Since I was a little girl, growing up on a farm in rural North Dakota, I dreamed of being an artist. I was always drawing or making something. I also started taking piano lessons as a child, which led to playing for church services by the time I turned 13. At the time, art and music were interwoven as my creative outlets, but then I graduated from high school and soon married. While raising my family in a nearby small town, I became a private piano instructor and set aside my pencils, brushes and paper for years. Suddenly, my children became teenagers. I discovered time for my own interests. The passion for art returned with an energy I couldn’t ignore and in 2004, I picked up soft pastels.
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