This is the first painting from scratch that I have ever done. I took a photo of this flower in my yard last June and started painting it in mid-October, finishing it about three weeks later. I have no regrets. Since then, I have completed several others which I will post later. I can see a substantial improvement in just a few months.


I have found a new passion and intend to excel at it. I expect that I will be producing "saleable" quality work by the time I have 25 under my belt. I will know I have arrived when women I don't know pay me to paint them in the nude.