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Dear Readers,

My intention has been to begin a newsletter and probably have that be my primary form of updates, but there’s a glitch I haven’t been able to work through yet.

So. Haha. In my last post I mentioned something about the distractions of summer, and how I felt I was making progress in being able to balance the businesses of life with staying creatively productive...  Apparently I needed an intervention, which came July 12th in the form of being hit by a car, fracturing my left humerus at the shoulder.  All of my planned adventures suddenly went *POOF*.  The injury required me to become as close to immobile as possible, to avoid compounding the injury and allow it to heal.  Yes, I am right handed, so the answer to the immediate question “can I paint?” was technically yes, but not really in those first painful weeks, and my productivity will be hampered for a while yet.

I did manage to finish ‘Danté’, which is mainly for promoting my pet portrait skills.  I enjoy having Danté around, and I’m creating a cat companion for him.

I painted a quick catharsis tribute to Tokitae last week.  It felt good to express myself in such a direct spiritual way.  I will be continuing to explore in that direction.

I have been absorbing lots of information about this whole becoming a professional artist thing, via webinars, courses, forums, research, learning directly from and being inspired by fellow artists.

I don’t know how long I will remain physically handicapped, but I’m doing what I can with art while also devoting myself to attaining a complete recovery.