Hi and Welcome Joy,
I like your work very much, specially the portrait of Merritt Grace, that's lovely.
Hope you have a good time here.

Hi and welcome Joy -

It's nice to have a face to match to your website. I've especially admired your painting of the dog with the yellow ball for a long time now.

Wow this is fun, it's like getting LOTS of pen pals all at once!
I can't wait to see everyone's work...(be sure and supply quick links to your sites)

Joy Thomas
www.portraitartist.com/thomas

Dear Joy,

I remember meeting you at the very first ASOPA meeting I attended - it might have been 1996?, the year that Leon Loard hosted part of the event.

I've followed your work ever since, and it's great to now see you here! I'm sure you'll enjoy participating as much as I.

Wonderful news about your book - we will look forward to its publication!

Joy, if you click on a member's name, over there in the left-hand column, a menu will drop down, which will contain a link to individual websites, if the member has provided that information upon registering.

Any other problems on the site, just email a moderator. That's how many of them make most of their income. [Not true.] Except Mike McCarty, who is reputed to actually have a real job near the Caribbean that has made him independently wealthy, on paper.

By the way, during a brief residence in Austin, Texas, I was looking around for artists' groups to join, and Google came up with the Associated Creative Artists in Dallas. I was mildly skeptical, but upon further examination of their website, I saw that they had had a workshop/demo by one "Joy Thomas." That credential was good enough for me, and I joined. (If that wasn't you, just pretend it was, since it's a good story.)

Thank you for the tip!
It worked of course. Like I said, I'm pretty awful at this computer business ..I'll learn though (I hope!)

Joy

Thank you Chris! You've really been going great guns !! Congratulations!

As a guest visiting the forum I've always enjoyed reading your posts...in fact, you are one of the reasons I was inspired to "join the conversation" so to speak.

Joy Thomas
www.portraitartist.com/thomas

I forgot to thank you for that great compliment Steven...gee, it's too bad you missed those Dallas Demos....I always seem to do my best work for the good folks in Texas, (of course , I'm a native Texan myself so maybe I'm just "feeling the love" when I'm there) There are huge turnouts for the demos and the crowds are typically quite savvy! They have me in every other year or so, so maybe I'll see you there sometime.

Joy Thomas
www.portraitartist.com/thomas

Welcome to the Forum, Joy! I'm another artist who has followed your career for years. I hope you will enjoy the SOG artists here as much as I have. Congratulations on your book and I'm really looking forward to reading it!

My artistic license has been suspended, and my paper fortune has been attached (with prejudice).

Welcome Joy. I too have admired your work for years.