I keep reading other creative diaries and I love seeing the work others are doing here. I have been an artist all my life and I think it’s important to spread the word about the work we artists do. In tough financial times, when schools are cutting the arts and the music classes, we have to make sure that art can survive. An environment without beauty is stark and hopeless, indeed.

Here is a sample of the rug hooking I do:

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d27/Rughooker/2b4b05eb.jpg

I drew it up from an historic photo taken of a Native American child in 1905. I wanted to capture that expression and the beauty of the image in my medium. I love rug hooking. It’s like painting, but with the wonderful textures and depth of color of fabric.