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Excited to be Back! - 9/25/2011 7:56:37 PM

amandapearlrobison

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Hi everybody! 25 y/o self representing artist from Oklahoma here. Just got back from a wild 5 year adventure that took me all across the continental U.S. and I'm ready to once again focus on making and selling my work online. I think the last time I was particularly active in online selling and artist communities was in 2006-2007 and wow...so much has changed since then!

Etsy, Artfire, Redbubble...so many venues and so much to get a handle on!

Glad to be back at EBSQ, which seems to always be the pulse of the self representing artists community!

-Pearl

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 5:26:47 AM

imakeart

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Hi Pearl

Welcome back to EBSQ!

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 8:22:49 AM

bromley2

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HI Pearl!! Welcome, welcome back!!! Glad life has calmed down for you so you could come back! It sounds, though, like you had a very exciting 5 years!!

Carolyn

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EBAY
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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 8:50:59 AM

gillie

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Happy to have you here, Pearl! We're looking forward to seeing what 5 years worth of inspiration brings to your art!

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blog: http://blog.ebsqart.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/ebsq
Get out of the vacuum and express yourself!

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 10:05:02 AM

amandapearlrobison

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Amanda, Carolyn, Amie, thank you so much for the warm welcome back! Five years of inspiration, absolutely Amie!

I spent time living in Philadelphia, I traveled on the road selling body jewelry with a road gyspy hippy, fell into hospitality management quite by accident when a hotel we were staying at had a position open, I have met so many interesting people from all around the world with this work! I fell in love, got married, lived north of Seattle on the coast for a few years, fell out of love, moved back to the family farm in Oklahoma...and here I be. :)

All new experience considered it has amazed me how several years of not really DOING much art has not negatively affected my progress as an artist. Quite the contrary, once you have trained your brain to look for light, color and shape, the more you take in, the more you experience, the larger repository you have to reference from. You CAN spend time not actual producing work, then settle down to actual CREATE and lo and behold here is something new! Here is something improved! Amazing things our creative brains!

Looking forward to re-educating myself concerning online art marketing, a LOT has changed since I was here last so I have been spending a lot of time learning how to "properly" work etsy (thankyou Miss Amanda for the wonderful info in the Etsy Street Team sub-forum) and other venues.

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http://www.etsy.com/thepaintedgoddess
http://myworld.ebay.com/amandarobisondesigns
http://www.facebook.com/thepaintedgoddess

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 10:29:38 AM

imakeart

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You're very welcome! If you ever have any specific questions don't hesitate to post them. I try to post relevant info, but sometimes I miss something.

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Amanda :-)

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deviantART:MakepeaceArt

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 11:57:56 AM

toucanne

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Welcome back, Pearl!

Muriel

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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
~Walt Whitman

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 12:21:12 PM

Robin47

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Hi Pearl, Sounds like an interesting interlude!

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"Robin, did you get that?" "yes."

It's pigment on a surface. The rest is all in your mind.

It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well. -- Rene Descartes

Still draws like a woman.

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 9/26/2011 11:10:15 PM

amandapearlrobison

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Robin, it was a trip! Thankyou Muriel! I'm enjoying putzing around the site again, and getting back into the groove. I really appreciate that Amanda. :) Thanks for being such a sweetheart!

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Pearl Robison: The Painted Goddess

http://www.etsy.com/thepaintedgoddess
http://myworld.ebay.com/amandarobisondesigns
http://www.facebook.com/thepaintedgoddess

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RE: Excited to be Back! - 10/16/2011 7:20:49 PM

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