The first time I tried watercolor painting was in high school. That was a very long time ago. But, in my teens, I immediately fell in love with the medium. It seemed almost magical to me, particularly the way the colors blossomed and merged on paper with the touch of clean water. I was also fortunate to have a teacher who greatly inspired me, Mr. Edward Glannon. At the time, I had no idea that he was a great American watercolorist. I just thought he was my art teacher and a very sweet man. I had the good fortune of watching Mr. Glannon render awe inspiring scenes with a few quick strokes of water and pigment. I was attracted to the simplicity of watercolor and the craft of capturing light in the scene through the paper itself.

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College, marriage, career and family followed creating an almost 45 year gap in painting. None at all. And then retirement happened. And, the pandemic happened. Oddly, the two together have given me the time to rediscover watercolors. Now with a new great teacher, Ms. Lori McQueeney and online tutorials from wonderful artists, my desire to paint has never been greater. It has been pouring out of me.