I am a self-taught artist and have been painting in acrylics over 12 years. Some of my favorite subjects are Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe. I enjoy painting family and friends especially when a particular photo just grabs my eye, I make the decision right then and there that I must paint it. I really enjoy it and when they are finished and are no longer in my art room on my easel I actually miss them, and when I go to visit people who now have them on their walls in beautiful frames, it makes me so proud and happy to see them once again since they had been a part of me.