Denise ( Dee)  VachonMiller grew up doodling and painting.  Her father enrolled her in the Art Instruction Schools correspondence course when she was an early teen.  After moving out on her own at 17 yrs old,  she took drawing and sculpture classes at the University of Oregon. That is the extent of her formal training for art.  Most of what she does is self taught.  The requirements for grants changed after her 2nd term and she decided to put college off and enlist in the Oregon Army National Guard.  They trained her for computer operations and life went sideways.

Dee worked 20 years in computers while raising a family. She switched to a career as a Medical Assistant during 2008.  During her spare time she loves to create – and does so with pen and ink, watercolor and paintings of oil and acrylic. She loves color and has a difficult time leaving walls blank.  She also dabbles with fiber art and mosaics.

If you have a favorite pose, a favorite pet, your first special animal and would like a portrait done, Dee is happy to do this.  She has also painted people.