[QUOTE=Garth Herrick]
I hope you weren't serious in your message because I have seen your posts and think your paintings are just fine

No Garth, I am not serious about selling my supplies. I am too much in love with this adventure I am on to do such a thing. It was my way of paying you a compliment.

As for me ever getting a commission...........who cares? I am happy and storage space is cheap. ;)

Of course, a commission WOULD be nice.

Google Apotheoun
 

I just googled "Apotheoun" and found that this thread is now #2 in a search. It makes one wonder whether a carefully chosen title could draw attention through Google, or another search engine. What could make a high visibility title? Marvin Mattlelson's "Sylvia at Seventeen" for example comes out #1, in a Google search, with all it's Forum hits. I guess whatever we post can be found through Google. We better be careful what we say!

Actually most titles of Forum threads, I have checked in the last few minutes have high visibility in Google.

I am late posting this, as I haven't been here in awhile, but I have to say that this painting has changed the way I see. It's learning experience just looking at it. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks, Linda, for the profound compliment!

I just discovered your website tonight, and your portraits are changing the way I see, too.

Garth

Garth:
I saw some similar handling: tidiness, and in some way, dealing light by scumbling, at Peng Bin's painting: (Mao with Lin Biao at) Lou Shan Pass.
One may ask: why you are telling these seemly unrelated stories? Because we need to know. For instance, learn some strategies from Lin Biao help us to win in every battle: business, painting as well.
A client found out that my name is positioned in two #1 listing in Google, (thank you Google!) owing to Cynthia's tireless effort

Hi SB:

I tried a Google search of Peng Bin, but did not see specifically what you are talking about. Do you care to elaborate?

You are right. Cynthia has been more than generous in her efforts to provide us with the best possible forum environment. She has created such a lively and vital forum that it is quite often the case that more is being said and echanged about a thread or a topic here than anywhere else on the web. I think that is why a Google search of a name, topic or concept discussed in this Forum turns out to be so fruitfully prominent on that search engine. There is a lot of activity in this Forum and we have Cynthia to thank for all that. Apparently there have been a whole lot of visiters here in the last few days, helping to increase the level of visibility of this Forum on the web level. I think acknowledging Cynthia relates to the gist of your comment, but if I missed your point here let me know.

Garth

Hi:Garth
About Peng Bin
http://forum.portraitartist.com/showthread.php?t=3183

I found my painting Apotheoun, was the topic of a healthy discussion elsewhere outside of this Forum, where it was in the process of being fairly and levelly critiqued. Since I didn't solicit the discussion, I was suprised to discover it midstream. It was eye opening for me and interesting to know what others really think. In fairness the feedback was offered in the spirit of a learning environment. I won't add more because it is fair to to keep the focus here on this Forum. Here in this Forum in the Unveilings section there are no critiques permitted. The exhibiting artist only gets praise, support, and encouragement where warranted, and nothing is ever said to make the artist doubt their abilities or feel discouraged. With the outside feedback I have gained some interesting insights that perhaps help me to discern the pulse of the wider viewing artist community.

Good points were raised about the validity of working from a photograph, whether figures should ever be cropped, whether the negative space is effectively designed, and whether the blue shoe really needs to be there. I am reasonably comfortable with this painting, so in my own mind I feel the way it has been painted is justified, and I am not in the position to change anything now. Here in this Forum I have gotten nothing but encouragement, which believe me, I appreciate. Only now I wonder how I would fare if this Unveilings section were actually open to critiques.

Thanks all, for the endless praise and support!

Garth

P.S.: SB, is Peng Bin still actively painting? Does he know you?

Dear Garth,

If you would like critique, I just wanted to remind you to please feel free to post in the Critique section.