I have been learning watercolors for the past 6 years.  Prior to then I had not done any painting of any type.

I took a class at Umpqua Art Center to start. For the first 6 months all I did was ask questions, learn the terms, take notes and get supplies. The class support was tremendous.

There was a photo of a mountain lion with amazing eyes which I had held on to. My goal was to be able to paint the eyes...which I did after about a year. I painted many eyes before challenging my self with the mountain lion, maybe a fear of failing :)

Much of my work is animals at this point.