I am a retired school teacher who is enjoying my retirement doing what I love best, ' living the dream' and painting whenever I can. Firstly using acrylics, then branching out to watercolur and studying oil painting in Portugal , to add to my repetoire. Colour amazes me and I use bright eye-catching colours in my paintings, using varied subject matter, but secretly preferring feminine, 'girly' effects. I try all styles, recently discovering abstract which I am loving immensely.more