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"It's
still hard for me to even believe it, but about 6 or 7 years
ago I decided to paint. And it was shortly after picking up
the brushes that wonderful things started to happen, so much
so that within the first year of my starting I published a
design in The Artist Journal Magazine. And ever since I have
continued to paint, design, publish, and travel across the
country sharing my love of the artform. I'm sure there is
a much bigger plan here - I'm not nearly that ambitious! <wink>"
And through these past few years this wacky, strictly by accident
dream has come true. Roxanne's whimsical, light-hearted designs
have become a familiar staple to many of the top decorative
painting magazines, and she brings a contagious enthusiasm
to everything she does! She's appeared in countless painting
magazines since 2000 to include PaintWorks Magazine, Quickk
& Easy Painting, ToleWorld Magazine, The Artist Journal,
and she has authored a book entitled "The Colours of
my Heart". She's also been a contributing artist to two
new publications by Leisure Arts, and has broadened her base
to now include textile designs such as punchneedle and rug
hooking to her list.
The
hard part to believe is that in 1994 she was seriously injured
by lightening and as a result, was left with very little vision.
It was only after returning to her native Baltimore that she
was lucky enough to have the skilled Johns-Hopkins surgeon,
Walter Stark, operate on both of her eyes, and he wsa able
to restore a large bit of her vision. The story clearly does
have a happy ending as it was after the surgeries that she
embarked on a journey of color and design, and she is enjoying
every minute of it!
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