[Kimberly Dow]

I wanted to write a bit about something I am just noticing.

Since getting online last spring, then later joining this forum there has been a basic shift in what I want to paint. My tastes have changed completely. I had painted for years all alone with no sense of history or exposure to others work. I went to college for art, but my three semesters of art history left me remembering Picasso, but I did not even know who JSS was.

I had been slowly improving over the years by reading a few books and one video. I did not even know the work of the artist who made the video, but it was affordable so I bought it. It made a huge difference in my painting. It was