Hello, I am Mary Ellen Johnson and I am so happy to be able to be part of this forum. I attended Ringling School or Art and Design in the 80's, but became distracted from my art studies for too long. In the past year I have been painting full time searching for a focus of work. A trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art clarified some things for me. The beautiful portraiture of John Singer Sargent and others was extremely moving for me. I loved figure and portrait work in the past so this is where I have decided to focus my study. I realize I have a hard road ahead to get to where I want to be, but I plan to work very hard figuring it all out. Looking around this forum, I think there will be invaluable help here.
Here is a couple of examples of my portraits and one figurative.
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...Johnson/bb.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...portrait-1.jpg
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u...nson/port1.jpg