[Susan Soto]

Hello, my name is Susan Soto and I thought I posted a portrait here yesterday. I looked for it but could not find it so I am going to try again.

I want to say a little bit about my background first but I will keep it brief just in case I have already posted a message and I just can not see it.

I have been an artist for 45 years working in various mediums. But I have a degree in computer science because that is what my father wanted. He did not want me to be a "starving artist".

So I worked in the IT field for umpteeen years until 9/11. This event put an end to my geekhood as I saw the second plane hit tower 1. I was on day one of a six week project there. The next day I took my rental car and drove from NYC to my home near Atlanta. I have not looked back since. I decided to go back to the haunting in my head, art. Starving or not I want to do nothing else. It has become a passion and an obsession.

Since 9/11, I have been commissioned to do several portraits. I am going to post one of them here. It may not me my best but it holds a special meanning as it was my first since 9/11.

If this is a double post, excuse me. If not please critique my work as I truly want to know if I should continue down this road.