Thanks for the encouragement, I appreciate it. It's a big step for me for sure but I think it will be worth it.

one part volunteerism one part libertarianism shake well and serve.

My first vehicle was a Yellow 1970 Mercury Cougar with a 351 Cleveland motor in it. My favorite car that I still currently own is a yellow 1969 VW bus.

Yeah thats probably a better idea. I didn't take that into consideration.

Drill some holes in those stumps and logs and inoculate them with fungi. Then you can have another dent in the grocery bill and fresh mushrooms all the time. I guess that all depends on ambient temperatures

I'm definitely going to look into to one of those for my son. I've been trying like hell to save money for a college fund for him. I'm getting my CDL this year so that I can make more money than I am at

I have always considered myself lucky having been born in the USA. I have seen what others go through in other countries and even what other have to go through just to come here. It makes me thankful for

I've always thought the ultimate super power would be knowing how to communicate in and understand every language. How great would that be? You could go anywhere and understand everyone. Good luck on your

I can relate to your story a lot. I to have dabbled in drug use over the years and have decided continuously not to go down that road anymore. Time to live with purpose and a clear mind. I am an artist

Absolutely true. It's a waist for so many reasons. Better to invest time an money into things that pay off in the longterm and short-term.

Right on dude. I'm working on getting to that dolphin life. Haven't been able to participate as much as I'd like to, life has been chaotic lately. But I'm getting back in the swing of it.

I love how oils pop. Can't get that from most acrylics.

Thanks, I've done some more work on this piece recently, it's a slow process sometimes.

Awesome, I love all of your suggestions and interpretations. When I conceptualized this piece I was going for a mother of the universe idea. Her hair being space and stars and the contrast of light behind

I agree. There are successful wealthy people now who started with nothing, but through hard work and perseverance achieved great success. There are people who started with everything and end up with nothing

Thanks. It's all freehand. Usually when I do geometric stuff I try to use a straight edge, but I'm trying not to rely on it so as much.

Thanks Carl. I will definitely be posting the finish product when I get here done. Still have to do more shadows and highlights before I call her done. Thanks for the follow, I appreciate it.

Right on, thanks again for your comments and appreciation.

It's good you survived, it's even better that no-one else was hurt or killed in the accident as well. Probably a hard thing to live with I would imagine.

I added another post today with a followup shot of the piece after I masked and painted the border. Last thing I'm going to do is draw up a stencil for the corners and center to accent the outside border.