Beth Yarbrough began her career in the giftware industry in 1982 when she and her husband, Joe, founded a wholesale company for the purposes of marketing and selling her sculpted designs to retailers nationwide. In 1996, Beth returned to her first love, painting.Beth's formal training in art consists of nine years of private instruction in drawing and painting. The inspiration for her work comes from her family, her friends, her garden, her pets, her love for collecting, her travels, and the rich North Carolina landscape. She lives and works in the town of her birth with her husband and her pets (two cats, a dog, and a flop-eared rabbit).