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May 21, 2010
  I have been fascinated with drawing all of my life.  I can't think of a time in my youth when I
didn't have a pencil in hand and paper to draw on.  My favorite subjects to draw were always
animals.  

  In school, art was always my favorite subject.  I took the advanced art class in junior high
and continued studying art through high school.  I received my degree in Applied Media Arts
with a concentration in animation from Edinboro University of PA.  Despite my major, I've
always enjoyed creating photorealistic art as well as cartoons.  Colored pencils have always
been my medium of choice though I enjoy dabbling in marker and acrylic paints also.  My
newest love is photography and I enjoy trying to capture an animal's personality on 'film' as
much as I do on paper.
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  Aside from drawing, I love to spend time    
training my dog and learning as much as I can
about dog training.  I live with a 7-year old shelter
mutt named Risa who is my sanity.  She's fearful
and shy but has come so far in the time I've had
her.  She's earned her Canine Good Citizen
certificate from the AKC, has received her
W-FD/MF title in WCFO canine freestyle, and her
AKC RN (Rally Novice) title.  I used to live with two
adorable Teddy guinea pigs but they have both
recently passed on.  I lost Kira at 4 years of age
in August 2009.  Dusti passed away in May 2010.
 She was also 4.  I miss them both dearly.