Eva Shae - 12" x 16" oil on canvas. Commissioned.







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I'm Billie Mann, and welcome to Art by Billie! 

I've drawn all my life. I remember my Mother telling me once that my Kindergarten teacher sent a note home with me my first day of school that read "Likes to draw."

I majored in art in college, earning my B.F.A. in Fashion Illustration (a now-defunct concentration in commercial art), but after working for many years in various branches of the graphic design and printing industry, I found the work unfulfilling and stressful. 

In 2004, on a whim, I decided to try painting in my spare time, to get back in touch with my more creative side (I had never painted before) and took up oils. In 2008 I added acrylics to my painting mediums. I also work in graphite, and pen and ink, as I have all of my life, and occasionally dabble in digital art.  I enjoy painting portraits of beloved pets, water scenes, other subjects in nature, and have begun to teach "Paint and Sip with Billie" art classes to the residents of a local retirement community where I work.

Exhibitions: The Colony Theatre, Raleigh, NC - 2007, and Earthfare Foods - 2008. Portrait of Princess Diana published in the book "Diana in Art" - 2007. Juried accepted entry into the North Carolina Museum of Art event "Art of the Auction" - June 2013.

If you're interested in commissioning artwork, please email me at artbybillie@yahoo.com so we can discuss what you have in mind, and pricing, or to purchase an available work. Please visit my Art By Billie Facebook page to see much more!