Around 2003, I found painting, but was still to afraid to take it seriously.  I fell into the same trap a lot of adult aspiring painters fall into, telling myself think like:

“I am too old to start this now.  If I had any talent, I would already be able to paint.  I don’t think something like this can be learned.  You have to be born with it.”

Somewhere around 2004, with a lot of encouragement from some wonderful ladies in the Decorative Artists of Jacksonville, I began a few timid steps toward learning to paint.  Without my association with that club, I don’t think I would have continued painting.

Below is a photo gallery of my 2004 paintings, the ones I took and kept a photo of.  If you are really curious about them, you can click through to the Flickr site, you can read my comments about each painting.