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Almost Famous 😎

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  I had an experience with a commission where I can say I almost had a claim to fame.   We developed a pretty good relationship with our lawyer at the time, (he was a lawyer in a small town but was headed for some pretty big things) and he worked his way up to become our MPP for Muskoka Lakes and Georgian Bay. So, Bill asked me to do a commission on his house, paint it.   No pressure, have it done whenever I could get it done.   I was pretty nervous, but took it on.   I’m a perfectionist at heart and didn’t want to blow this.   I spent quite a bit of time there.   It’s a beautiful Cape Cod type of style surrounded with gorgeous mature gardens, lush greenery all around and on Lake Joseph.   An idyllic paradise. I painted small preliminary sketches, different views and decided which one that would be the final piece. In  the en d I chose the complete view of the house with the gardens and thankfully, they were quite pleased with it as well.    It was a fairly large piece and when I wen
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Well, What are you Waiting For?

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 Well, I'm trying again with a second post.  I'm finding that this isn't very user friendly.  Sorry Google, not so wonderful.  Perhaps it's me.  Probably.  I'm more artistic.  This format is too rigid.  I like to color outside the lines. Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to write and draw.  I can't remember not doing both.  My sister and I spent hours in the crawl space as kids drawing elaborate characters and stories of people and animals sorting out problems and living fantastic lives.  It was our way of dealing with the incredible stressors we were dealing with at home.  That's another story for another time.  I had always dreamed of being published someday and writing children's stories.  Somehow, my sister was able to realize that dream and doing quite well.  My path took quite a different turn and I'm still hoping that somehow, someway, that my dream will gather momentum.   In the meantime, I journal and paint and journal and sketch and
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