This is Miss Minnie Mouse ~ 1988 - 2005. She is sorely missed every day, and my art work is dedicated to her.

Because writing novels helped put food on the table and shoes on our kids while they were growing up, my first love, art, always seemed to take a back seat, though I did manage to squeeze in a few commissions. Most were murals, which found me up on ladders. NOT fun when you have Acrophobia!

Now that the kids are grown with families of their own, my focus has returned to art. I enjoy dabbling in oils, but because I am not a patient person, acrylics make me smile because they dry so fast! Whimsy also makes me smile, especially if it's related to animals. I've had so many over the years - dogs and cats - and of course, Miss Minnie Mouse. Now there are only two cats ~ Opie and Tiger, brothers who were saved from a busy hotel parking lot when they were baby kittens. They are truly loved, and the reason I paint every day.