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I was born and grew up in Pennsylvania...moved to California in 1974 and the two are about as different as they are far apart from one another. I feel very blessed to have experienced both lifestyles. Perhaps that east coast - west coast thing is what caused me to be such a free spirit, I love traveling! We recently moved to New Mexico and I've fallen in love with the sights and "feel" of the southwest - turquoise skies, coyotes in the brush, and chili pepper ristras - all wonderful! I grew up thinking there was a dragon across the street that slept inside the hillside. When it thundered during storms, I imagined it was his snoring as he slept, perhaps tossing with troubled dreams (you'd be worried too, if no one believed in you). On summer nights, alive with the sparkle of lightning bugs, it seemed as if the countryside was decorated with fairy lights and that I was the only one who saw their true nature. I suppose this fantasy world has followed me into adulthood, infusing my drawings (and life!) with a whimsical side. As you might surmise from my current artwork, I'm a animal lover and one of "those" people, I'm afraid. If I hear strangers in the grocery store talking about how their cat had another batch of kittens, I'm apt to launch verbose on the evils of not spaying & neutering their pets. Yes, I do carry flyers about the evils of puppy mills in my backpack and feel no qualms of shame in handing them out to all and sundry so 'WARE! I have four children (2 each, in case you wondered) and thanks to my eldest daughter, am also learning grandma skills at a very tender age. Ahem. I like to say that my life has been very interesting so far...full of laughter and hardship, total joy and times of sadness, beauty as well as ugliness (but thankfully not TOO much of that!). I grew up on a steady diet of books, especially Greek Mythology, so my next dream trip would be to Greece to see Mt. Olympus where the gods live (unless they've moved to Jersey). I have a background in art, graphics (worked as a stripper for commercial printers back in the days before Quark Express software and no, a stripper isn't as exotic a job as it sounds) and marketing. I've also had jobs like folding hot diapers in a laundry and working as a video store manager (ok, I love old movies so it wasn't really work). I've tried to teach my children that it doesn't matter what work you do as long as it's honest...and if you really like it, so much the better! I admit, I often add some element of my own beliefs and values into my art when no one is watching. And you thought it was just silly stuff! After all, if you can't use your life's work as a platform for reform, what good is it? If you're truly bored, you can read my journal. It kinda feels like you're snooping a little, making it a lot more fun! I don't always keep it updated (maybe the memory is going...) but be sure to stop by my weeDOGS.com site, too as I am attempting to keep a blog going there as well (I'm nothing if not an optimistic goof!)
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