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[Janel Maples]

Marvin,

For what it is worth, I think you are a gem yourself. I've said it before and I will say it again, not everyone who paints really good is a really good teacher. I am proud to be on the list of people who choose to learn from you.

Just one thing.........can you get me there sooner? ; )

How do you sleep at night knowing you can paint like this? She is beautiful. Absolutely beautiful!

[Marvin Mattelson]

Thanks for the acknowledgment. I m very thankful to be able to do what I do. I don't think it makes me better than anyone else, just different. People who are arrogant because they excel at something are missing the point. Every day is a blessed event.

I believe true artists always have an eye peeled toward improving, regardless of their level of achievement. I know the more I learn, the greater my thirst for knowledge.

My to-do lists are filled with far more entries that I can ever hope to get to. When my head hits the pillow there is no problem asleep.

[Ngaire Winwood]

Wow Marvin, What else can I say that everyone here has already said.

Thank you for logging on and sharing your truly special talent and skills and for being such a nice guy.

Question: If I became a stowaway on a ship bound for America, could I find my way to your Atlanta workshop?

My only problem is here I am with my bag, paintbrushes and $20 in my hand, I am walking out my front door to find a ship/plane/truck/spaceship, to take me to one of your workshops straight away, just as I hear my 14 year old son in the background crying to me saying, "Don't leave Mum, who will cook and clean for me, I am too young to be left alone, aren't I more important than your art career"?

Hmmmmm, ?@#!#... as I sit on the front stairs with my bags and brushes in my hand, one foot ready for takeoff but my heart saying to stay.

Hmmmmmmm, Marvin please live a long time so when I save enough money so I too can gain the valuable tuition that others here talk about. **** Pacific ocean, why would it have to get in the road of my career.

(Ten minutes later....) Bummer.......the heart strings of a mother are too hard to break!!!!!

[Janel Maples]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

People who are arrogant because they excel at something are missing the point.

Funny you should say this. My husband and I had such a discussion the other morning over coffee.

And he said, "Arrogance is a misuse of greatness, and an insult to devotion. Humility is the only gracious response to reverence."

It took me a few seconds to digest it, then I really liked it.

[Renee Price]

Marvin,

Like Denise, I've been away for awhile and I come back to see this gorgeous painting! What a treat! Sylvia was my favorite, but this little darling has stolen my heart. I love the simplicity and the unfinished look--there is nothing to distract from her alabaster skin . Not many people can pull that off well, and obviously you have pulled it off and then some! To say that she is stunning is an understatement; my best complement has to be this--she breathes.

I hope you and your family are doing well.

love,

Renee

[Marvin Mattelson]

Ngaire, I would make room for you. Since you live in OZ can't you click your heels together three times and say, "There's no place like Atlanta!"?

It took me a few seconds to digest it, then I really liked it

Janel are you referring to breakfast of what your husband said?


Thank you Renee. She was the sweetest little girl and I'm so glad that I was able to capture her essence.

[Ngaire Winwood]

Marvin, I'm clicking and nothing is happening, am I there yet, am I there yet? Click click click, nope nothing.

I have lost site of Toto and the yellow brick road. I am not sure I have the right shoes on. Oh noooooooo, I have been transported back to being a peasant, no money, no job just a bucket full of dreams and wishes covered with a blanket of hope, with paintbrushes on top.

Next day while walking amongst my weedy garden, I found a genie bottle...Wahoooo!!! Rubing harder and harder, now trying really hard, there's smoke (no mirrors) still rubbing.....**** genie, no, not another packet of tim tams. I said "Send me directly to the workshop of Marvin Mattleson or at least Tim Tyler, you @#!*, not tim tams, what will I do with all these packets of tim tams. Paint with them?

That afternoon, walking back in side with tim tams, shoulders rounded with tears in my eyes, dragging my feet, I decide to click some more instead. Click, click, click, Am I there yet? Am I there yet? Am I there yet? Am I there yet? Sob, Sob. Am I there yet? Am I there yet? Sniffle, Sob, Sob, as I fall down to the ground in a comatised sleep dreaming of laughing and painting with Marvin at his workshop in Atlanta.

[Marvin Mattelson]

Maybe you should ask the Bad Witch?