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Summary: Every day I paint, I work at being me and I learn to change. I want to share my love and my paintings with others. Each month I give a portion of my sales to non-profit organizations around the country. And I often donate paintings to be auctioned for fundraising. Art helps me daily. And I want my art to help others. I often remark on my past lives. I have studied art history and literature, taught high school, run a pizza business, taught women computers, etc., etc., etc. All of this, combined with my first art class in 2007, has helped to shape me into the artist I am. I wouldn’t be an artist, however, had I not been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. I was diagnosed in 1995, and by 2010 I could not teach. MS has...