Beauty Whatever the Name Poster

Dedicated to my Grandmother
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My grandmother has recently moved to an assisted living center. This center, St. Simeon's in Tulsa (one of the best in the city), is quite large and has all types of senior living from independent to continuous nursing care. Also residing at this center are several peacocks...5 adults and at least 5 recently hatched chicks. My grandmother loves to watch these birds, and finds them quite fascinating. Unfortunately, she is suffering somewhat from dementia. So when she talks about these birds, for some reason calls them penguins. At first, we would try to correct her, telling her that no..these are peacocks. She would look at us, nod, smile, and then proceed to call them penguins again. The funny thing is, now whenever I, or anyone else now refers to these birds, we inadvertently call them penguins as well. We no longer try to change it... they are now ..."the penguins." I plan to give her a copy of this work...

Self taught, I use the computer to paint. I've always been interested in computers since I first worked on one way back in high school. And I've always had an appreciation for art, as my mother is an accomplished painter. Merging the two, what you see are the results. Digital work that looks (hopefully!) like a traditional painting. My paintings are mostly places I've been, preserving the memory and sharing them with the world. I love to travel, seeing and experiencing new things. Painting the things I see reflect the wonder I had when I first saw them. I hope that when people see my works, they think the subject matter is interesting, whether or not they like the painting. Oh..and I paint flowers too, among other...