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Carol, welcome to the Forum! I'm captivated by the lady with the dogs. I can't wait to see where it's going.
Most portrait painters I know have had to build up their career and have had to develop extroverted personalities in order to do it, whether they were extroverted to begin with or not. Every tiny step you take toward putting yourself "out there" will help. (Even posting here is such a step.)
I think part of the problem is that a lot of artists are somehow waiting for permission to become a professional. Nobody will give you permission! There is no license to do this, and there is nobody to tell you when you're "good enough." Assume that you are "good enough", push yourself as hard as you can to make your art as good as it can be, get some business cards and flyers out there, and see what happens.
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