I am a retired Social Worker but have been a somewhat talented and stiffeled artist in my adult years. I chose to become a social worker because I did not believe I could make a living for my family as an artist. Making art in many forms always takes me to another passionate yet serene part of another world within. I have been working with metals, primarily silver jewelry while incorporating my own stones, for the past five years but lately yearn to return to painting. I go back and forth as to confidence to continue but I realize this is a factor in many talented artist's lives and so I will continue so long as it makes me happy and whole. I am 73 years smarter and I think I may have 20 more years on this wonderful planet to create barring any unfortunate incidents