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About Me

Hi there! What can I say on this page? What would you like to know? I am a a self-taught artist, sculptor, craftsperson...you name it! I just love creating things! Been doing it my entire life! My favorite mediums are paint, clay and wood! I also love computers and techy gadgets! So combining my love of creating with computer graphics just came naturally!

I became a Paint Shop Pro enthusiast as soon as I discovered the progam (about 1998...version 4) and shortly after began writing and sharing  tutorials with the enthusiastic PSP community and many user groups. Nowadays I get just as much pleasure creating tutorials for graphics as I do creating the graphics themselves! However, being the 'creative type', I find it difficult to keep to a rigid schedule! Updates of my tutorials and my webpages will be done whenever the mood hits! ;-)

Many people ask where I got the 'Arizona Kate' nickname. Well, it started many moons ago, when I worked as a host at Knott's Berry Farm & Ghost Town in Southern California ...back when it wasn't fenced in and there was no entry fee! You know...the 'good ole days'!  At that time, Walter Knott, in his very astute way, insisted that all employees use a nickname on their I.D. badges (keeping our real names private). Arizona Kate was drawn from a hat as my nick.  It went well with the Annie Oakley type outfit I wore each day around the Ghost Town! So...when I got online and the time came to select a nickname ...Arizona Kate was the first name that came to mind... and it has stuck!