When I started watercoloring, I found that it gave me sometime away from my hurt that began when I lost my two oldest daughters, in two separate car accidents, three years apart. I feel glad, for the first time in years, to be alive and am excited to get up in the mornings. When you're full of joy, it is contagious and people want to be around you. Watercoloring did this for me.

I am a self taught artist and I started watercoloring by watching Terry Madden on the television and attended a two day watercolor workshop, with Terry and Judy Madden, in the Houston area. I learned a lot from them, but have developed many of my own techniques.