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Old 07-02-2005, 07:13 AM   #11
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This is an inspiring portrait of your friend and speaks volumes of passion. Well done.
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Old 07-02-2005, 09:21 AM   #12
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Dear Alexandra,

I am very fond of this painting! I've really come back to look at it several times and find something new to love about it each time. The colors really grab the eye and I really like the painterly style of it.

But the thing I really love about this is how "real" it is. It is so cool that you included the extra things that make up her life. I am just crazy about the children's drawings on the wall behind her! Even though I don't know her, your painting has really brought her to life for me!

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Old 07-02-2005, 09:58 AM   #13
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Thanks to all

Cindy, Beth, Ngaire and Julie, I really appreciate what you said about this portrait! You picked up on the instant flash of "gotta paint this!" that I felt when I was sitting across from her at the table. The whole scene with all its objects and drawings on the wall was a complete composition, or maybe a still life with a person in it, asking to be painted. Add to this the fact that Nancy Bea paints still life, and I couldn't resist.

Garth, it was so enjoyable talking with you yesterday. Thanks so much for taking the time to come to my studio and lugging that heavy painting along. It is absolutely stunning in person! Hope it survived the rainstorm. Thanks so much again for your support and encouraging words!

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Old 02-11-2007, 09:47 AM   #14
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Terrific painting, well deserved award!
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Old 02-11-2007, 01:46 PM   #15
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You're very talented, aren't you. I'm so envious! I want to do that too!
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Old 02-11-2007, 10:45 PM   #16
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Sharon, thanks! I'd heard somewhere that if you've entered a piece three times without success, then you should stop trying. But my artist friends around here kept saying it was their favorite, so I thought, "Okay, I'll just save it for the Woodmere next year and see what happens." And voila! So three times isn't always the charm.

Thomasin, oh, you are too much! You do what YOU do so very, very well, of course you don't want to do what I do. You should have seen the junk I was doing when I was in my 30s. You are SO much better it isn't funny!
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Old 02-12-2007, 09:19 AM   #17
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Congratulations, Alex! It's very well deserved and it is one of my favorite of yours too!
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Old 02-13-2007, 10:48 AM   #18
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Marina, thanks so much! I'm flattered you all thought this old thread was worth dredging up.
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Old 02-14-2007, 12:15 AM   #19
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Oh Alex,

You are so modest! I was in a three person show with you when we were in our thirties. You were GOOD! So good. I was afraid of you then. We had not met yet.

I did threaten to dredge up this thread, at the opening, but you did not want me to so I did not. You are too modest. Congratulations again (I congratulated you at the opening and award ceremony). It was great to see Nancy Bea in person as well.

You have received a very fine honor at an especially noteworthy show (in my humble opinion). There are only seventy (well, I can vouch for 69 of them if you know what I mean) very interesting artists featured in this Woodmere exhibition. Perhaps their best show yet!

I have a picture. I will have to find it and post it.

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Old 02-14-2007, 12:39 AM   #20
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Oh Alex, I love it! It is so humanly lovely and personal and full of life. Its beautiful!

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