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A cheery street scene, with a quaint Victorian look to it, as the holiday decorations brighten up what would otherwise be a dreary winter day. The wreaths and garland with the bright red bows give a vibrant accent to the warm Christmas lights at the end of the street.

This software-generated piece was one of those "happy accidents" as I had input a very different phrase, but this is just too pretty to not share.

I often joke that I learned to draw and paint because it is easier and quicker for me than getting a good photograph. I do still make the attempt to use my camera more effectively from time to time, but I have more natural aptitude to using a pencil or paint. Often what few photographs I am satisfied with become reference for my artwork. I work with charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolor, acrylic, and am learning oil painting. I tend towards more realistic, although I have dabbled in impressionism when the fancy strikes. I live at the dead end of a dirt road in rural Florida with my husband and a yardful of critters, while the local deer and wild turkeys eat my annual efforts at gardening.