The Alliance Board Members.

[Debra Jones]

Thank you, Julie (and I have the note you sent. Thanks for that too!)

I have four more photos today!
Lucky thing I went down. The last list of members is different than the one I was sent.
here is our liaison for the group representatives.
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[Debra Jones]

One more. This is Chuck.

[Claudemir Bonfim]

They are great. I specially liked the last one you posted.

[Debra Jones]

Last for a while. Two members missed the meeting. One apparently was ill and the other was out of town. BUT there is a lot of talk of another portrait. It is escalating. Unfortunately they are so thrilled by my bad inket prints I am giving them as a thank you that only three are actually purchasing them.
Good advertising, again, not so good at income.
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[Debra Jones]

This project has, well, I hesitate to use the word blossom as it sounds much lovelier, but it has grown. I believe there were once ten members of the board, then they had two new positions since I checked. And they really want to recognize the support people, so...

I am trying to explain what I volunteered to do, and what is sort of above and beyond. At any rate, this is apparently the last OFFICIAL board member. I am going to try to say how happy I would be to do any other lovely person in the group IF they buy the painting. Times are tough, but there is a point where marketing ends and stupid starts.

HOWEVER I still think it makes a nice group for a portfolio and promotional piece, so mission is accomplished.
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[Ramesh Vyaghrapuri]

All of these are nice, but I like this recent one a lot more than the rest. It seems to have an interesting visual texture (not the paper itself) -- did you use some colored pencils here?)

I should also point out that I like your signature. It reminds me of japanese seals and their function in asian art.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Really good work, Debra! The marketing thing is tricky. Sometimes it comes down to either not doing the work, or doing it free of charge. It's hard to stop in the middle of the project and say, "Sorry, you'll have to pay me if you want more" when you envision the project all completed.