"Art is a passion borne within, a sense of calm and my livelihood." I would describe myself as determined, passionate about art, self-taught artist with a love of life and law, a proud single mother, a perfectionist and willing to try any form or art at least once.

I have been dabbling in paints, pencils and an array of different mediums and art forms from the age of 3 and have loved it ever since. It has given me a kind of peace in all the hustle and bustle life throws at you and I was rewarded at the age of 11, where I was accepted into The Arts Training Institute of Victoria on a Scholarship, simply by submitting 3 drawings!

Unfortunately, I was still in school and given it wasn't a full scholarship, there were no funds to cover the rest (payable upon application) so didn't attend.

I went on to study art in high school but was hopeless at the theory aspect of art, in fact I hated it... I mean I was there to create, I did not want to learn about the history of art, no matter how imporant or relevant it was... so failed!! I was given high praise on a number of occasions from my art teacher for the art works I did, especially portrait work and having a "knack" for not squaring off as most drawers do, but art theory - NOT FOR ME!

I was lucky enough to work in a place where I learnt more about design from leading graphic designers and was fortunate enough to create items on a daily basis. I completed quite a lot of publications from the cover to the inner and back, flyers, brochures and the like and LOVED IT! But I do have other art loves - I LOVE traditional painting on canvas, and have sold quite a lot of work in this field, especially family portraits and continue this, amongst dabbling in other forms of art. My thirst for learning will never cease I don't think!

Art is my passion and I couldn't imagine my life without it, even with my gorgeous children around.. however it would appear my sons are also developing the taste for art so look out future art schools!

Speaking of which, I now sell on Etsy, and you can also find items I sell under the User ID "designinglife" at OZtion (the Aussie version of eBay, but ACCEPTS ALL FORMS OF PAYMENT, are kinder and cheaper!).. so click on the ADGET below or visit: http://www.oztion.com.au/secure/User/items/sell/user_itemselling.aspx for all my current listings!

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I'm proud to be a member of the ACEO YBA! Year's Best ACEO Awards ~ ACEO YBA... Is an eBay Group, that was founded by ACEO artists and collectors, to create a brand new ACEO awards program. If you are an ACEO artist, collector or enthusiast... and you'd like to judge or compete in the yearly ACEO YBA, please visit our Me Page, to find out more. We also have threads in our eBay Group, where you may promote your eBay Stores and listings... and we're always happy to welcome new members! Then... we have the ACEO YBA Call to Art! This is an ACEO art contest, based on a different category from the ACEO YBA, each month. Please search ACEO YBAC from the 15th through the 21st, to see this month's entries. Then... our buyers will cast their votes, by bidding on the artwork they admire the most. When the auctions are over, the artwork with the highest number of unique bidders will receive an award for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place!