i've always had an interest in art, but never pursued it seriously....I wish I had.  Painting can be very relaxing, rewarding even.  I dabble in drawing/painting as a diversion, but nothing like Stefanie's, or cpm9ball's mother's work.  Nice stuff, and thanks for sharing it.

I have a small collection of original paintings, most commissioned.  I love art, and my favourite painters are Mucha, Waterhouse, Vermeer,  Rembrandt, Monet, Titian, etc - unfortunately no originals there though.

I have one very small painting that was my grandmothers that I would love to have appraised, it was sold in Hollywood California back in the 1930's.