I'm pretty much a self-taught artist, photographer and poet, and have had a life long love affair with the ocean/beach. I have an inate love of anything visually beautiful. I used to draw all the time when I was younger, but then I got busy with a career in IT and put it aside for far too long. Now that I've retired I plan to devote alot more of my time to pursuing my artistic endeavors.

I should make a note to everyone who's interested in trading art with me that I do not trade photocopies of my original works cut and pasted to an atc card (unless they are digital artworks, which take hours to do) - and I do not want to trade for photocopies either (unless it is a digital artwork). However, if you see a card that's already been traded but still want one of your own, I will remake the card with some variations if I still have the same materials available. It will be similar, but it will still be an original. I just felt I should let you all know that. There's no way to put my wishes into the header of each page, so I am limited to posting them here.

You can visit my Etsy Shop here

Cookalas House of Cards on Etsy

and

you can follow my Etsy Shop Blog if you click

here

My poetry, photography, ramblings and occasional rantings are in my my blog Cheesecloth Moon (but again, I am not diligent in making frequent posts)

click here

Some recent publication credits:

CirclePress.com - Blog Feature Interview for National Craft Month, 4/07

Artella Words and Art.com - Link Latte Interview 5/31/07

The Faerie Zine, Vol. 2 - artwork - 7/07

The Faerie Zine, Vol. 3 - artwork - 12/07

ACEO to Go - Blog Artist of the Week, 8/17/07 (here's a link

aceotogo.typepad.com/my_weblog/artist_of_the_week_/index.... )

The Faerie Zine Blog (and Flickr Group) - Artist of the Week for August 27, 2007

Premier issue of online magazine DIY City Magazine published 2/15/08

Creative Therapy.com - Guest Artist (see Prompt No. 98) in January 2010