On my blog site (
http://oksilver.wordpress.com), I have posted a long blog called How Did Silver Become Mountain Woman? In my Wordpress blog header is this image. These mountains are near Coyote, New Mexico. I took artistic liberty in adding the cattle and watering hole which are near Oklahoma City. In my blog, I also included another mural I painted of the Rio Chama west of Abiquii, New Mexcio and east of Ghost Ranch. Living in Oklahoma with only small mountains, I needed something to feed my soul, so I painted these to surround myself with mountain views. I hope you will check out the blog site
As an artist, I have followed a path similar to that of many others, especially women. A degree in art, dreams of making it as a "real" artist, trying to integrate adult responsibilities like family and day jobs with creativity. I recall the head of my art department telling a class, "If a woman wants to make it in the art world, she should not get married." At times I have agreed with him. Now, I say, it all depends on your spouse.
I spent four years in a university where art professors believed in grounding a student in basics like drawing, design, and color. My first two years began each day with a two-hour drawing class five days a week. The rest of each day and the weekend, we carried around sketchbooks filling them with images wherever we happened to be…
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