For the last fifteen years in October, nine college friends meet together on a beach in Florida. We wait for this weekend all year long. Raising children, the teenage and college years, celebrating weddings and then babies, suffering losses...we have shared it all. This scene captures how we feel not only when we hit the beach for the first time, but that feeling of celebration when we all step off the plane.
I have spent many years painting part-time, mainly doing portrait commissions, while also working as a Financial Aid Counselor at a local community college. While I LOVE portraits and portrait commissions, I yearned for more time at the easel to stretch myself creatively in other directions as well.
I am thrilled to now be fruitfully painting full-time every day! This was one of the sliver linings of the past several sheltered years. I began working from home like many people, which allowed me to paint and study more through the many on-line events and offerings that became available. Eventually I felt it was time to leave my "day" job to be able to finally pursue painting full-time! What a gift and such a joy!
I have been immersing myself in the last days of summer by painting seascapes. I am so happy to share my painting journey going forth! Thank you for visiting!
Seascape No. 1
