I began sketching as a young girl using pastels and paints and took a life-changing drawing class in college that opened my eyes to different ways of seeing.  My first serious study of watercolor began during several summers of workshops with  Betty Lou Schlemm in Rockport, Mass. in the late 1970s where I was called “the kid” - I had never heard of the term “values” in my first critique!  Since moving to Portsmouth, NH in 1985 I have studied watercolor consistently with esteemed teachers and artists Doris Rice, DeWitt Hardy and Russell Whitten - and  will never stop because the medium is so difficult!   But if you get a really good painting every so often, there is nothing more  satisfying.   I have taught both studio art and art history at the high school level and was recently accepted as a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association.