I was a fine arts major in college. Do you have any work online? I'd like to see it.
No, I blew it when yahoo had their 4.95 a year deal for a personal website last month. I can't find anything still up from the cople of shows I did in the past year. I only got my 'nerve up' to try to get into a gallery about two years ago when a judge at the state fair approached me and now have a few places that sell my work and I do a few shows a year. I am not making a living at it. I didn't know whether I would sell anything at all when I started and it still surprises me when someone buys a big painting. I sell a lot of what I call 'art factory' pieces.
Right now I am working on silk using dyes and resist . I don't have an art degree. I paint and dye scarves and some clothing and home decorating items. And I do paintings on silk - I love doing it all but my joy right now is in creating the paintings.
I also teach through the local arts council (schools and adult ed). I am planning a class with the art teacher at my son's junior high school to paint scarves and suncatchers for children at St Judes.
More than you wanted to know. 'Sorry