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I painted this watercolor of a quaint Italian village many years ago when I was confined to a TB hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan for 2 months. Apparently I got a fungus in my lungs that looked like TB, but thankfully wasn't. So in order to lift my spirits, I escaped into the wonderful world of art where I was free to travel to distant places that were far away from the sights and sounds of a hospital.

It's summertime in this quaint little Italian village. Two young boys are sitting on a stone bridge throwing small stones into the cool waters of the mountain stream beneath them.♥

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I grew up in the United Kingdom, and immigrated to the USA when I was 19. After attending several different colleges over a number of years, I finally received my BA degree and began teaching children with special needs. However before I got my teaching degree I was a substitute teacher, and got hired to teach art classes in an elementary school in Southern California. The goal of this pilot program was to determine what kind of impact creative expression might have on the academic lives of elementary school students. For six months I taught children how to enhance their drawing and painting skills by providing a nurturing, fun, and supportive environment. My goal was to empower these children through their creativity, and in turn...