Painter
"Most of my life has been spent teaching young children or others how to teach young children. It has been a joyful career! One thing that I would say over and over again to parents who were looking at their child’s artwork is, “Don’t say, What is it? Instead, ask how the child did it; talk about the colors and the creation process!” This freedom that we gave our young students inspired me to start painting! It’s about the joy in creation! The process! If a painting doesn’t look the way I want it to look, it’s okay. I can either fix it or put it aside for another day, which may or may not ever come. I have the freedom to see things the way I want to see them, the freedom to try, to fail, and to try again."