Out

  Last December, some friends and family and I drove into Vancouver to the Van Dusen Gardens…
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  PAINT WHAT YOU LOVE

  Meet Syd. Syd is about a year old now, an emu I helped raise from a…