My name is Marie, I am Irish and am a grandmother of 4 children.
I love art as it is more than a hobby, it is a therapeutic distraction for me as I also have a job that carries some stress. I love painting now more than ever as I recently decided that I was going to master oil painting. I was always put off because of the cost of the oil paints…
Have you ever sat outside and looked at the light shinning through the leafs on a tree and discovered, what seemed like thousands of colors, reflecting in the pond below. It is a moment everyone should experience.
I wondered if it was possible for someone, my age, to accomplish the techniques needed to paint this fabulous scene.
After all the kids were raised, my tennis was over, because of bad knees, I needed another outlet for my sole. …
… Improving my art is so important to me. I am 75 now and hope to improve, and get more knowledgeable about the ways of the Old Masters. How did they decide on the composition; why did they choose a certain color to be prominent in their painting? How did they meld their objects into the canvas and make them look so real and alive. I want to learn all of that , now! …
I always wanted to learn painting, but as a young girl was not allowed by my father, married young and a dominant Latin American husband again stood in my way and I could not fulfil my desire.
I used to paint on my own and secretly, fearing been discovered. A couple of years ago, now widowed, and at last free, I took an online course with Old Masters Academy, it was like reaching heaven! And since then I am so happy and do not stop painting. I realize I have much to learn that is why I would like to win your course for it is so good, it got me on my way and I want to further yet so as to have a solo exhibition here in Buenos Aires and maybe even abroad. I love painting …
