Artist's Resume

I started art late in life. My background is in education. I have a Bachelor's Degree as an Elementary Teacher and a Master's Degree as a Reading Specialist. I taught in the public schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma for eight years before starting my own reading clinic. I ran this for three of the best years of my life, helping lots of people from kindergarten through adult. We were successful in everything but making a profit! I then left education and started at the bottom in the clerical field. I ended up doing medical transcription and bookkeeping for some General Surgeons in Fort Smith, Arkansas. My best friend died of breast cancer about four years ago. Her legacy to me was giving me the courage to try to create art. My website is dedicated to her memory and gives me a way to pass her courage on to others.

Artist's Statement:

I'm a self-taught artist specializing in "functional art." I try to create things to make everyday life a little nicer, from things such as aprons, tote bags, and placemats, to watercolor stationery, note cards and calendars, to etched and/or painted glassware, vases, and goblets, to memory boxes, greeting cards - you get the idea. Bright colors lift my spirits and make me smile, so that's what I use in my work. On some things I can explore my love for complicated color schemes and wonderful texture, too. I started my artwork about three years ago, then started a website. In January of 2001 my son and I redesigned my website, Creative Artworks, to open it to the work of other artists. I love running my website second only to creating new things. We have a great bunch of really talented folks there. We hope you'll visit!