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I started learning about art and photography from both my parents at an early age. I was born into an Air Force family, so I was fortunate to see many parts of the United States. While moving around, my mother designed her own needlepoint canvases as well as other needlework designs. My father is an amateur photographer with an eye towards black and white still photography. Growing up, both Mom and Dad always let me have the full 64 Box of crayons and in many cases would come and sit and color with me! In 1986, I received my first SLR camera (a Minolta X-170 which I still love using today.) Today I use that as well as a point and shoot digital Kodak. I manipulate my images using a combination of Photoshop, The Gimp, and on a rare occasion Illustrator. I've been asked where my inspiration comes from, and all I can say is I just let the images tell me what they want to do. Colors and textures of nature fascinate me, and so my concentrations are on those subjects. I'm learning more and more about the elements of nature and how they tie in together.