Dancing with a Paint Brush In My Hand~Time to Get Busy

I have created for as long as I can remember. Whether it was drawing, crafting, and then in the 70's when I was living in Norway, I found an art teacher. My life took on a new meaning. While others were going to womens group meetings or playing cards, I was painting. When we were packing up to come back to America my Nowegian neighbor came to visit. She saw the stacks and stacks of painted canvases leaning against the wall. She looked them over and asked if she could invite her friends and relatives to come and see them. Would I be willing to sell any of them. I was delighted to say the least. My first one woman show. And I sold all.  This encouraged me to keep on painting. We moved to Corpus Christi and I found a wonderful teacher who taught the Old Masters Technique. A year later, I entered my first judged showing and won a blue ribbon for first place. A couple of months later I won a red ribbon at another show and a few months later I won a Best of Show.
Three years later my husband died and I stopped painting. I took up designing ceramic jewelry and sold my pieces at Dallas Apparel Market.  I had fun but this wasn't what I wanted. I wasn't happy in mass production of my designs.
I moved to Tennessee and my daughter and I opened a retail shop for approximately five years.  Just before we moved back to Texas we started making handcrafted soap and sold it as fund raisers for schools, churches, and organizations. It was fun for awhile but I still didn't seem to have the spark I was looking for. We gave up that business last year.  My daughter started designing aprons and was featured in the Apronology magazine for two of her aprons this past spring.
Well I'm back into my canvas painting. Oils, acylics, and watercolors. I love the rich vibrant colors. I have been inspired by looking at all of the work of my blog friends. It is so wonderful to see all of the talent we have on here. I will look forward to hearing from some of you and hope you will follow me too. I am still following and meeting new friends each week. Look for my paintings soon. I am going to put them on Etsy and hope to sell them. I am like most artist, I need to replace my supplies. Have a blessed day.