Charmaine, visual artist, photographer, and jewelry designer, began her creative journey by doodling the sides of her middle school notebooks and drawing portraits of her favorite celebrities from the photos in magazines. After a 40 year career in elementary and middle school education, Charmaine retired to spend time on her own art and two precious grandsons.
Her present work focuses on acrylic painting and mixed media experimentation, combining the traditional art materials of canvas, paint, and ink with photography, cyanotype print-making, rust printing, and collage. Her work is often inspired by the beauty of the natural world, by favorite quotes, and sometimes just by the materials on her worktable. All find their way into her art and jewelry designs, as she experiments with metals, paints, inks, and other art mediums, combining them with her photography, cyanotype prints, and even repurposed older artwork.
Charmaine shares her work on Instagram and Facebook, as well as demos and tutorials on her YouTube Channel.
