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My first love in life was art. Growing up in my grandmother’s art gallery and framing studio in Charleston, SC, I was surrounded by art, artists, and their encouraging words. At age 5, I was featured in the newspaper as “Charleston’s Pint-Sized Artist”. In that interview, I boldly declared that I was going to be an artist when I grew up. Well, things didn’t exactly work out that way -a 20 year health care career gave little time for creating art. In 2000, I retired early and went sailing with my husband, George. We lived aboard our sailboat for nearly 5 years in Guatemala. It was there, in the jungle of the Rio Dulce that I revisited my art by painting 76 different animals scenes and cartoon characters on bunk beds and closets that George and I built at Casa Guatemala Orphanage. In addition to Guatemala we’ve traveled in 20 countries, most of which are still developing and whose people struggle daily to make a living. Throughout these travels, I noted that when women have the means to make a living, their families and communities benefit greatly. Their children are able to go to school, growing up with a chance of a better job, thus breaking the cycle of poverty. This inspired me to begin creating art to sell - Reclaimed Hope, a line of handmade paper products and Nature’s Decor up-cycled items using natural seed pods and found items. I really didn’t want “creating art” to become a job, but I get great joy from selling my art to help empower women around the world with micro-loans through www.kiva.org. When I am not creating products for Reclaimed Hope and Natur's Decor, I am busy playing with fused glass, stained glass, mosaics and a wide variety of other mediums. Check out www.eclecticartz.com to see more of my and my husband's art.

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joined:	Aug 18, 2007
location:	Hastings, MN US
display name:	eclecticartz