"Mindfullness" Painting

Born and raised in Brooklyn NY in the 1950’s gave me a great chance to grow and stimulate my creative soul.
Color and texture have been with me my entire life. I remember helping my mother in our flower garden as a child. The colors hypnotized me! I would tell her that I could “feel the colors”. I could hold a flower in my hand and just be happy…..the bright bold colors energized me. I learned at an early age which colors made me happy, which energized, and which calmed my soul. I learned which colors “played well” together, and which took center stage in a crowd.
My formal education was in nursing. I held newborn babies in my arms, as well as the sick and dying . It made me who I am today…..a very empathetic woman who sees through the roughness of people, places and things. I find beauty everywhere.
After years of nursing , I turned to the arts. I started my creative years with jewelry design. I enjoyed working with all the color gemstones. It made me feel like being back in the colorful garden. I worked with jewelry for several years, until I found paints!
I started painting so that I could visually explain the feelings that I have for color from my garden. Each painting is an explanation of how happy the earth, my garden, color and texture of flowers and plants give me each day I am painting.
I am a self- taught artist. I didn’t want to learn and copy other people. I wanted to find my own path with color and texture. I wanted to find the joy of experimentation.
Most of my paintings are multi - media. I start with one medium and as I progress I add others, to give me texture, color and most importantly….FUN!
I am in my senior years and feel like I have finally found myself in painting. I continue to go to all art related events to keep growing, enjoying meeting others in the craft and keep wondering “ what shall I paint next”!