I didn't know that I would become an artist and it has been a long road, but I have enjoyed every art class, workshop, and instructors all along the way.
Since I worked in office administration for many years I did not dream that I would be doing art full time later in my life. 

I have come a long way and I have had some challenges but I have accomplished everything that I set out to do with the help of God.  The most difficult art work that I have completed was "The Last Supper" which was a commissioned painting and a reproduction.  I have completed commissoned paintings in the past but never anything as big as the 36x24 canvas done in oil.  The commissioned work I have done in the past were dog portraits, landscape of old homesteads, and I have done portraits of family members.

I enjoy being out in nature taking photos as well as coming  home and putting on canvas what I enjoyed while being outside in this beautiful world God has created.  With all the natural wonders of the world there are always something beautiful to paint.

I finished the Mabry Grist Mill and you may remember the drawing or sketch of the Mabry Grist Mill that I had on my blog.  This old grist mill is in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.  This is an original oil painting by Ruth Housley.

Since I grew up in West Virginia we went to Virginia every summer to see relatives and visited this place. 
I  like the reflection on the water of the grist mill and the autumn trees in the background.

This was painted on a 16x20 stetched linen canvas and framed in oil medium. 

I did this picture of a model in portrait class several years ago and thought I would add it to my portfolio of art works.

It is done in pastel and I have completed portraits for relatives in the past as well. 

The size of it is 18x12 inches and on pastel paper.  It was fun to do and it was just a picture of a model out of a magazine that I used to do this.
This is an original pastel painting by Ruth Housley.