Self-employed for decades as a freelance artist, teacher, Reiki master, shiatsu practitioner, high-end interior finish work [painting/tile/sheetrock/etc, but especially faux finishes], freelance writer, chief cook and bottle-washer, and part time submarine refitter. 
Fibromyalgia has slowed me down. I was bitten by a Lyme tick in 2002 and was never the same. My nurse friend likened it to an amputation- of my vitality. I am disabled, but I've learned how to cope. I can still make art.
I learned to do professional graphic arts before there were computers, and fine art from two American masters. When computer graphics came on the scene I signed up to learn 3d CAD and animation, and while not proficient I am relatively competent at using various computer graphics programs. 
Here's an approximate timeline of some of my working adventures:
General: 
Jan 1989 - Present · 34 yrs
Self-employed making/showing/selling fine art, helping to develop art venues [off sites, festivals, co-ops, new galleries, group uplift efforts], some graphic design, portraiture, caricature, faux finishes, teaching, and art therapy since 1989. Trained with two American masters, designed for the Grateful Dead, the Band, and many others. Mural for the Woodstock II festival. Album covers for Mercury Rev ["All Is Dream", two b-sides].
Learned essentials of 3d CAD and animation while in college [age 38].
Studied with Nicholas Buhalis at his Kingston Academy for most of a year, learning classical composition, color theory, anatomy, and etc. His stroke and subsequent death ended my studies. Became blocked for a year or so, when I was sent by a friend to the NY School of Visual Arts to take a class with Bert Hasen, who gave me a 4.0 and told me, "Stop taking classes and go paint, already, you're an artist." So I did.
Paintings and drawings are in private collections in 20 US states, France, Germany, Italy, England, Wales, Serbia, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and China.
"Monsters and Follies" series:
In spring of 2021, I came to NJ to visit with a very old friend and his wife. I stayed for a couple of months, sketching and developing ideas for a few pieces, and then returned to Kansas and worked on them for the following months. In March of 2022, I returned to NJ with what I'd finished and began working on several more pieces. I currently have 15 paintings in the series I'm calling "Monsters and Follies". My aim is to obtain gallery representation. I want to get my prices up where they belong, and get myself to Europe for the art-making years that may remain to me. Fibromyalgia is progressive. I want to burn bright while I can.
"Vancouver" series/ Pisces VI submarine:
In May of 2019, my common law husband of 14 years left me. I had slowly become too dependent on him, I realized, and so I decided to give up on romantic entanglements for the rest of my time on the planet.
We had jointly been involved with the restoration of the Pisces VI deep sea exploration submarine for more than a year, and I doubled my efforts to pitch in on the project, which initially was supposed to go to Peru and then to the Antarctic. 
That deal fell through, and the owner of the sub then set up to do sea trials in Vancouver, BC and then go to Tenerife. 
I was to be the 'house mama' for the crew house, working on a body of work while there in order to break into the Vancouver art scene. I also helped with projects like creating a plaster cast for a wax mold for a hard-to-source part, shaping the copper connecting plates for the submarine's gigantic battery pack, and rebuilding the antiquated oxygen scrubbers' fan housings [using a frisbee].  And I painted the company logo on the shipping containers that were to house the submarine and its mobile workshop, and did a b/w graphic for its move to Vancity.
A week before we were scheduled to depart, the owner brought home a 21 year old bartender he'd met, who moved in and came with us to Vancouver. He left on a biz trip. She was newly out of her mama's nest. Three weeks later, two years of efforts on his behalf disappeared from mind at her pseudo-Macchiavellian whim. I came away with five canvases, which I finished over the following months, back in Kansas.
May 2010 - 2020 · 10 years- The "Cow" series, the "Walkabout" series:
I moved to Marion County, Kansas on May 1st, 2010 with my then-partner. We bought a decrepit trailer on a 1/2 acre of land, spent a month replacing the kitchen subfloor and main doors, and once that was done I began busily sketching cows and calves and scoping out the local landscapes. 
I wanted to try to capture the amazing scale and beauty of the place, and since the main denizens are cows, I had to study some bovine anatomy.
In the first five [almost six] years, my husband and I met many challenges. The house would never be done, but we made some good progress- despite having almost no money. 
I also made [and sold] several paintings in the Cow Series. They went to collectors as far away as Australia, as well as across the US, and they kept us fed.
In 2015 I did "The Big Un". You can see the process of painting it in one of the albums at my facebook page. The finished painting, entitled, "Rosebank Church, Answers to Prayers" is 6' wide and 4' tall, and the color variations, in person, are extremely subtle. That piece remains at the Little Heap on the Prairie.
In February 2016, my ex- got drunk and laid hands on me. I took off in the night to South Bend, Indiana. I decided that rather than wallow in self-pity at this crisis, I would use it as an opportunity to go "Walkabout". 
I had always wanted to visit Mound Builder and other sites around the country. I bought a tent and sleeping bag and traveled around making sketches and photos of the places I saw. 
I also prayed in all of those places.  Mostly for healing, not just for me and the spousal unit, but for safety and healing of all of my indigenous friends and for the ancestors to wake up and help them to come into leadership, as I felt we would need indigenous traditional wisdom in coming years.
Our relationship ended in May of 2019, after he'd started drinking again.
The Walkabout paintings aren't finished yet, I don't think. And I haven't even begun to work on the Standing Rock paintings [I was there for five weeks in August/September.] I will make the time, when it's the right time to pursue it further.
Office Manager, Southern Ulster County Chamber of Commerce
Tiny Chamber in village of Highland had a turnover of more than 7 office mgrs in two years, members dwindled to 80. I pushed it to be community-oriented Chamber which aids schools, local govt, and small business to more dynamically network. Rebuilt the membership invoicing system, newsletter, and website. Conceived, organized such events as “The State of the County”: 6 legislators came to dinner & had relaxed panel discussion with locals. Increased networking and connectivity within the membership. Left for personal reasons- membership over 120.
Teaching assistant
Hudson Academy
Oct 2005 - Apr 2006 · 7 mos
HRA is where they send all the “bad” kids. Someone who knew of my previous work with city kids at drug rehabs hired me as "teaching ass’t" [because I am not a certified teacher]. Sent 2 “worst” kids from each class to me. They’d throw furniture, etc, but within 2 wks would begin to succeed. Later was given “worst” homeroom to run. Within weeks they all performed at the top of HRA’s “points” system & passed their classes. 
Left for financial reasons [50 mile commute].
Translator [French]
Partsearch
Sep 2004 - Jun 2005 · 10 mos.
I am ill-suited to lying on the phone in French to angry Quebecois customers in search of parts for their broken electronics. The company had zero affordable parts available for their French Canadian customers and yet insisted on having a department to “service” them. The issue revolved around the fact that they were putting a 60% markup on another parts retailer’s prices, which nobody in their right mind would want to pay. They assured me several times that this would be rectified and that soon there would be a proper catalogue and pricing. After waiting for nine months for them to live up to their word, I left, unimpressed.I am ill-suited to lying on the phone in French to angry Quebecois customers in search of parts for their broken electronics. The company had zero affordable parts available for their French Canadian customers and yet insisted on having a department to “service” them. The issue revolved around the fact that they were putting a 60% markup on another parts retailer’s prices, which nobody in their right mind would want to pay. They assured me several times that this would be rectified and that soon there would be a proper catalogue and pricing. After waiting for nine months for them to live up to their word, I left, unimpressed.
Designer
Grateful Dead
1989 - 1994 · 5 yrs.
Did designs for silkscreen for the Grateful Dead, the Band, 1% for Peace, the New England Wildlife Center, and many others over the years. 
Freelance
Also did newspaper ad designs, cheap-to-print graphics/ posters/silkscreen designs for charities, and logos/letterheads/business cards/signage [including handpainted signs] for many small businesses.