Elaine was born in Bradford, PA... and raised in Coudersport, PA. She grew up in the wild woods of the Allegheny National Forest... an area known for farming, hunting, fishing, and winter sports.
She started working at 13, and has a strong ethic for hard work and doing the best you can.
After high school... she went to St. Joesph's Nursing School in Elmira, NY... and excelled in her career until an early retirement in 2003.
She has always been very active in creative pursuits... from rock collecting and wildflower identification... to drawing and photography... to needlework and even wood carving... she has probably tried her hand at it all.
Photography and recycle crafts are her main pursuits... particularly in the jewelry arts and metal fabrication.
She has won numerous awards with her photography, and been published in several magazines, on-line sites, and books.
You can see more of her work at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/moongipsies
She loves traveling... and has been to most every state in the USA... and on foreign shores as well.
She married her best friend in 1990; and they have 2 grown children that she is very proud of.
She started working at 13, and has a strong ethic for hard work and doing the best you can.
After high school... she went to St. Joesph's Nursing School in Elmira, NY... and excelled in her career until an early retirement in 2003.
She has always been very active in creative pursuits... from rock collecting and wildflower identification... to drawing and photography... to needlework and even wood carving... she has probably tried her hand at it all.
Photography and recycle crafts are her main pursuits... particularly in the jewelry arts and metal fabrication.
She has won numerous awards with her photography, and been published in several magazines, on-line sites, and books.
You can see more of her work at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/moongipsies
She loves traveling... and has been to most every state in the USA... and on foreign shores as well.
She married her best friend in 1990; and they have 2 grown children that she is very proud of.