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I started this painting with venetian plaster put on with a stencil of fossils that I made. When that dried, I I painted it and let the paint drip and run. Then I painted an opaque color around the area where I wanted to put the fish. I outlined and drew into the fish with pen and ink. I then dripped more paint on the bottom to represent the seaweed.

Art has always been a part of my life, and during the past five years, it has become an even more important part. If I do not find time everyday to do something with this work, I feel out of sorts, unable to focus. While I have a very busy home life with three young children who have special needs and who take all I can give them and then more, I feel compelled to take at least a small part of each day to replenish my soul with my art. To be able to take on the daily challenges we regularly face, I need to have these moments with my work where I lose all sense of time and place and pour myself into my art. These moments are like a soothing tonic that rejuvenates my senses. I take this tonic whenever and wherever I can get it. I steal time...