Artistic passion has been in my blood since my first crayon. Horses consumed my thoughts during my youth in rural Minnesota and Kentucky, and I drew or painted them constantly. My first formal art training began at Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Kentucky. Graduating with a BA degree cum laude in art from Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota I decided to fly off to see the world as a flight attendant, including becoming a crew member on both the British and French Concorde SST aircraft for Braniff International. My travels inspired the vivid colors of my...more