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I am a native Texan, having lived the majority of my life in the Brazosport area. My husband David is a retired draftsman and my son Bryan, daughter-in-law Courtney and grandchildren Kirsten and Seth live in Lake Jackson. After completing a 30-year career in Marketing, Logistics and Purchasing at BASF, I now have time to pursue my love of art. Although I have never taken lessons nor had a formal art education, I have managed to develop my own style of painting which has become recognizable to those who frequent the Brazosport Art League Gallery.

Due to my love of nature, my favorite subjects to paint are flowers, tree roots, water reflections and animals. I prefer to do monotone pen and ink drawings using dots (stippling), but also enjoy using various water-media such as watercolor, acrylic and colored ink. As I have never enjoyed using a brush to paint, I try to develop new techniques using various objects to achieve the look I am going for. As a result it is not unusual to see me developing my painting by using a dauber, a q-tip, a pallet knife, a stylist, artist markers, or artist ink pens. In fact, one of the styles I have developed is embossing my completed paintings. It gives the impression of dimension and resembles the texture of a “snake skin”.