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Thank you!

DanaD12 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:24:02 GMT

Just spent an hour on your website viewing all of your paintings. Just really superb work! The manner in which you capture the light is inspiring. I so enjoy your technique.

Thanks!

David Patterson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:36:02 GMT

Thanks for the nice comments on my work Tom...very much appreciated!

thanks for the invitation

Raleigh — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:36:47 GMT

I'm new here and have been looking for other artist to bounce off of and share.

Oil painting is my first love. I've only painted a handful of complete paintings.

I have a 2 yr degree in commercial art. but left painting for a long time but now i'm back at it. I'm really grateful for this format.

keep on painting

Raleigh

Allied Artists

Lou Marek — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:14:28 GMT

Thanks for emailing a friendship request. I am perticularly interested in joining The Allied Artists of America. I have just started painting fine art on a serious effort. Before this I was a muralist for years in LA. I am a member of The California Art Club, The Portrait Artists of America, The San Diego Watercolor Society and The American Watercolor Society. Your Association is very interesting to me too.

Lou

Thanks.

grapes2 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:22:48 GMT

Hey Tom, Love your work. Thank you for sharing. Your compositions remind me of one of my first heavy influences.. the Australian painter Jeffery Smart. Also thanks for your Advice. I worry way too much about if i'm following the rules.. so your advice was just what i needed to hear.. thanks again and I will try this meglip you speak of. Cheers. James.

Thanks for the comment

suepainter — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:08:12 GMT

Thomas:

You did send a lot of info, buy I appreciate it. The reason I asked why you said you were self-taught is because so many times the college degrees intimidate newcomers. I am self-taught, starting at age 8 or 9, my mother instructed me in charcoal portraits, showing me how to get the proportions correct, so the finished picture looks like the person or animal. I loved drawing, and did it endlessly. I know what you mean when you said that time passes and you're not aware of it. Deepak Chopra says that you are in a blissful state of mind when that happens. In the groove, so to speak.

I ventured into color and oils later in life, but I love the experience. I did take some classes at the community college, and loved every minute of it. I read what I can, but the experimentation is the best teacher.

Thanks for answering my question. I think too often the academics get in the way of creativity.

Sue Painter

Welcome

sdoherty — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:57:29 GMT

Tom,

It's great to see your paintings here. I've always admired the way you can find someting interesting amidst the grime and chaos of New York. Your focus on the people really takes me into the pictures. Thanks, Steve

Welcome!

davidpyle — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:35:40 GMT

Thomas,

It's great to have you here. Please holler with any thoughts or ideas about how we can ensure that this forum serves the community as well as possible.

David