[Vicki]

Thanks for your feedback, Lily! I will certainly change the order of the paragraphs.

[Vicki]

I have a love for history. It started when I was very young. Throughout my life and travels, I have had opportunities to tour one historical site after another, whether it was a home dating back to times of the American Revolution, Civil War battlefields, colonial government buildings, a sunken WWII Japanese airplane, Japanese caves on the western Pacific islands of Guam and Saipan, or countless museums. I discovered that the more I looked at old photos, or visited locations of historic events throughout the world, the more I found myself being drawn into those images and locations, sometimes feeling almost as though I could have been there. That is what I want viewers to feel when they see my art — a chance to look into a world where they can feel transported to that time, that place, if only just for a moment.

This is why I am drawn to architecture as a subject matter. I like trying to convey some feeling of being there, being present in that moment. My main medium is watercolor and pen. I am beginning to explore history through the use of other mediums such as color pencil, oils, and soft pastels. My interest regarding subject matter, however, is not limited to architecture alone. I am also interested in botanicals and landscapes.