Coming out of the woodwork :)
 

Greetings everyone,

I am very happy to be here after finally abandoning my "fly on the wall" stance. I am pleased to say that I have gradually overcome my former complete technical ineptness thanks to my 12 year old son's tutoring.

I have met quite a few of you in person over the past few years and have enjoyed browsing the forum on a regular basis. I am honored to be part of such a great group of talented, committed and generous artists.

Dear Laurel,

Welcome, and I look forward to your being here!

hello there,

Welcome Laurel. Hope to see your work here.

Hello Laurel and welcome.

Welcome Laurel, I enjoyed looking at your website.

Hello Laurel and welcome. Toronto is like my second home, Etobicoke now a city is where I lived as a youngster.

Visited your site and am quite impressed with your work and dedication. It is nice to have you here.

Welcome, Laurel! I've been enjoying your website. The strong, solid likeneses are impressive and your descriptions were informative and fun to read. I'm looking forward to your particiption on this Forum.

Welcome, Laurel.

Hey Laurel
 

Does this mean I can't refer to you as "Laurel the Lurker" anymore?

Welcome aboard!

Hi Laurel, I just visited your blog and fell in LOVE with the painting of the big brother and baby brother. Beautiful!

Thanks very much!

I appreciate the warm welcome from everyone who has posted to say hi.

I have been kind of swamped with getting ready for a couple of exhibits and also back to school stuff, so sorry for taking so long to reply. My place looks like a bomb went off. Anyone else have organizational challenges due to too much going on? I am hoping to get a handle on it when things settle down in the next couple of weeks. Bye for now and happy painting everyone!