Artsy Stuff

First I want to express my sincere gratitude to Julie at Virtual Voyage for bestowing this gracious award upon me; (From the award's originator) "This prize has arisen from the daily visits that I dedicate to many blogs which nourish me and enrich me with creativity. In them I see dedication, creativity, care, comradeship, but mainly ART, much art." I highly recommend her works, as well. There are also other fine visual artists linked up in my sidebar (see "my blogroll.")
Thanks also to those who have purchased my works, both old & new. When I started working at the library (almost exactly a year ago now,) I decided to go part-time in order to try to "get something going" with my art. This pays my regular bills, but not much else. Recently things really seemed to start turning around for me, artistically. I've sold some paintings in the last few months, I currently have works on display at the Causeway branch of our library & just tonight I received an invitation to participate in a potentially great, artistic opportunity right here in Abita Springs. I'm thrilled about all of it & none of it could have been achieved without the support of others. To them I offer my deepest thanks, for lifting me up to touch my real dreams.

"Raccoons"
Acrylic on 11x14" canvasboard