...in the beginning

…in the beginning – no I don’t think we want to go back that far. We need not discuss a variety of art projects in high school, first time around in college and private gallery lessons.

Fast forward to 2005 when my husband announced he would definitely retire as soon as he was eligible. The upside was he wanted me to join him in retirement – to be available to travel, go to lunch or shopping, run errands, etc. whenever we chose. The possible downside was filling an enormous amount of time.

Not wanting to be like many I’ve known in the workforce who said, “I’ll do it when I retire,” and then not doing anything, I began thinking about what could fill a large portion of my retirement.

Art has always been a part of my life – even drawing me back to college mid-life. Watercolor had always been there as something to explore further so with retirement I signed up for my first class.

I’m still at it and still delighted to be painting, taking classes and learning.