An avid photographer; artist in acrylics, pen & inks, pencil; sculpter in clay; computer graphics & photo-manipulation; (totaly adicted) Love looking at the works of other artists & especialy artists on this site.BIOHave been painting & drawing since the year dot, sold my first work at age nine, (Christmas cards) haven't sold much since. Have owned a camera since age fifteen and been taking photos ever since, mostly of the "snap shot" type but I also have a large collection of excellent nature photos, (macros, flowers & gardens, frogs, birds & the occasional snake) I'm an "elderly" (in body only) grandmother, living in paradise (Cairns Australia) with a husband and a dog. (plus any number of frogs, gheckos, lizards, birds, butterflies and the occasional snake) What else can I say? I'm young at heart and refuse to believe that the person in the mirror has anything to do with the person who is "Me" ***UPDATE*** April 12 05.  I'd like to add a bit about my qualifications as a critic. While I'm still (& always will be) a student, I have also been an art teacher for over twenty years, I have been an active member of several Art Societies & Photograpgic Societies, a Gallery Director/Art Buyer for a private gallery, owner and manager of my own gallery, selector and pre-selector for an annual art prize. (often valued at over Au$20,000.) That should be enough to be going on with. I'm often facetious, not often serious and occassionly suffer with foot-in-mouth desease. (All of which I feel I'm entitled to having survived 66 years so far) ;-) Leonie.