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Rose!!

Hello friends. My name is Rose Enderud. I was born in Oregon in 1950. We moved to L. A. when I was 5. Then moved around Northern California and Nevada here and there until 1960. We settled in a town of less than 100, Washington, Ca. on the Yuba river for 10 years.

In Washington I had the unique experience of attending a one room school with grades 1-8 in the same classroom. I attended grades 4-8 there. The older students helped teach the younger students. So I learned early to share my knowledge and abilities. High school was in a nearby town, 20 miles away.

 I was married early, 15. I had my son at 16, my daughter at 19. I raised my children with the help of my mother, not exactly a one parent household but no father around. We moved from Washington to nearby Grass Valley. Where I went to work for an electonics firm at 22. I stayed there until my children were on thier own. Then I just up and quit at 40. I was not sure myself why, mid-life crisis I guess. The following spring I broke an ankle and was off my feet for 6 months. When I was able to work again, I took a live in job caring for a disabled women. I have been working with the elderly or disabled ever since.

 Financially it is not as rewarding, but I would not change it. At 40 I became a grandmother. I now have 2 grandchildren, 3 step grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild.

 I started painting about at around 45. Trying to get my art seen was what brought me to the internet. I visited someone locally to get help with a website. I was so green, I could not answer the questions he asked me. So I went and bought a "For Dummys" book. By the time I finished reading I could design a webpage myself, with the help of Netscape. So I got my pages designed and up. Then I had to figure out how to get them seen. That is when I got sidetracked. I could not afford to buy advertising so I had to earn it. Naturally I saw ads for every kind of program under the sun, and got sidetracked by a few.

 March of 2000 I caught a virus called Gillians Barrette. Within 48 hours I was hospitalized with total paralysis. Lucky, it is something you can recover from. During my two month hospital stay I experienced daily miracles. The therapist would help me move something. It would be like my muscles just needed to be shown to remember what to do. Then I would stay up all night practicing. I had worked at night so my days and nights were turned around. After a year I was able to go back to work. When I got out of the hospital. The things I had built up on the net had mostly disappeared. I have bounced around with different things. Now, I think I have come full circle. I want to pursue the art and programs that will help others succeed.

Currently I live a little farther down the mountain in Auburn, Ca. I take care of a woman who is a quadraplagic due to an accident. I want to thank Ana Maria Padurean and Jenny SJ Jenny for her questions and Ana Maria for helping me to get the answers. Without both my Artshow forum would not be doing as well as it is. You can see the artshow here.

 http://community.adlandpro.com/forums/17721/ShowForum.aspx  

There is a how to thread for Artists who need help posting thier work. Venerina Conti has asked if she could start a thread for other crafts. She makes jewelry. That will be coming. Rose.

Some of Rose's Oil Paintings:

           
          Magnificent Maple.                 Cascade.   Original oil on canvas panel                     Original oil on canvas panel . Sold                           8x10in 20.3x25.4cm. US$70

       
Night glow.  Original oil on canvas panel