arteacherJ

I am a art teacher - K- 6 in Roeland Park Kansas, a wife for 31 years my husband and I have two children both boys, one is 27 and the other 23 -- one is maried and the other is not. I have been a crafter and artist since I can remember. I earned my Bachelors of Science in Art education from Kansas University and My Masters in Education from Webster University I love drawing and painting and recently in the last 5 years have found a great love of warm glass. Craft wise I can'think of anything I have not tried! :) I love art of any kind second only to my family!

There is very little music I don't like -- I do have my favorite -- which is country any time period and any artist, love my country. I also like oldies, specially the crooners; Frank, Dean, and the new crooners; Mike Buble` and Harry Connick Jr. I do have a soft spot for old rock and roll- starting with Elvis Presely and the Beatles all the way to ELO -- as you can see I have as wide a love of music as I do for art.

I am an avid night time reader, I don't go to bed with out reading. My favortie books are Science fiction, I LOVE Anne Rice, LeStat and the Mayfair Witches are the ultimate. Since I working with kids I have read and enjoy all the Harry Potters and the new Twilight series. I don't have an ultimate author more a ultimate genre. As far as magazines go I love Cloth Paper Scissors, and the Glass artist, but I read several on beading and jewerly creation as well, I am drawn to great looking covers so my magazine collection is as varied as my music collection.

I like movies but I am not a big movie goer! I wait till it comes out on a DVD and then watch it. My oldest son and I have a gret collection of DVDs-- I love movies about artist, the orignal Moulin Rouge is a great movie about Talouse Latrec. The 1934 movie on Rembrant is great too! an of cousre all the Sci-fi movies, The Vampire chronicles, Twilight series,.... as you can see I really like vampires! I was a real addict as a kid for Dark Shadows. I also love the X-Men series and most movies based on comic book heroes.

TV-- I don't have much time for and I have one or two favories, I like the ghost wisperer and Super Natural, and NCIS new and old, of course old movies too.

Oh my where do I start! Being a teacher I play with everything on my own and with my students. Personally I love to draw with color pencils and markers-- sort of mixed media but I can jump all over. Currently like I said above I love fused Glass, Jewelry and just now starting to try plates and bowls and such. I love taking class at the Kansas City Art Institute with other teachers and we enjoy doing cooperative projects when they come up. Right now several of us are working on a design class where we are creating a "Look Book" a collection of things that inspire us. I have crochet but don't knit, I have done almost all types of needle works out there, the eyes don't like them now as much as they use to. I love to do clay with my students and anything that pushes them out side of their box! Basically I love art! My favorite artist are Matisse and Latrec. I like some 20th century artists but at the moment Dale Chihuly is a real favorite.