I'm a visual artist with artwork for sell on GrantviewStudio.com. You know how sometimes you look up at the clouds and see shapes? Maybe one resembles an elephant, and your mind begins to wander remembering a favorite childhood story illustration? THAT is the kind of artist I am. Left to my own devices, I am prone to daydream and easily follow my imagination. Like many artists, I returned to my passion later in life. After my children were grown I went back to art school, which allowed me the experience of bonding with artists half my age. I believe learning alongside my younger friends taught me to be more innovative in my approach to art making; it expanded my ability to adapt to ever-changing methods in technology and media. I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with an emphasis in Drawing & Painting from Northern Illinois University in 1989. I then began to pour out my heart - creating and exhibiting one series after another.