Eva Shae - 12" x 16" oil on canvas. Commissioned.







I remember my mother telling me I came home on my first day of kindergarten with a note from the teacher that read "Likes to draw", I can't think of a time in my life when I didn't.  

I majored in art in college, earning my Bachelor Of Fine Arts degree in commercial art in 1980.

In 2004, on a whim, I decided to try painting in my spare time (I had never painted before), and I took up oils.  I couldn't decide what subjects I wanted to depict, then a friend who had Greyhounds asked me if I could paint pet portraits, and...

Art By Billie was officially launched in 2006. In 2008 I added acrylics to my choices of painting mediums.  I also work in graphite, and digital art.  I create pet portraits, water scenes, and other subjects in nature. 

Please email me if you're interested in purchasing one of my existing paintings, or commissioning one.

I live in Raleigh, North Carolina, with my husband and our menagerie of pets. Thanks for visiting! ~Billie Mann

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