After college I worked for a few years at a home improvement store designing kitchens.  Trying to juggle the schedules of job and family I found myself drawn to teaching. I spent a few years teaching third grade and finally an art position opened up.  Although, it was when I began teaching art to little children that they opened up the part of me that I had closed up years earlier.  I was flooded withy creative urges that I couldn't contain any longer.

 

My life at home is spent with my wonderful children, living amidst natural surroundings and textures.  Rivers, lakes, trees and wildlife surround and influence me and my work.

 

These are my children...

...my daughters, my son, one of my son's friends,

...and one just slightly stuffed aligator.

Me...

(Completely fearless)

So much of Hil-Dee's life involves the children she teaches.

 

This is a direct window (aka iFrame) to the Pine Grove Elementary School public page maintained by the school webmaster and set up for Hil-Dee's students work to be displayed on the internet.

Below is a small FLASH movie prepared by the webmaster of this site depicting the artwork shown at a local Brooksville Florida fundraiser in 2005 to support student art at Pine Grove Elementary School.  All of the art work shown below was created by students of the Pine Grove Elementary School.

Some charcoal potraits I've done.

Where I lived as a child.

Crazy little bluebird on my car window.

Goldfish in the middle of the desert.

Kaden on Daddies bike.

Kids at the beach.

Picture of Sativa and Jacey in their Ballet outfits.

Some colorful and creative soapdish lizards made by my young students

Below are several student creations.

The Bluebird of Happiness - Trying to tell me something?

My daughter...