[Garth Herrick]

Dear Joy,

I am yet another who has greatly admired and have been inspired by your exemplary works on your Stroke of Genius website. Welcome!

Several of your paintings have an immediacy for me that is unforgettable; among them: Secretary of Navy, Richard Danzig; Caroline; Dr. Ronald Kurth; Merritt Chase; Will in Boat; and, Fireside. Alexandra Tyng has coined and started a thread of portraits that are so moving and unforgettable that they contain a "retina burn factor". I've been thinking about contemporary portrait painters right here at Stroke of Genius that qualify in my mind to this categorical status, and yours come to my mind immediately.

Members are responding well to your introduction, and with the pace of your kind and humble responses, I can assure you that you will attain immense popularity here rather quickly. So brace yourself! You have so much to offer, and I look forward to your contributions.

I shamefully have no website links yet to share. I will try to fix that in the coming months. In the mean time, my click-able signature links to my painting "Apotheoun" in the Figurative Unveilings section. " Jane and Iona", and "In the Matter of Color", have also enjoyed nice responses here. I hope you enjoy meeting and conversing with the many serious portrait artists populating this Forum; all of whom stand to benefit.

I can't wait to see the level of responses your portraits will gather. I hope you are pleasantly surprised, and are inspired to share much with us. Again, welcome, and I am glad and fortunate you are joining the Forum.

Garth