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From the beginning, I have found watercolor uncontrollable, fluid and alive. Because of this, my artwork has changed over the years and has recently been influenced by my teaching of the ever challenging medium. Being a teacher has led me to experiment with watercolor by adding mixed media so as to stimulate myself and my students to come up with refreshing works of art. When I began painting years ago, I relied on visual information and instruction from my teachers to create my work. Now I have a background of information to begin a painting with but know that I can experiment with my own ideas and mixed media to create a piece of artwork that is exciting.

I came to put paint on paper long after having been inspired by the impressionist painters while studying for my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Paris and Grenoble, France. After graduation from the University of Illinois, I married and moved to New England and was immersed in the fine art museums of Harvard College and Boston, MA. Subsequently we moved to Denver, Colorado where we enjoyed the mountains from a distance but could not resist their siren call. After a few years we moved to Evergreen. During this time, I discovered Georgia O'keefe and fell in love with her sensuous style of painting flowers and southwestern landscapes. I finally discovered my muse was watercolor and decided to concentrate my painting efforts in that medium. I am currently painting contemporary mountain landscapes. I continue to explore the medium of watercolor, and it constantly reveals itself to me in different ways and inspires me to be more creative.

I get my inspiration from nature and in particular the subtle and sometimes bold contrasts in light, color and shadow during different times of the day. My subjects include landscapes, still life's and other images from my travels around the United States. I prefer the contrast you see early in the morning and late afternoon. The media I use include watercolor, oil, soft and oil pastels, graphite/colored pencils and gouache. My education includes a BA in Art Education and a Master of Fine Art with an emphasis on drawing and print making including lithography, intaglio and mixed media drawings. My Facebook site, Glasmire Arts, has a display of my most recent work.