also was active with the Executive Mansion Association, which is the private association that provides upkeep on the governor's mansion in Springfield. With historian Dan Monroe, she wrote a book titled "At Home with Illinois Governors: A Social History of the Illinois Executive Mansion, 1855-2003.
Kalamazoo, MIartist at self employed I was born with a pencil in one hand, and a paintbrush in the other (which must have been fairly painful for my mother!). My parents realized that I had some... I was born with a pencil in one hand, and a paintbrush in the other (which must have been fairly painful for my mother!). My parents realized that I had some talent at a young age when I would draw portraits of people on napkins with an ink pen at the dinner table. I began selling pastel portraits...