Bonjour from Paris (France)

[Bobbi Baldwin]

Dear Cyrille,
Hello. Welcome to a Stroke of Genius! A good sense of humor is always a bonus. My fiance's daughter just got back from a month in France as an exchange student.
Your work is very good! Are you this talented with everything that you try?
We will be traveling to your part of the world in November, but, only to the Amalfi Coast in Italy to find the villa my fiance' and I are to be married in, next summer. We travel extensively and will be in the future. It would be nice to meet some of the portrait painters from around the world. I did have the opportunity to meet Daphne Todd, from London, when she came to NY for the seminar there, I think that was around 2000 with ASOPA. In 1996, I was part of an American delgation that went to Russia, that too was an awesome experience. We are all the same in the passion of the heart for what we do.
It is always great to meet people from around the world. I had painters from Niger and Spain write to me and fun corresponding, when I was a jurried member on this site. The camaraderie between portrait painters (human and animal) is a very unique connection that should be nurtured. Don't you agree? Cynthia has done a great job of bringing us all together. She deserves a lot of credit for that.
I hope you find a lot of new friends through this means. My fiance is learning to paint also, and has a very similar Internet business sale background. It would be interesting to talk to you further.
Bobbi