It's time to really get this website started, for real this time.  I am really determined to find a career where I can focus on my art, and not just in the few hours before I go to sleep before my next shift grinding away at a job I probably heavily dislike.  I don't know where my art will go exactly... however, I am open to whatever may come my way.  My thought is I need to do some focusing on a variety of aspects of art, to improve my skills.  This could involve taking some sort of class, or joining some sort of group, or something completely different.  Perhaps I will find some sort of inspiration somewhere I don't expect it! Whatever the outcome, I always want to be able to spend as much time as I like on my passion, and that is art.  I have other passions, of course.  I love my son intensely, and everything about him.  I also have an intense passion for animals, and would love to have a huge horse ranch as well as some sort of wildlife sanctuary and make friends with some animals that most people would never be able to get up close to.  I think it would be a great source of inspiration for my art, too, being able to study some magnificent beasts and learn tons about their behaviors and quirks, while giving them an enriching, happy, fulfilling life... this will obviously require hundreds of acres of land, as most of the animals I am interested in would be happiest with a vast territory to explore. Maybe I'm crazy, but if aspiring to help unwanted exotic pets, reject zoo animals, or perhaps animals that were smuggled into the US illegally and need rehoming to a proper sanctuary instead of a backyard. My intention is to begin posting here frequently, and populating various pages with art so people can see what I can do!  I love networking - and I will probably set up a new e-mail and post it for business/networking purposes only, no soliciting, please. See you in the future!