Greetings from Epsom Mary Jane, great to see another UK member.

You're perhaps too busy with preparations for your show, but a few of us are planning to meet up at the RP exhibition on the 29th April, there's a thread here:

http://forum.portraitartist.com/showthread.php?t=6866

If you can spare some time from producing those jaw dropping paintings it would be nice to see you.

Paul

Welcome to the forum, Mary Jane.

Your paintings are beautifully and I wish you success with the coming show.
Afterward you will mingle with us, right ?

Allan

Welcome, Mary Jane,

You appear to have a toughtful and original approach to the figurative.

I look forward to your participation.

Good luck with your show!

Thank you all for such a lovely welcome, there's such a great community feeling here its wonderful!

Alexandra, all the best too for you own shows and you're so right about it getting crazy sometimes!

I started to sit down to reply here about 10 hours ago but just had to keep going back to the painting... now I am looking forward to a really good browse looking more at all your fab work.

Paul, thank you for the invite I will certainly get in touch and come along if I can - would be great to meet up with the fellow UK'ers!!

Marina,

It's very interesting to hear you talk about picking the finest brush and finishing each tiny area in turn, that's what I do when I'm focusing perhaps too hard on detail... but I'm not surprised your viewers wanted to touch your beautiful paintings!

I couldn't agree more with your regret about the days being too short for our ideas and your feeling that the next piece will always be the best and the temptation to start the next before the last is even finished, I think that's the spur that keeps us striving to be better, I hope I'm still feeling that urge when I'm a dodery old artist pottering around in my 80's;-)

Mary Jane, I had a wonderful time looking through your website just now. I love that you paint both figuratives and portraits and that you are succeeding on both counts. Good luck on your show and welcome to the Forum!

Thanks Linda - great to have your welcome, you would certainly know a thing or two about succeeding on both counts! I book marked your site long ago and check back regularly! Great stuff.

All the best.

Hi Mary Jane,
sorry for being so late in spotting this thread as I was away.
I consider myself a UK member despite being here only since seven years.
Welcome, I hope you will be able to contribute with your clearly very deep knowledge.
Maybe you will be able to come and see the RSPP show? It starts this Thursday until the 14th.
Looking forward to your posts
Ilaria

Hi Ilaria - nice to hear from another UK member... and congratulations on your entry in the RSPP by the way, I did it last year and it was great fun to do - and especially interesting to see the vast variety of work on show!

Hope it goes very well for you!

Hi Mary Jane,
You will be an asset to this forum...and by the way you do lovely work.

I have many fond memories of Brighton from some of my several visits to England. it has been many years since I have been there and I would love to visit again someday.

Again welcome!