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Old 02-12-2004, 04:09 PM   #1
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Please give me a moment to explain again what I was trying to say in my initial post. From what Cynthia and Jeff have said perhaps it was confusing.

The question: Would you pay a fee for forum access?

My answer: So would I pay to post here, no. Would I pay to look, possibly?

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However, re being Stroke of Genius, because of it's very high visibility, artists do get more traffic than if they are on a site by themselves. More traffic always means more possibilties. The name of the game on the Internet is traffic and more traffic. As well as family commissions, artists here have been contacted by the White House, the US Senate and the US Supreme Court and many corporations and other entities. I think it's pretty wonderful that these government places know about Stroke of Genius as a place for portrait painters. I've also been contacted by Tiffany & Co.
I agree with Cynthia, and thus the reason I answered the question the way I did, Jeff it is not so much that I put a make it/break it emphasis on being an SOG Artist, it is that I feel for an upcoming portrait artist, with a business sense, it is important to be considered here. I have my own website, but I do not have representation.

[quote] It occurred to me that I should not be posting critiques, since it is, in my opinion, silly for someone whose work is not par with the
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