My painted, decorative boards, or Barn Quilts, make beautiful color focal points on barns, sheds, porches, the sides houses, or under mailboxes. Different geometric designs bring out my heritage. Although my mother did not quilt with fabric, I had many quilts in my house that covered my bed at different times as a girl growing up on Long Island, New York. Perhaps my grandmother, Vivien Roberts, did quilt at one time. I am not sure. My husband, Gregory, was born and raised in North Carolina where we live at present. He raises show pigs on our farm. His love for pigs has been my inspiration for painting pigs. He has helped me create hog signs because of his love for different breeds of hogs, such as Berkshires, and Hampshires raised on our farm.