I am Verdie Blakney, an art student for almost one and a half years. I live in Hillsboro, OR. My art instructor first got me interested in art. I had never thought of it one way or the other,certainly not as a talent. I have found art to be very relaxing, even therapeutic. So here I am, a 68 year old grandmother who just discovered something I never knew I had.---Talent, and a love for painting