Comments on: Farewell My Friends http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends Art, Animals, and the Creative Experience Sun, 20 May 2012 11:25:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-250 MonaMajorowicz Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:37:17 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-250 Thanks Undaunted. Good to have them go and of course the $ ease the pain. Still. . . Ah well. It gives me incentive to make more. Thanks Undaunted. Good to have them go and of course the $ ease the pain. Still. . . Ah well. It gives me incentive to make more.

]]> By: Undaunted http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-248 Undaunted Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:04:09 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-248 These are beautiful, no wonder you miss them. These are beautiful, no wonder you miss them.

]]> By: MonaMajorowicz http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-243 MonaMajorowicz Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:34:10 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-243 Greetings Angela, Thanks so much for all the kind words. I have been meaning to look around a little more thoroughly on wet canvas, but find it difficult to find the time. I think I have a good support system of artist friends locally, who keep me grounded. However I am pretty much the only one who works in oil pastel. As to commercial success, it was not a glamorous start. Just loads of hard work and determination. And pumping every penny earned back into the business. At some point I will post about it. I literally started with a $500 investment. I think the first five posts were probably test posts to get the blog ready. Not sure. Old lady that I am, I can't really remember what I wrote about 6 months back. Have you posted any work on wet canvas? And of course the question I always ask. Tell me about your horses. :) Greetings Angela, Thanks so much for all the kind words. I have been meaning to look around a little more thoroughly on wet canvas, but find it difficult to find the time. I think I have a good support system of artist friends locally, who keep me grounded. However I am pretty much the only one who works in oil pastel.

As to commercial success, it was not a glamorous start. Just loads of hard work and determination. And pumping every penny earned back into the business. At some point I will post about it. I literally started with a $500 investment.

I think the first five posts were probably test posts to get the blog ready. Not sure. Old lady that I am, I can’t really remember what I wrote about 6 months back.

Have you posted any work on wet canvas? And of course the question I always ask. Tell me about your horses. :)

]]> By: Angela G. Finney http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-242 Angela G. Finney Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:36:06 +0000 http://mona.myartbliss.com/post/farewell-my-friends#comment-242 Hi Mona, I just found your blog and then website from being a fairly regular reader of Maggie Stiefvater' blog. I have spent part of last night and this morning reading all of your blog (couldn't find the first five posts, though). Your work is beautiful and I thank you so much for sharing your techniques, framing methods and WIP's, as well as writing so well about your personal life and thoughts. I have a small horse farm/critter collector place in central Ohio. I have done art off and on most of my life. I didn't do any for about twelve years (basically after taking on country life with a fulltime job in the big city). I started back into art making almost two years ago and plan to do it daily now that I have retired from conventional work for money. I started back in with oil pastels -- and plans to do alot of horses. I read alot and participate in the wet canvas art site where there is an oil pastel forum. I love your work -- I have not tried museum board for a ground -- am tempted to try. I admire your commercial success -- only a dream for me at this point. Thanks again for sharing, I will be looking at your blog regularly. Wishing you Well, Angela Finney Hi Mona, I just found your blog and then website from being a fairly regular reader of Maggie Stiefvater’ blog. I have spent part of last night and this morning reading all of your blog (couldn’t find the first five posts, though). Your work is beautiful and I thank you so much for sharing your techniques, framing methods and WIP’s, as well as writing so well about your personal life and thoughts. I have a small horse farm/critter collector place in central Ohio. I have done art off and on most of my life. I didn’t do any for about twelve years (basically after taking on country life with a fulltime job in the big city). I started back into art making almost two years ago and plan to do it daily now that I have retired from conventional work for money. I started back in with oil pastels — and plans to do alot of horses. I read alot and participate in the wet canvas art site where there is an oil pastel forum. I love your work — I have not tried museum board for a ground — am tempted to try. I admire your commercial success — only a dream for me at this point. Thanks again for sharing, I will be looking at your blog regularly. Wishing you Well, Angela Finney

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