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Why Arts Of Delight?

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I have chosen the name Arts of Delight for my blog and my Etsy store (etsy.com/ca/shop/ArtsOfDelight),  because I hope that people who meet and get to know my dolls will feel delight whenever they look at them. Creating them has certainly given me hours and days of delight. I look up, and four hours have gone by, while time stood still for me. What is called The Zone, I guess. Below- my workspace: About me: I am a lifelong artist (my mother was an artist) with a degree in Fine Art from U of T. After graduation I had many occupations to pay the rent, from accounting clerk, to draftsman, to waitress, to PSW, while continuing to create art in my spare time. Having a family introduced me to time management, which has made life much easier in some ways, with less (spare) time to manage. I ended my working days as a high school art teacher, and have now taken the opportunity to pursue my art full time. Making fine art dolls uses all the skills I have accumulated over the years. Life dra