I am first and foremost a grandmother. Second, at this point in my life, I am an artist.My favorite gifts as a child were colorbooks and brand new sharpend Crayolas. I didn't know I was an artist. At several points in my life, I picked up paint and brushes and created paintings, lost along the way. But in 2005 upon the death of the father of my children, I began to paint obsessively. My first paintings were very sad women. Lots and lots of them. I was lucky enough to learn that across the street from where I lived was a...more