Val O'Connor has been a resident of South Florida since 1986. She was raised in Cleveland and Philadelphia, lived in Israel for 2 years and spent a summer in Guatemala. Attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Temple University. Later lived in Toledo, Ohio and Sherman Oaks, Ca. Worked in accounting since 1978 and has been working with wood since 1993 and loves the three dimensional quality of it versus the canvas. She looks at the world as one big jigsaw puzzle and doesn't believe in boundaries. Everything is interconnected. There are no frames to her wood creations. The wall is the background. She is an editor, website designer, loves taking photographs, loves animals, loves gardening, and teaches piano. Check out her wood creations at www.valscreativedesigns.com and her website designs at www.valscreativewebdesigns.com.