Sweet of you to say, Sharon. And odd for me to hear... I painted my first landscape last spring and much to my surprise I seem to do an okay job. Maybe you should give it another shot - you could surprise yourself the way I surprised me. And the research process is like a holiday at a 4 star resort: shlepping around field and forest, blissed-out on nature with a happy dog in tow (or a good horse underneath). A positive lifestyle choice IMHO