I attended the Boulder Academy of Fine Art to learn to draw and paint, as well as Art Students Leaque of Denver, and private study with Francis Weston Hoyt to learn the Dumond palette over a period of 20 years I continue to paint and be creative in my private life paint and be creative in my private life
I took master gardening classes to support my undergraduate work in botany and skills for self sufficiencyI also ran a 500 acre farm in Sunapee Nh where we bred Hanoverian horses, and karakul sheep that were part of the minor breed conservancy program ' We raised our own food for years on the farm Eventually I licensed a spring water company on the farm which is now a resource for the community of Sunapee as part of town trust lands
