Hi Olena,
I think I might be replying because your atavar makes you look like a beautiful potential portrait model
I'm currently a student/assistant instructor at your second choice,
Mims Studios, so I thougth I might be able to offer one set of answers to your many questions.
I'll try to be organized in my answers:
Former Mims students:
Kamille Corry
shows at Ann Long Fine Art
online gallery here at Gandy
An article featuring Corry and Hooper in last month's American Art Collector
Jill Hooper
Hooper also shows at Ann Long Fine Art in Charleston
an article from Artists Magazine 2/06 on Hooper
Paul Brown
Shows at WH Patterson in London, where he lives and works
Online gallery at Gandy
Brandon Soloff
http://www.thebrighamgalleries.com/A...donSoloffP.htm
You may expect to spend 5 years of serious study before you hit any real depth or agility in your work; but you must know from your own passions in fact that this is a lifetime journey of discovery no matter where your studio is.
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