Acknowledgements

This site is dedicated to my beautiful daughter Kayla & my wonderful husband Bill, Kayla's wise insights have enhanced my spirit and my artwork time and time again, Kayla is the light in my soul, and my inspiration always, and my husband Bill whom I swear I would be a shell of a person without, his continual support, faith, reassurance and love gives me the courage to live my dreams. I am truly blessed with thier love.

I would like to thank my wonderful family, my mother & my two sisters for always standing by my side, the love and help that they have given to me is immeasurable. They give me encouragement when I am weak and a path home when I am lost. I am ever grateful for thier understanding, love and support. Also to my extended family, my nephews & niece who bring joy to my heart, my step mother who has had profound influences in my accomplishments, my step sister who always brings a smile to my face, my uncles who are always there when I really need them, my half brother & sister who when I met them reminded me that miracles do happen, and those who have passed on, I can feel your love shine over me always.

I would like to thank my father for giving me an exceptional gift that has enriched my life and given me a way to express my inner visions, his continual guidance on this journey is an irreplaceable cobtribution to these works. I cannot thank him enough for all that he has done and continues to do.

Thank-you to Randy Zimmermann for befriending an aspiring artist, pulling a few strings here and there and whose suggestions have been very helpful along the way.

Thank-you to Bryan Koski for helping (even through midnight emergencies) to keep my PC's in tip top shape, without his help my virtual world would have crashed down around me long ago.

Thank-you to Bill Halsey for his support, friendship and contruibutions to my work. They will not be forgotten.

Thank-you to all of the artists that have contributed thier incredible works to the guest gallery pages at Artmosphere, I really appreciate thier sharing a piece of themselves with me, and the world through the Artmosphere network.

Thank-you to my new found SL friends, thier observations & suggestions have helped me to refine my work and this blog, thanks guys for all of the great input and for taking the time to help a friend that lives sooo far away.

I would like to thank all of the incredible artists out there who share thier talent through thier amazing tutorials. They many times have given me new direction and inspiration, without their help some of the technical aspects of creating my artwork would have remained a mystery for quite some time. Digital is a vast and complicated medium, thanks for taking to time out to help guide your fellow artists. The same goes for all of the web builders that offer tutorials, without thier help this site would be in sad shape, I am grateful for all of your help as well.

Lastly I would like to thank every person that has been a friend to me, each individuals influence has enhanced my life in many ways, I hold a great deal of love and respect for all of them. Thier smiles, hugs, kisses, laughter, compassion and affections lingers with me always.