When I was in the fifth grade, I was excited to enter a sketch in our school art fair. I loved to draw with pencil, and I thought about the theme for several days before making up my mind. After numerous sketches. I decided to create a hula girl wearing a grass skirt dancing under a palm tree. My palm tree and the grass skirt looked so realistic! To make my hula girl more lifelike, I added a small "dot" where her navel should be and a little "Y" for a cleavage.
I was so proud to bring my sketch to school to enter into the fair, but the nun that was coordinating the art show (oh yes, did I mention that I attended a Parochial School?) told me that I had to cover the navel and erase the cleavage line. She said it was a disgrace that I would want to enter something like that in a family themed art fair. I respectfully refused, citing my right as an "artist" (in fifth grade??) to enter the picture as is. Unfortunately, the nun did not agree and my entry was denied.
Fast forward to today ... I still have strong feelings about the work I create. I love to sketch, paint on canvas and to etch my designs on glass and marble. I have always dabbled in art in one form or another. I sketch from my own memories or from photos. I design Celtic themed tattoos, and I love to create computer art.
My interests are wide and varied, but occasionally I still like to create things that make others say "OH"!
As a second generation Irish/American, my Irish roots run deep. Irish landscape, Celtic knots and designs are very much a focal point in my world. Glass etchings, designs on marble, on prints (and yes, designs for skin) ... I love knowing that something I have created may have a permanent place in this world.