my love, i'm finally home... i know you've been waiting...

thank you so much, roy… it’s a self portrait… except she looks so much prettier and about 10lbs heavier… ;P

thank you atomikboy~ gotta go to work now… already 1 hour late~ :P

thank you very much, ausven… yes, the figure is charcoal… the birds, origami cranes, are folded paper cranes shot with d90 then outlined and layered with airbrushed drop shadows in photoshop… thank you again and happy weekend… : )

thank you william… : )

yay~ i’m finished with the series… i have never done a series of so many before… challenge… challenge… but if i do a calendar now, it would be a waste, don’t you think? we are already one 1/4 into the year… : )

thank you jeff so much for your support and for the challenge(sort of…) :D

thanks anita…xx

thank you so so much, reena….. xoxo

thank you very much, les… origami cranes…. : )

yes, please…. with honey…
thank you roy~ :D :D :D
happy happy weekend…

thank you very much, deepbluwater… : )

thank you so much, mel…
and you do such beautiful photography work… : )

thank you so very much, tara… : )

yes, it is sort of me… 100 times prettier than me, me… :P
thank you so much, dana~ : )

hello mr. beautiful…
thank you very much~ :D

thank you, brother… happy… and happy you’re back… : )

thank you so much, sylvia… : )

now~ where do we start??? yes, do you know any art cafe in new york? or anywhere in the world? ;P
thank you so much, david… i’ll autograph anything you want… can i have yours too? thanks!!!!!!! :D

that’s one huge compliment, mario…. thank so very much mr. romantic at heart… mr. romantic period. xx

thank you so much, terry… this is the last of this series… 12/12… whew~ :D

hey you~ very happy to see you here, kenny… thank you so very much… (i know you’ve been busy…) :D :D :D

haha… thank you for your warm welcome, paul… ;P
thank you so very much… :D

yes, madam~ i did go to work(yesterday now) had a blast chitchatting with my high school girls (my students) about their boyfriends and other girly things… thank you so much bev…. :D

thank you so very much, marak… :D

thank you so much, anne… we are neighbors…. : )

thank you so very much, jwinman… :D

that’s because i am one passionate person and you are one passionate person also… don’t you think? :P
thank you tahnja…. :D

thank you so very much, sorina… :D

yes, home at last… thank you so dearly cate~ xoxo

sendhu… thank you so dearly for such wonderful compliment… what is art without emotion? thank you~ :D :D :D

thank you so much, linda… :D

ooooo… i’m jealous now, alvaro~ ;P
thank you so much dear friend…. :D :D :D

thank you very much, beautiful waleska… :D :D :D

truly a gifted and beautiful artist and a friend is you to me too, jacqleen… thank you so very much… xoxo

thank you very much, vic… : )

thank you so much, roy… :D :D

ohhhhhhh? hmmmmm….. ;P
thanks barbara~ :D :D :D

thank you so very much, anna…. : ) : ) : )

thank you so so so much, denis…. always~ :D

thank you very much for your kind words, gordon… :D
love your art…

thank you soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
much, cassidy~ ;D :D :D

thank you soooo much, varinia…. you look dashing in your scuba gear…. ;P

for me, these smaller ones were harder to work with than my larger pieces… not enough room to dance on… i hate being restricted… yes, the hair cloud (:P) is very lively… it has many alive things living in it too… like dreams and memories and a chihuahua… a quarking and tea cup size and as mean as a doberman pincher… ;P
lovely to interact with you again too, dear syd, and thank you so so very much… :D :D :D

yes, uey333… and thank you so much…. your concepts blow me away… :D :D :D

thank you so much, laurie… :D

thank you so so much, dearest lngz…. hope you’re having a beautiful weekend too… big phat hug xxxxxxxxx smile~ :D

thank you thank you thank you so much, mindy…. :D :D :D

thank you so much, jen…. you do beautiful art…. : )

thank you so so so much, cd…. :D :D :D

thank you so very much, micmac…... thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )

haha… yes, she’s home finally and ready for her beauty nap… :D
thanks chet… : )

thank you so much, wendi… : )

i totally agree with you… one has to be beautiful inside and out (not necessarily… but will eventually come across beautiful) to create soulfully beautiful art… i am so grateful for your beautiful compliment… this is huge, vasile…. thank you so so kindly… : )

thank you miruna… very much… :D

thank you so so much, midori…. thank you~ :D :D

susan, thank you so so dearly for your beautiful compliment… i truly appreciate it…. hope you’re enjoying your weekend… :D

trust me… they have tons to teach us…. kids these days are so amazing… i always learn a whole lot from them… thanks bev~ :P

thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful compliment… not once but twice too… it’s like a stick of doublemint gum… ;P

thank you so much again…. and you do beauuuuuutiful art… :D

thank you very much, heloisa… : )

thank you barco… the hardest part of this piece was folding that origami crane… : )

thank you very much, antanas… : )

thank you so much, jono…. beautiful words from you as always… : )

thanks jeff… i feel a bit silly creating a calendar well into the year, but i will make one tomorrow (monday, california time)... loving your support, jeff… :D

i thought that too about the cranes… i did the drawing, then was about to go out to get some bubbles… so i can blow them and take pics… then thought of the cranes… it worked out perfect…
thank you once again for the perfect comment, geoff… i really truly appreciate it… :D

and as far as the waiting thing goes… beats me… i have no idea… i just had to come up with a title… ;P

thank you so so much, pj, for sweet sweet words… :D

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thank you so so so much, waleska!!!!!

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thank you so very much, jayne… :D

thank you so much, mr. coolness… waiting to see your new pieces, david… :D

thank you so so much, pip… saw all your faves and comments, but have not had time to read them and reply yet…. i’ll get there, pip… and thank you so so so much !!!!! xx

haha c… i know what you were trying to do… i did the same… have to skip a space after the first ^...

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thank you~

hmmm didn’t work…;P

here let me try again…

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thank you so so much, farras… truly appreciate your kind words… :D

oooo… i like that, marilyn… space for dreams and for the cranes to fly… this is my second crane i’ve ever folded and by following an instructional video… : )... have you seen a girl on this site, who folds cranes smaller than your finger tips? i have to sort of find her… hold on…........................
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here she is… is she crazy good or is she crazy good or is she insane? :P she is one incredible artist…

thank you so much, marilyn… :D :D :D

p.s. would love to see you create art with your birds…

thank you so so much, ld~ :D :D :D

thank you so much, kaiju… again, your avatar is soooo~ cute…. your son? :D

thank you so much, mohammad… a compliment on the comp from you is a big deal knowing how great you are with it (composition)... :D

yeah mohammad…. your comps are just so chic… you’re so good at it… : )

thanks so so much for your kind words, blueeyesjus… : )

belated thank you, cat… sorry~ xxx

belated thank you, tobey… how beautiful… : )

i appreciate your compliment, maria… thank you… : )

thank you so~ much, little death… you do great art… : )

thank you th for the perfect comment… : )

thank you so much, bojana… went on your website… wow~ your art is so beautiful… : )

thank you so kindly, joanne…. : )

thank you so much, catherine…. : )

thank you so so so much, pip…. you are so sweet doing this keepsake…. xoxoxo

hi anita…. thank you so dearly…. appreciate it…. : )

p.s. xxx

your words are always so beautiful, jaeda…. thank you so so much… : ) x

thank you dearly, kim…. appreciate your words…. : )

thank you very much, symplee you…. : )

awwww… thank you so kindly, th….. it was beautiful waking up to this honor earlier this morning…. appreciate your kind words…. : )

thank you dear robert…. : )

i am?
ahhh…. i don’t own a pair…. have plenty of colored contact lenses(without prescription).... ;P
thanks gregory….
p.s. i don’t do grocery shopping…. art supply shopping, i do…

thank you very kindly, jan…. i appreciate your words…. : )

hi jeff…. thank you very kindly… you know i continued this series because of your inspiring words….and were created during my miserable homebound period… the pieces in the series have been featured many many times in many different groups and two were on the homepage…. i am so glad i have done the series…. thank you so much, jeff…. : )

you’re so sweet erika…. thank you so kindly for your support…. i truly appreciate you…. : ) xxx

thank you very much for the kind words, colleen… : )

: ) very sweet of you, hugh… thank you dearly…

thank you very kindly, kylie…. : )

i really appreciate your wonderful words, clare… thank you very much… : )

thank you so much, jesse…. i believe the quality of lines and brush strokes tell much about the artist’s ability and confidence… your lines are very graceful… in drawings and in photos…
and my painted stamp… please don’t laugh at it… would love to have a professional ones made, but couldn’t find anyone in los angeles to do it for me, so i painted one then scanned it in… then i place it in photoshop each time… ;P
thank you again, jesse… : )

really? i’d love that… thank you so much, jesse… truly sincerely appreciate that very much… do i need to provide you with anything?
:D :D :D :D :D

美美
is this good?
can you design one in korean too??? (just kidding, jesse)
thank you so dearly, and i am so so so~ excited… : )