I am pretty much a self-taught artist. I have 'done art' all my life though not as a 'professional' artist - I have used my art with my family, friends and in ministry. I am a pastor's wife (which IS a 'career'!); we are former missionaries, having lived and worked in France for about sixteen years with a Bible College/Seminary and French churches, and then for several years with an inner-city Bible College and churches in Kansas City, MO, before returning to the small church where we started out. I have shown/sold my art in a coffee shop in Kansas City and in art/craft shows. 'Doing' art...more