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Color, light and paint!
Hi Stanka
I visited your website the other day and thought WOW, this is about color, light and paint. You're right, children are very deep and you've got that in your paintings. I like your use of the term 'alternative,' and I'm glad to hear you have found clients because it gives me hope. Deep does come across as sad, and I can't count the times I've heard about how sad my portraits are. I can't tell you how many sittlers I've had that insist on smiling (usually forced) or parents who continue to urge their children to smile even though I hand out a essay on "why not a smile?" Nothing wrong with a smile, except that it's most often a posed or forced one, and rarely a 'deep' one from the heart.
I'm not sure about competitions. Probably most are a waste of time/money. The ones that get big publicity are good. I think potential clients lack confidence in their own judgement. They read my resume and feel safer that someone else thinks my work is good. I had a 5-page feature in Pastel Journal last year from winning their Pastel 100 competition. Showing them the magazine seems to help.
I talk as if I have gotten commissions with the resume and magazine. Nope, not yet. I'll be showing in two juried outdoor festivals next month. I'll let you know if the resume or magazine get me any commissions.
_Melanie
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