Every morning, Jill Kettler says she awakens “itching” to paint. Nothing other than her family gives her more zing than sitting in her home studio, getting ready to spread colorful acrylics or oils on a fresh canvas.
Today, a typical day for this artist is going straight to work on a painting or thinking about what she wants to paint next. But Kettler’s days weren’t always like this.
In fact, despite enjoying an early education in the arts, it would be decades before she seriously picked up a paint brush. Like many late-in-life artists, Kettler first needed to juggle college, marriage, raising a family and employment, which in her case meant a full-time teaching career…