About me

Please click on the Artgally News Palette link in the directory.
You will find all the forth coming news about the winner
of the latest watercolor and where to find it.

I am happily married to a wonderful man. His name is Curtis and you will find his pages here also. Between us we have 5 children and 6 grandchildren. I am from Ohio and he is from Pennsylvania. We are both native of the Tri-State area. Curt is an instructor and Dept. Head at ETI Technical College. He is also a photographer, among his many talents, and will display some of his award winning photos here.We have lived in Brookfield for 14 years. I hope to include a page of area landmarks very soon.

I have Lived in and around the Tri-State area all my life. Most of my paintings are done of the rural countryside in my area. I have also done many paintings from my numerous trips out west. So you will see some of those here also. I am a self-taught artist. I took a short course on drawing at the joint vocational school. I am a graduate of North Light Art School.

I am a watercolorist. I teach watercolor classes at Trumbull Art Gallery in Warren, Ohio and Valley Art Guild in Sharon Pennsylvania. I am currently writing a beginning watercolor book. I also belong to Mahoning Valley Watercolor Society, Salem Art Guild, and Valley Art Guild. I am also on the committee for "Women Artists A Celebration" for the YWCA of Youngstown, Ohio & the Board of Director's Valley Arts Guild, Sharon, Pa.MY paintings will be found in numerous private and corporate collections. I have won numerous awards all over the tri state area. I am currently working on my second book. " Make a Splash with beginning Watercolor Part Two". For information about this book please e-mail me. You can see more about this book here.

I do Desk Top Publishing, design Tri-fold Brochures, Newsletters, Personalized Cards for all occasions, graduation and wedding invitations, and I am currently designing Websites.

In my spare time I enjoy my grandchildren. I have another little hobby that I do in my spare time. I was a fairy for the Site fights you will find a fairy page here very soon. I would welcome and appreciate any e-mail about my site. Hope you enjoy your visit to these pages. Be sure and try all the links. I will be updating continually. Please sign my guest book. You will find it in the directory .I also have a guestbook on my Christmas page which will be coming soon.

I would like to offer a little more knowledge about myself, I love Rod Stewart. His song "FOREVER YOUNG" is the way I want people to think of me. I love being in contact with people of all ages. As you surf through my pages you will find many facets of me. I hope you enjoy getting to know me. Please visit often I have many Changes to offer as time goes by. You will find awards that I am giving and awards that I have received these are all coming in: this new and hopefully easier to navigate
"Sandy's Homepage on the Web"

Please Visit Sandy's Pristine Gallery
here you will find the for very first time ever, an
exhibit of my hand colored photos. This is a real
treat. I have never shown these photos on the WWW.

Help defray expenses for Artgally™.com and the artists purchase The Artist Magazine, Watercolor Magic and Writer's Digest here just click on the logos and purchase. Your price is no higher than reg. and the proceeds of this sale will help keep Artgally and the CSW Cyber Art & Poetry Shows free for the artists. Thanks the management of ARTGALLY™.COM

This is a small explanation of my web pages.

Miscellaneous and all that stuff this is where you will find all the help
you need to view this web properly the latest browsers and such. And a
lot of the new happenings

Friends & Links This is links to various friends I have met on the internet.

Tammie's Page, is my daughter's page and her journey as a battered woman.
She is just beginning to come out of it. I am sure as she feels more sure of
herself you will hear more about her.

Going Home is my tribute to my mother and her trip through cancer of the
pancreas. It is also a tribute to the wonderful help I received from Hospice.

My Art Gallery & My Art Links are pages that will update you on the
happenings in my art pages and give you my artist webring. This is where I am
going to put the new WATERCOLOR CONTEST If you start here you
will be able to go through all my art pages without going through the
rest of the web. Start in the Directory with My Art Gallery

Think Spring is the second in my series of art pages. These are my florals.

Sceneries is where you will find my art paintings that don't fit in winter or spring.

Trees Art this is a small lesson on how to manipulate in paint shop pro or other
art painting programs it starts with my original and ends ????

Trees Art Two is another page of trees that I painted using a natural sponge

Floral Two just as it says more floral watercolors.

DBlossum Fairy This is a story about a fairy in the site fights.

Winter Splendor is the beginning of my Christmas pages. These are some of the many
winter scenes that I paint. They are all water color. This is where I have some of my Java
applets including the famous lake applet. I now have a Table of Contents for the Christmas
Pages. I hope this will make navigation easier. I have now added a Christmas Table of
contents

LOTH Gift for my sisters. You will find it here.

This is my very first award. It has a special
place in my heart. I am truly honored to
receive this. Thank You Canuck
Awarded January 13, 1997

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Awarded 05/23/99

This is my very first award. It has a special
place in my heart. I am truly honored to
receive this. Thank You Canuck
Awarded January 13, 1997

HERE IS AN AWARD THAT
SAYS THANK YOU FOR
ADDING TO MY LIFE.

SMILES AND HUGGS
DOTTIE

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