From felt banners to acrylic paintings!

I began painting when I turned fifty. It all started in a very roundabout way. I began creating felt banners for my church and wanted an easier way to work on the designs, so I started using a graphic design program on my computer. This saved tons of time, not to mention tons of paper! I began playing around on the computer to create pictures of rooms with Mid-Century Modern decor. Around the same time I began teaching my grandchildren art, and I purchased a bunch of paint for us to use. As I was playing around on the computer, creating another room design, I thought, "I wonder if I could do this with paint?" I had to simplify the design, so I chose three elements from the room: a Mid-Century chair, a Mid-Century lamp, and a Mid-Century piece of artwork. This is how my very first painting came to be. I called it my "chair" painting. I stuck a cat in the chair because I like cats. I was excited! I loved this new hobby and could not wait to paint another piece. And another. Soon I had nowhere to store these completed paintings. My husband suggested selling them, and my daughter told me about Etsy. Thus came about the creation of my Etsy Shop in February 2012.

I enjoy being a wife, mother and grandma. I home school my sweet grandson. I still create felt banners for my church. I am learning how to play the violin, and I'm teaching myself to juggle (because who doesn't want to know how to juggle??).