Me :o)     

    Hello, my name is Karen Davidson and I was born and raised in the wonderful state of Alabama. 

    I met the love of my life, Dennis, while in HS in a small town called Prattville. I attended Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida after we graduated but only  for a brief time. *smile* Dennis asked me to be his bride during my Christmas break. Homesickness quickly set in and I soon came back home and went to work to pay off the school loan.

   I went to work for the telephone company and Dennis and I married the following year. Soon afterwards we went off on our travels around the country while Dennis was in the Army.

     I gave up my dream of an art career for quite awhile as I blissfully went through life with my dear husband and children.  We have 3 handsome sons, David, Brian and our youngest Jeff. Our oldest, David, is now married to a wonderful lady, Amy, and they have the apples of my eye, my 14 year old granddaughter Madison, as smart as she is beautiful, and 7 year old Jacob who is just like his father was and still is.  David and Amy are both nurses at a local nursing home.  Brian is now living in Minnesota where he is the IT Tech for a large firm. Our youngest, Jeff, recently graduated from the  College of Engineering at the University of Alabama and is married to Lolly. Lolly is an LPN with the Fitzgerald and  Perret Clinic here in Demopolis.  They have our third grandchild, Caroline, who will be two Aug. 2008.  What a doll she is!

    My life long dream of owning my own art gallery finally came true for me in April of '97.  My then partner, Jessie LaVon, and I had a gallery in the historic downtown district of Demopolis, Alabama. It's a small Southern town nestled beside two rivers.  I now have my own gallery which  I love to fill with art, gifts, jewelry and collectibles. Dennis got involved more when I put him to work in the custom framing business side of it.  He enjoys working with his hands so it has been a great team effort with us both.

     I enjoy many activities involving art and community service. Besides working at the gallery creating and teaching art, I am very involved with our church and community.  My husband and I are members of a community singers group, The Demopolis Singers,  that perform several times a year.  We are also very active with our church, First Presbyterian Church of Demopolis, as choir members and Dennis is an Elder. You can visit our website at http://www.demopolispresbyterian.com, our oldest son's work of art. :O)