Daily, I talk with so many great people I've met Online and always wonder what they look like and what takes place in their everyday lives.  And it's always so great when I can go to their web sites and learn a bit more about them.

I'm MeMa, as my grandchildren call me, or Evanda to everyone else.  I've been married to the same great guy for several decades and have three precious sons, a lovely daughter-in-law, two good-looking grandsons and one beautiful, sweet granddaughter.  I have now totally run out of adjectives!!

The children are spread out all over Florida, Alabama and Georgia but we visit as often as we can.

In a former life, I worked in radio programming and broadcasting.  I went back to college in my late 30's and  became a Registered Nurse, specializing in Neonatology (in other words, babies under one month of age).  It kind of went from one extreme to another.... before becoming an RN, I worked in a nursing home .... in a retirement home .... and then in the hospital as a Medical/Surgical Tech.  This was 6 years prior to becoming a full "Registered Nut" .... and that's when  the real fun began!!! 

I have always loved art and I paint in oils, watercolors and pastels.  I also love any type of craft work and especially enjoy designing graphics and web sites. 

While I was born and raised in Florida, I moved around  for many years as a military wife and finally settled back down in Florida.

As a kid, I  drew in all the covers of my books  ... then I graduated to lined notebook paper.  Once I did a painting with toothpicks, as I couldn't find my paint brushes.  Some of my best art work is on blue-lined notebook paper.   I began to paint in oils at the age of 13 when my parents gave me a paint-by-number set.  Finding that rather boring, I turned the cardboard over and painted on the backs of the pictures.

My "formal" art training consisted of taking art classes during high school for two years which was mostly art history and experimenting with different mediums.  In college, I took a couple of courses in design.  And in the early 90's I enrolled in a few classes of Bob Ross,  learning the wet-on-wet technique of oil painting, using a thick oil paint where a painting can be done in a very short period of time.

I owned a clothing art design business for three years but I mostly paint for fun and give my paintings and craft designs to family and friends.

I hope that you feel  you know me a little better by now.  Do make yourself at home and come back often for a visit.  Make your mark in my guest book or e-mail me so that I know you've been here, okay?