For two summers I painted my sister Dorothy's home for her. I on1yworked a few hours each day and didn't charge her anything for 1aboras I was doing it Just to keep busy. It is a huge home and I rea1izedit wou1d be the 1ast time I wou1d be ab1e to do anything of thatsize. Working with high 1adders was getting difficu1t.
In the ear1y spring of 1985 1 decided to try oi1 painting. I sentaway for an artists outfit and bought some materia1s at an art shop.I had never tried anything 1ike this before so I made a paintingstudio in the basement and started out with pictures from aninstruction book1et. Even the ear1y ones I painted were okay so Idecided to continue as 1ong as I cou1d 1ook at improvement. I sometimes have donemore than 150 paintings over the past two months and am sti11improving. I sometimes have so1d some pictures and given away the rest. I a1sobui1d and finish the frames for them. It makes a good hobby for theco1d winter months.