I grew up in Connecticut. As long as I can remember, I always enjoyed coloring and drawing. My first training, in art was in high school. I enjoyed all my art classes. My teachers encouraged me to continue study in art and painting. In high school , I also studied drafting and design.
I enrolled in college with a major in business and marketing, with a minor in art and art history. I took my basic art course in art history, painting, drawing, life drawing, and sketching.. I took private art instruction and workshops in oil painting , drawing, and life drawing.
I joined the Air Force , and spent 4yrs serving our country. This brought me to California, which I loved. Beaches, desert, mountains, and the beautiful valleys. What a great places for a landscape artist.. I returned to college and my major was still business and my minor in art.
My career was in business for over 40yrs. Throughout the years there was some breaks in my artistic endeavors , however, I was always taking a class or work shop. Many artist call this type of art education as being self taught. It is many years of classes, workshops, artist friends and teachers
When I retired a few years ago, I started with a new passion for art and painting. I rediscovered Watercolor and found a new passion.