I'm self taught unless you count high school art class. All those years I was feed statements like, you can't make money at art, etc. I was now challenging that. Like the writing, it was another form of self expression and self reflection.  I first started with flowers, plants, etc, and then one night I had to draw this woman in this particular pose, nude. It was like it was a directive from the universe. I drew it and the next day I saw a news piece on a woman that was at a protest and she sat naked in front of the police and the pose I had drawn the night before was her same pose. I kept drawing and painting because I felt called to do it. Drawing nudes helped me be connected to my body and be more accepting of my whole self. 

I create art because I am called to do it. There is so much beauty in the world but the real beauty is internal and creating art is an outward expression of that. 
This is true of my abstracts as well. These pieces usually happen when I've been in my head too much a way to reconnect to my intuition. They are often rich in texture reflective of internal landscapes or a strive to capture a moment in time that deeply moved me.

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Art is as much about the artist's vision, rendering, and process as it is the emotional and physical reactions the viewer has upon seeing it.