dina54

I am a "woman of a certain age"; happily married with 4 grown sons and 3 grand-children. I am a Cardiac ICU RN by trade (night shift/every weekend), and a wanna-be artist. I have recently started night classes at a local (very well known) Art College! I am an ATC fanatic who has recently started branching out to "larger" formats such as Journal Pages and Post-cards. You can check out my PictureTrail gallery link to see my work. Besides ATCs, I've included some of my altered books, boxes, multi-media assemblages and an art doll.

Hubby and I enjoy motorcycle touring (2-up, I don't drive my own bike). We play pool, and belong to both an 8-ball and a 9-ball team. We are in the midst of the Never-Ending-Do-It-Yourself-House-Renovation (10 months and still going strong...) We presently have 4 cats but that could change at any moment as I am a sucker for a cute kitten and a sad story (and my friends and neighbors know it). Oh, I am a HUGE Boston Red Sox fan!!

I mostly use colored pencils & markers for smaller work. I LOVE collage but like to add a few hand drawn elements. I am pretty much useless with a paintbrush. I stand in awe of anyone who can use a computer for their art! Here's my wish list: I collect vampire ATCs. Any medium. I LOVE all kinds of paper! I have boxes of different vintage pictures, advertisements, hand-made and printed papers and am always happy to receive more of the same. Glass beads Tiny items to be used in my matchbox shrines

Music: XCountry on XM radio is my main station; Southern Culture On the Skids, The Meat Purveyors, k.d.lang, John Haitt, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Lucinda Williams Also enjoy Loreena McKinnett, The Beatles and most classical music My favorite composer is Cole Porter (I know, that's just weird) I can listen to anything but hard-core rap I guess...

Books: Fantasy; LOTR, Harry Potter series, anything Vampire-ish Mystery; Val McDermott, Michael Connelly, Laurie King Misc; Carl Hiaason

Movies: I LOVE old MGM musicals, The Thin Man series from the 30-40s, Anime, Japanese/Hong Kong martial arts films, modern action movies are OK, Tend to rent lots of weird Indie stuff, my favorite movie of all time is Casablanca.

Television: Monty Python's Flying Circus!!!, Coupling (BBC version), The Closer, Masterpiece Theatre (especially Sherlock Holmes), Rome, Deadwood, (HBO series) I am proud to say I have never seen an episode of even one "reality" show or of American Idol.

Food: Mexican, Thai, Italian, US "diner" (AKA "comfort food") I am a carnivore and proud of it.

Drink: Wine; type determined by what's for dinner

Colors: I prefer the "cool" color pallette; greens, blues, purples. Also like "Earth" tones; brown, rust, mauve. Absolute favorite color is teal. Really don't care for yellow/orange tones. When in doubt, Black & White always works!

Sports: Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots