I'm a Jesus follower. A disciple becomes like the one she follows, and I think about the best way I can give is to share my artwork and my faith walk. "Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be," the Bible says. I try to always remember that order: heart follows treasure.
I've been married to Dan Secor since 1986 and we have an adult son, Christopher.
I've been married to Dan Secor since 1986 and we have an adult son, Christopher.
My art journey:
I began my art career in 1979 with a BA in Fine Arts from California State College, Bakersfield, and soon after began showing my landscapes in Old Town, Albuquerque. I permanently relocated to New Mexico in 1981, launching out to do art fairs and exhibitions, and showing my work in galleries throughout the southwest.
My choice to limit my work to soft pastels led to workshops with international pastelist Albert Handell, who became a mentor to me for some seven years, during which time I inaugurated The Pastel Society of New Mexico, as well as beginning to teach adult students how to paint landscapes in pastels.
In 1999 when two friends, formerly students of mine, decided to produce a magazine, The Pastel Journal, I joined the team as a writer. My articles and interviews have been published there and in other arts magazines.
My paintings have been selected for inclusion in several books devoted to the pastel medium: The Pastel Painter’s Solution Book; Pure Color: The Best of Pastel; Painting With Pastels, by Maggie Price.
Look for my free online book, published in blog form, Landscape Paintings in Pastel.
My choice to limit my work to soft pastels led to workshops with international pastelist Albert Handell, who became a mentor to me for some seven years, during which time I inaugurated The Pastel Society of New Mexico, as well as beginning to teach adult students how to paint landscapes in pastels.
In 1999 when two friends, formerly students of mine, decided to produce a magazine, The Pastel Journal, I joined the team as a writer. My articles and interviews have been published there and in other arts magazines.
My paintings have been selected for inclusion in several books devoted to the pastel medium: The Pastel Painter’s Solution Book; Pure Color: The Best of Pastel; Painting With Pastels, by Maggie Price.
Look for my free online book, published in blog form, Landscape Paintings in Pastel.
Currently I work in gouache and watercolor.
Retired now, I no longer offer my work for sale, as I enjoy painting for fun, not profit.
