It signals me to stop, I open my eyes meditate on the crisscrossing lines, space deciding what lines stay, or erased, and which ones are filled or not. I am a Connecticut bases Artist and has honed my skills for many years. The love of drawing has always been with me, using a stick to draw in the dirt, or using Granny’s dried beans for mosaics, to chalk drawings on the gangway between houses. Joan Antida Girls Academy, two years of art at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a year at Milwaukee Area Technical College. After 28 years in Social Welfare helping others, I retired reinventing myself as a Living History Actor. In 2017, I resumed my love of drawing after 40 years, to relax between performances on the road. Put drawings on Facebook and surprised by the positive response from family and friends. Submitted work to Art Prof Deepti Menon critiqued my drawing “Sea Horse,” part of her assessment allied with Georgia O’Keefe style of line shaping. Covid-19, all performances cancelled in 2020. Started drawing again, submitting my work for showings. I am again that little girl with her stick, chalk and beans creating from my imagination. I am influenced by the nature around me and my genetic background, as well as the works of Jacob Lawrence, Shinique Smith, Odili Donald Odita, Georgia O’Keefe, and Vasily Kandinsky.
