I started painting in the late 1960s after the birth of my first child.  I drew all the time as a child but didn’t know I was interested in art, so I never took any art classes in school.  So, I am mostly self taught.  I have shown paintings in California and in Washington.  I have paintings in Arkansas, Nevada as well as California that were done for people.  I find art in my life, it is in everything I do.  It is my way of life and what makes life meaningful.

I also love taking pictures.  Grandkids are perfect models.  I also like to take photos that are just pretty scenes perhaps to use as painting inspirations.  I have a published photograph titled “Two of A Kind” that is in a coffee table book titled “Shades of Tomorrow.” I have also exhibited several photos in art shows in Washington.  I hope my love for the subject shines through the pictures I take.

Contact me at mproctor (at) olypen (dot) com