Dr. Distefano, Morgan City, LA

When we planned to move back to CA, I had a current dental bill to pay and so I told my dentist, Dr. Distephano, that I promised to pay it as soon as I could, but would be late with it since we were moving. So he surprised me and said don’t worry about it, just...

St. Pierre Hotel of Wales, England

A diver friend of my husband’s sent us a picture of the St. Pierre Hotel in Wales England. If our memory is correct, we believe his name was Jack Byers and he thought it was cool that he found a hotel that had our name origin. (Sampier originated from St....

I’m in the Newspaper!

Morgan City Bank was so kind to put this article in the newspaper for me. It shows one of my swamp paintings and one with the Carrilon Bell Tower. This was a long time ago, and it is fun to look back on how things were.

Small Town Privilege

There wasn’t a lot of competition in Morgan City, LA for artists. I was so privileged to put on art shows at one of the local banks with my name on their sign. At my last show there, I sold 22 paintings in 2 weeks time. Wow! The bank was  nice enough to...

Charles N. Sharpe Painting

I was asked to do a painting for Charles N. Sharpe, the president of the life insurance company my husband worked for in the late 70’s. Charlie said to paint whatever you want and wait for the inspiration to come when you know what he would want. It took me a...

Hudson Air, LA

What a privilege to be asked to do an oil painting of an airport. It was near where I lived in Morgan City, LA, and the owner gave me professional photos to work from so I didn’t have to do it plein-air. He liked the work so well he asked me to do another one...