My two children have majorly impacted my life, as most any mother would tell you.  I have two sons: six and one half years apart.  Raising a family takes a great deal of an artist’s time, and I believe that I balanced it well (thus far)  Painting is my source of sanity, and is who I am… Motherhood is my sense of grounding, and also who I am.  My boys were both in the art studio a great deal with me, especially over the summers.  They have dabbled with my art supplies, and have each made some very nice art themselves.  Tyler and I “collaborated” when he was around 4 – 6 years old, in which he would paint on a canvas, and it helped to inspire me in my painting resolution.  Several of my paintings still show his “mark”.  (He claims a commission when they sell!)

I have photos of the boys in the studio… it is natural, and helps me see the whole picture of what my life is all about.