Coming from an old Seaman family Carla was brought up near the Gulf of Mexico. Being the ripe young age of seventy two, she has spent most of her life in Galveston County, Texas. Her Grandpa who was a merchant marine traveled around the world and was home at last after being gone a whole year when she was a young girl. He asked Carla to paint the license numbers on his old skiff and after she finished he said to her, you have the steadiest left hand I have ever seen, do not ever put your brush down. Since that day her Grandpa has always been Carlas motivating, guiding spirit...more
