[QUOTE=Kimber Scott]After thousands of hours (real time), thousands of dollars (real money), enormous amounts of joy and frustration and a couple of epiphanies I finished my degree. Can you believe it?
It will take awhile for YOU to believe it! You are now in the top 3-4% in the nation. You got your degree. Even if no one else knows about it, YOU DO. That part builds in a level of confidence that can never be taken away.
Steven's comments should be the ASU keynote speech. The part about using the same tenacity that got you through ASU in your painting is so on target. Also, the educaton you received WILL enrich your perceptions of your world. Without verifyable statistics, I venture to guess that the portrait world seems to contain a huge number of highly educated people - perhaps more than other aspects of this business.
Bravo, Kimber!
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