Margaret Cline

Ancestors

Daughter of Curtis Cline and Marie (Price) Cline

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Biography

I grew up in the small town of Sikeston, in Southeast Missouri. I married my high school sweetheart, Tom Harmon, and we have a daughter, Tina, and a grandson Trey. Our son-in-law, Robert Havard, is like a son to us and they live in Clinton, Louisiana. Tom and I live about 18 miles south of Clinton in Zachary, Louisiana.

I was blessed with an unusual professional career from Secretary to a Rail Traffic Clerk, and then I supervised a private truck fleet at Ethyl Corporation. The last twelve years of my corporate life, I managed business travel, employee relocations, along with contract negotiations and administration, and event planning. I traveled to various company locations and met some of the most helpful and pleasant people in the world. I had the opportunity to visit Europe and Japan too. My fondest memories are of the personal relationships I enjoyed at Ethyl Corporation and the National Business Travel Association (now the Global Business Travel Association). The people were delightful, warm and enjoyable to work with over the years.

Since my retirement I have enjoyed researching my family genealogy, volunteering in my church and other community activities. In early 2010, I began taking oil painting lessons. It is now my passion! For me, art is liberating. Whether I work directly with a perceived subject, or abstractly, I am most concerned about the overall composition and formal aspects of the work. My color palette tends to be bright. Bright colors make me happy, and I hope to convey that to my viewers. My goal as a painter is to inspire and delight, not just reproduce a subject on canvas. I love my colors bold, and my art subjects are drawn with broad, generous form.

Both visual and musical art, to me, are liberating. There are many segments of creative arts, and each allows the individual to express their inner self to the world. My goal as a painter is to inspire and delight, not just reproduce a subject on canvas. I want my work to touch the inner impulse and passion of my viewers. My goal as a singer is to reach the soul of my listeners with my music; therefore, you could say art is about passion, creative expression, and communication of those feelings to others.

Memory and accumulated experiences make up the unconscious and influence my painting. I worked in the corporate world for over twenty-five years. Architecture, fine arts, as well as furniture, were my passions in college. My life was blessed with the ability to travel to many parts of the USA, Europe, and Japan. Each area of work and study has provided me with a unique perspective of the world, and travel has influenced my vision of the world.

Life is good! I enjoy my family, my church family, and art related guilds and painting daily. God has surely blessed me with a productive professional life and the happy life I enjoy today!

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