The Rag Dolls
I was given an assignment in art school to do a painting at home using a gessoed board, brown paint and a still-life set-up. I chose the rag dolls, sat them on a wooden box that Grandpa Alec made and got busy getting the rags dolls onto the wet paint applied to the...Stanrite Aluminum Studio Easel
It was a big change in my life when we moved to Louisiana where my husband Jack had a new job as a deep sea diver. The money was good, and my husband knew that I wanted to take art lessons and so he bought me an easel for my birthday and said to have at it!  And...My First Time with Oils
When I moved to Morgan City my kids were in school and so it was my time to get into some kind of painting and so the only thing I could find was a class for tole painting. The class was offered at a gift shop with craft classes. So this was my first attempt to try...Dr. Distefano, Morgan City, LA
When we planned to move back to CA, I had a current dental bill to pay and so I told my dentist, Dr. Distephano, that I promised to pay it as soon as I could, but would be late with it since we were moving. So he surprised me and said don’t worry about it, just...Draw with no Lines
One of the lessons I had in art school was to look at a still life set up and use graphite pencil and draw no lines. I thought my teacher was kidding! I had always drawn with lines! I really had a struggle with this task because it was a matter of looking at the...St. Pierre Hotel of Wales, England
A diver friend of my husband’s sent us a picture of the St. Pierre Hotel in Wales England. If our memory is correct, we believe his name was Jack Byers and he thought it was cool that he found a hotel that had our name origin. (Sampier originated from St....I’m in the Newspaper!
Morgan City Bank was so kind to put this article in the newspaper for me. It shows one of my swamp paintings and one with the Carrilon Bell Tower. This was a long time ago, and it is fun to look back on how things were.Small Town Privilege
There wasn’t a lot of competition in Morgan City, LA for artists. I was so privileged to put on art shows at one of the local banks with my name on their sign. At my last show there, I sold 22 paintings in 2 weeks time. Wow! The bank was nice enough to...Charles N. Sharpe Painting
I was asked to do a painting for Charles N. Sharpe, the president of the life insurance company my husband worked for in the late 70’s. Charlie said to paint whatever you want and wait for the inspiration to come when you know what he would want. It took me a...Recent Interview
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