My painting career began midlife when I finally decided to spend my time doing what I loved. I become calm and fully present to one activity when I paint. Everythingelse slips away and my mind is clear. Painting is a meditation. When I study a flower I am touched by its intricate beauty of detail, each petal in theme but unique. Shells capture me with their mathematical precision and symmetry and never are two shells exactly the same. I comprehend infinity yet again.0ur studio overlooks miles of dramatically undulating coastline. My first landscape painting was from our south patio. How could I express such magnificence?he fluid medium of watercolor, a demanding task master, is a juxtaposition of light with brilliant color. A painting may begin with a feeling and the colors that excite me. I pour these watercolors on paper and encourage them to blend and create their own shapes. And from this I let a landscape emerge. The painting unfolds as I paint. I learn to trust my intuition. At other times, I carefully plan and follow a concept of a particular scene that moves me, always being flexible to change and allowing the painting to speak. am blessed to live my vision teaching and painting. It is a mystery of grace. I live in gratitude. I touch my brush to a well of thick creamy watercolor, a path of color opens up before me and time disappears.