Naomi is a trained academic draftswoman and oil painter and for several years taught others to draw and paint in the classical manner in her private studio on the courthouse square in Lockhart, Texas. In recent years, she has shifted her practice away from realism and more towards textiles, illustration and a looser, more primitive painting style but she continues to paint almost exclusively from life and maintains a rigorous, meditative drawing practice. Her current preferred mediums are gouache, pencil and cheap Bic pens.