My wife is an artist........

My wife, Della, is an artist. She was born an artist, has always expressed herself with visual creations, and now today continues to daily create works of art. When we were first married, she was stuck housekeeping and raising two boys so she didn't start off right away painting but then she just had to paint again. She bought a large oak easel and worked primarily on portraits. Up to that point she continued with portraits and started to receive commissions from people I worked with at school, from family members as well as others that she knew before we married. She had done commissioned work before we married, but her contacts doubled when we married.
Our second year of marriage, we added a gallery to the house that gave her some space to work and that evolved into an art gallery and also a frame shop. We became framers because the public wanted a local area to get things framed. Della ran the business of the frame shop as well as continued to paint. Twenty five years later, we still frame, but Della has expanded to selling world wide on the internet. She has work all over the world. During the past twenty five years her work has continued to be portraiture, but the business or should I say the market redirected her into doing paintings of animals. Her biggest market is of painting of horses, cats and dogs. She has sold flowers, landscapes, wildlife and paintings with an Amish theme. She has also done commissioned portraits from local clients. All and all, she is in her element and loving every minute of it. Her involvement with various artist internet friends has been rewarding both socially and also from an educational standpoint. Her closest friends are in Texas, California, Oregon and Montana.
One of my long lost relatives the other day said it must be delightful to have two artist in one house. I guess it is. As artist go, it is fun, frustrating, and a lot of work to create works of art. As an art teacher for 35 years I have barely touched the surface compared to what Della has accomplished, but I too have learned, and grown, watching her and her friends doing their thing in this internet art world. I am proud of her and of all her accomplishments. It is fun to watch her do what she so loves to do. Thanks for reading
Check out www.dellartist.blogger.com
Also she is found among a number of artist at www.arthelpinganimals.com