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FROM A VERY POOR UPBRINGING IN FINLAND I DO REMEMBER MY PARENTS GIVING ME SOME USED COLOR PENCILS FOR CHRISTMAS..I USED THOSE EVERYWHERE,I AM SURE MY PARENTS REGRETTED MANY OF TIMES,THEN,GIVING THEM TO ME.MY SCHOOL BOOKS WERE FULL OF "DRAWINGS", THE FURNITURE WE HAD GOT PAINTED ALL OVER (IT IS CALLED TROMPE O'LEIL NOW I BELIEVE)THOSE WERE(AND STILL ARE)MY ONLY "ART-CLASSES". I DID NOT REALLY START TO PAINT SERIOUSLY UNTIL I WAS DIAGNOSED W/ BREAST CANCER IN 2001. AS A PART OF MY HEALING PROCESS (AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS) MY DEAR AND VERY THOUGHTFUL HUSBAND BUILT ME AN EASEL AND PAINT BOX RIGHT IN MY BEDROOM,ON MY BED AS A MATTER OF FACT (HAD HARD TIMES TO MOVE THEN)AND...IT WORKED,I PAINTED ON ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING (AGAIN) I COULD REACH...I AM TOTALLY FINE AND WELL NOW AND CAN NOT QUIT PAINTING.AND...LIVING!! I USE ACRYLIC MOSTLY,I LOVE THE VIVID COLORS AND THE FACT THAT THEY DRY FAST (I CAN GET A LITTLE UNPAITENT SOME TIMES-SEEMS LIKE THE DAYS GOES TOO FAST AND I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO WAIT...!!) I NOW LIVE IN KENTUCKY AFTER BEEN' IN FLORIDA FOR OVER 19 YRS.THE NATURE HERE IS VERY SIMULAR TO MY " CHILDHOODS NATURE" MAYBE I WANTED TO START "ALL OVER AGAIN",I GOT A SECOND CHANCE ON LIFE SO THIS IS IT. ENJOY MY PAINTINGS AND I "TALK" TO YOU SOON/Marja-Leena PRINTS WILL BE AVAIL. ON ALL MY ARTWORK-I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO CONVERT THEM TO HIGH RESOLUTION PRINTS/I AM WORKING ON IT!! *****THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST-HOPE YOU ENJOY MY ART-THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT***** THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GREAT FEEDBACK,ESPECIALLY ON MY PHOTOS SINCE THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME I EVER SHARED MY PICTURES WITH THE PUBLIC,DID NOT THINK THAT I COULD... I USUALLY TAKE PHOTOS SO I CAN USE THEM IN MY PAINTINGS BUT ALSO SO I CAN SHARE THEM WITH MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY HERE IN U.S.A. NOW I FEEL TOTALLY BLESSED THAT I CAN FINALLY SHOW SOME OF MY PHOTOS TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL-IS IT NOT FROM WHAT WE SEE AND FEEL IN REAL LIFE THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL THE REST OF WHAT WE CREATE AS ARTISTS...! Marja-Leena

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