Blog Diary of a Junk Artist

Well I got bitten Sunday by a Red Back spider at Imanpa while at work and have just been air lifted to the Alice Springs hospital been on a drip for 5 days and in lots of pain as I have Cellulitist. Didn't know a little RED Spider could cause so much damage. Iam on the mend now after being pumped with lots of penicillin into my body to fight the infection, have to keep my leg elevated and stay off it as the swelling was very bad, almost had to have my right leg where the bite is amputated at the groin, would not have been best pleased about that. But all is on track for a full recovery and I should be back running the Imanpa marathon real soon.

still lovin the outback.

Stay tuned for some red hot photos of my spider attack at Imanpa.

Greetings from Imanpa Aboriginal Community where I have been working for the past 4 months.
I have had problems getting on line out here and have just got back on dial up, i also had a malfunction with my blog page but my good friend Shannell and web host has fixed it up tonight.
All i need now is a progam to shrink my photo images and hey i can share my past 4 onths journey it's been amazing journey.

stay tuned Mamu (my aboriginal name)

Well Annie has been and gone i feel so sad we had an amazing time together in Imanpa. We went surfing in the red sand, annie did a coupla back flips of the cliffs and went missing for a few hours but i did find her at the bottom of the cliff i threw her a rope and pulled her back up the rocky razor sharp cliff face. she had a few deep cuts on her back but we got them stitched up. After the sand hills we went diving in the water holes that was beautiful the water was crystal clear and full of crocs and mosquitos, we had a picnic on the roadside and watched and waved to all the road trains as they went speeding bye, they tooted there horns and told us to get off the fucken road, we just smiled into each others sandy eyes i could just see her through the dust it was very special time. At night we went up the top of the water tower and watched the sun go down. Annie pointed to the bright stars and tried to touch one as she leaned out i asked her to hold that position while i took a photo but her wrists are week and she let go of the railing and fell to the bottom i got a great snap as she landed she had a beautiful smile on her face as she lay in the hot red sand. I rushed down the bottom to help her up and she just moaned in pain and told me it was worth the fall just to catch a star.

Well 2 days at imanpa was all Annie could handle otherwise she told me she would never want to leave. So I loaded up the troopy with Annies 8 suitcases and took her to the Yulura airport it was a quiet 2 hour trip Annie did not say a word all the way there she was just reflecting on our incredible time together, silence when your with some one you love is the ultimate sign of affection, we didn't need to talk all annies cuts, bruises and stiches said it all. we got to the airport and just held each other and cried for hours then one last kiss and she flew back to Adealide.

Until we meet again Annie I sure miss you Imanpa is not the same without you.

Well still waiting on our lap top commputers and net access so i can do my daily blog updates, so much to share and talk about I also have some amazing photos to include taken around 200 shots so far mostly road kill ?

Just at the Ebenzer roadhouse this morning 10 km from Imanpa checking my email on the pay per minute net machine it certainly is hungry only eats brass coins.

well this week I have been backup ambulance driver to a double road crash fatality, not the road kill I wanted to see, made me realise that once your dead there is no more hello's or goodbyes no more beautiful sunrises and sunsets over the outback, nothing it ends there, I relise now that my life is very presious and I will enjoy every minute of air time I have left in me, life really is harsh and wonderful all in the same breath. Its so true, to love as if you have never been hurt, dance like no one is watching, and make time to redeem things that can be redeemed in your life.

My fellow mission workers are a great bunch of characters there's Angie at Imanpa, Shelley and Be at Multijulu, Anthony and Jillian at Docker River, Adam and Noreen at Fink then theres our team leader Peter, outreach support team Della and Rob, Daniella, Charles, Deb and lastly Erica the admin PA to Peter.

My Annie is coming up next week so Iam very excited about that hope she loves the sea breeze running through her long hair and a great view of the ocean. Will show her how to cook in the hot sand and catch fish with my bare hands. We can sleep in a hamock between two palm trees and sip champayne while the sun goes down.

We will have a wild adventure annie loves collecting sea shells and sunbaking nude in the sea weed.

ok times up until next time live life like there is no tomorrow.

well having a wild time so far in the outback so much to learn and experience iam in my 12 day now clocked up over 2000 km in the new 4 wheel drive v8 trooper. seen so many sights while getting finding my way around outback australia went to ayres rock thursday for a job to do along the way photographing road kill while the beautiful powerful eagles eat the remains, then a few wild brumby horses crossed the stuart highway so went of road and chased them into the bush, seen dingos, roos cows wandering the outback in search of food. today i took the local imanpa netball team to there game 4 hours away where a white camel wandered onto the field and 50 dogs great stuff.

i miss my annie out here but she may be in alice springs soon as she has applied for some jobs so as we can be together once again.

ok stay tuned for steve os outback adventures what a wild fucken ride this is hope i last in the job.

Well just writing from my new job at Imanpa 300km from Alice Springs where iam the new youth worker with Mission Australia been on the road for a week now and arrived at imanpa friday to start my job had a great time so far and will keep you posted about all my adventures. I have no internet access atthe community so have to come into the road house to log on.
talk more soon.

Well I have been very busy since my last blog a coupla weeks ago.
hit below link and see my work now at MOWA Museum Of Weird Art go to gallery and click on my name to see my recent works of weird art it's a great site and thanks to all at MOWA for including me in the weird world of art.

http://www.mowa.be

I also scored a job up in Alice Springs/NT as a Community Youth Worker Iam very excited about this, possible start date will be 11 June so I have sooo much organising to do and so little time. I will ride my hog to the alice with Annie on the back. (see image below)and the link below will tell a little about where I might be based and the issues I will face as a youth worker in the outback it will be very harsh out there and a great challenge.

http://www.users.on.net/~tangcnl/data/caylus/Useful%20info%20about%20Inhalant%20Substance%20Abuse/pauline_fietz_Childhood_paper_sept05.pdf

and the best news Annie is back from her vacation to Antartica she went missing after diving with the whales 12 weeks ago I haven't been able to function properly being so worried about her. Iam picking her up from Adelaide Airport tomorrow night and I can't wait to see her. Will keep you posted on all her adventures.

I have a new exhibition on show at the famous ArtsNorth Gallery titled 7 Deadly Sins my interpritation, the show runs for one month and is open daily 9am to 4pm 7 Judd Road Elizabeth the heart of raw art the concrete urban jungle, where only the strong survive.

Been fasinated by pigs since doing Gluttony one of the 7 sins so I did a photoshoot see images below.

Lastly I bought 12 full size Manniquins from an op shop last week got the lot for $35 bucks as the shop was closing down. So I have great plans for a new series but will have to transport them to the Alice. Will ask Annie when I see her tomorrow if she wants to do a road trip to get there. It would be a lot of fun as Annie is probably the best driverI have ever had the pleasure of driving with, she's drives like a skater on ice that has never skated before she really is awesome.

Ok stay tuned lots happening at the moment.

I have been experimenting with my painting this week and finished another sculpture to add to my Red Series.

The paintings are mostly mixed media with found objects added to them, i have used broken glass, smashed lightbulbs, fabric, dried paint skins, biblical crosses, shit, plastic babies and plastic off cuts.

Some art friends come over during easter break to do a photo shoot of me living at my crypt art house.

Below new works I completed over the week-end and today.
Mother Evoloution mmm don't really know what she is about it was created from a conduit of a spirit, not sure why I created her or where she imaged from ? but anyway I like her and her two kids all the same, she will be apart of the red series Iam currently working on.

The second sculpture is Eddy 17 years old he is a cousin of the disabled family and he has Cerebral Palsy he is a bit of devil and always gets into trouble.

My latest junk art sculptures titled the Disabled Palsy Family a part of my Red Series of works that will be shown at my solo exhibition at the Avalon Gallery in Adelaide.

The family members are Mum Julia 40 years old and has thalidomide, Dad Eric 38 years old has cerebral palsy, young son Benny 14 years old has hydrocephalus, sister Gwenth 16 years old suffers from cerebral palsy and pet dog Ky who has only 3 good legs. The family are attending church tonight and are questioning their faith in Jesus. Dad and the family are gatherd around Jesus and asking the question, why Jesus is my whole family disabled .....I don't understand. I also joined in on questioning and pray time.

Been working on a new portrait title fugly, using mixed media including, glass, paint skins, acrylic, glue skins, denim fabric and a pink tie.

Well I have been so busy this week I have only just stopped to blog this morning. Firstly the three continent Australia, New York and Hauge sky phone interview on Sunday night Australian time as mentioned in the below blog went well, the interview should be published in the next coupla weeks or so in the Arts in New York magazine. I will paste a copy in my blog when I have it.

I was also interviewed for the Adelaide Magazine last Thursday a story about emerging artist in Adelaide that comes out in the May edition so loooking forward to that.

I have been welding madly on the new red series of life size metal figurative sculptures see one of them Jesus below in the previous blog. The series will have 6 pieces in the set, Iam having trouble photographing them as they are minimal and transparent so to get any depth I will need to experiment with lighting to get the full effect Iam looking for, once I get this I will add the images to my blog.

I have confirmed my solo show titled 7 Deadly Sins (my version) for August 9th to 16th at the Avalon Gallery in Adelaide Iam very excited about this, it will be part of the South Australian Living Arts Festival the festival is in it's 10th year and thousands of art lovers travel to Adelaide for the huge event which runs from 3rd to 19th August.

I just finished filming a short boxing movie yesterday about my life as a fighter that is being edited this week so I should have it uploaded on my movie page next week I will add the link to my blog also.

Lastly some images below of some time travelers I sent these images of to the Birdwood National Motor Museum in Adelaide to see if they would like to exhibit my Time Machine as part of their Museum, I have not heard back from them so far.(the time machine has been exhibited twice at the Adelaide Museum and once in the Adelaide train station) I think it would be a great exhibit kids and adults a like constantly ride the machine when they visit the crypt art house.

That's all for now.

Some images of a new piece I just finished yesterday It's the second one complete as part of my Red Series of figurative sculptures, (the first is the disabled guy in feb blogs)that will be exhibited along with my 7 Deadly Sins a series of large mixed media canvas (they can be viewed in last months blogs) at the Avalon Gallery in Adelaide during this years SALA Festival opening on the 9th August .

The link below annouces the 3 way skyphone chat interview that will take place 11pm Australian time next Sunday 18th March between Marshall Sponder writer for the Art in New York City, fellow Artist, Marcus van Soest artist and friend from Hague whom I met in New York 12 months ago today at our group exhibition at Monkdogz Urban Gallery, and myself. (see photo's previous blog.

It will be 8am time in NY, 1pm in Hauge and 11pm my time.

Exciting stuff bridging art, communication, ideas, thoughts and dreams into our homes from around the world. The Skype connection is FREE through the internet. It is like I am in the coffee house sitting right across from Marcus in the Hague and Marshall in New York.

http://www.artnewyorkcity.com/category/steve-oatway/

Well it was only 12 months ago today that I was on a plane headed for the Big Apple New York City for my first International Group Exhibition at the Monkdogz Urban Gallery at the request of Mr Bob Hogge and Marina Handley owners of the newly established gallery and their very first inaugural show.

Below some images of the opening night, including shots of the gallery owner Bob and I flying the Aussie flag, my Osama Bin Laden and Sister my Sister junk sculpture's, Marina in the blue dress and Marcus next to me with head phones on. It was a great time I stayed in New York for 5 weeks and toured through many galleries and tourist attractions. I have since buit up a fantastic friendship with the Monkdogz family and Marcus from Hauge. I was also invited back to show my art for a second time in Sept 2006 the show was titled "Came to Believe" I was unable to attend as I broke my ankle but you can check out all the opening night images of all the Monkdogz exhibitions at www.monkdogz.com

Check out the latest stuff on his site, also Next Sunday/ Monday there will be an interview (tryout) between Marshall Sponder (New York/USA), Steve Oatway (Adelaide/Australia) and Marcus van Soest (The Hague/Netherlands), if it works the result will be published on ArtNewYorkCity.com and other great platforms. We'll keep you informed on this!!

http://powerpainter.org/

Me in front of some of my idols works while in New York City last year where I exhibited at my first International Group Show at the Monkdogz Urban Gallery. www.monkdogz.com I had a great time checking out the top galleries in New York went to the MOMA Guggenheim and many more.

Below are Jean Michael Basquiat, Warhol, De-Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Jasper Johns awesome to see the works live when you have only ever read so much about them.

Me up in Brisbane last year with one of Robert Klippels works.
Klippel is one of Australia's most prolific artist.

The Adelaide Crows were getting beat by the Power I was angry and kicked a hole in the TV my boot got stuck in the screen so I left it there and made it an artwork ? expensive footy game for me ?

make a phone call and write in my jotter.

Well I took the Iron Princess for a nice walk in the forest today as she had been locked up in prison for 10 years for a crime she did not commit she was finally set free on Sunday. Such an inbalance of justice.

Well found out today my self portrait shown earlier in the month did not make the finals of the Archibald Portrait Prize.There were 641 entries from all over Australia and 41 made it into the final, only one South Australian got in. However I was painted by another Achibald entrant named Gerhard Ritter he is a portrait painter from my local art studio and did this portrait in 2006 with me standing along side one of my junk sculptures titled Hangman. He did a good job.
I will start work on a few experimental portraits ready for next years Archibald.

I was the Australian Assistant Team Manager with the Australian Boxing Team in Papua New Guinea 1997 for the Oceania Games. There was political unrest. I remember we were on stand bye to evacuate at any time due to a take over bid of the Prime Minister. We were escorted to the fight venues by armored guards and curfews were placed and we were confined to our hotel, 5 minutes from the airport, our bags had to be packed at all times. The team won 15 medals great effort with all the violence/unrest going on around us.

That's me back row on the right next to Danny Green when he was fighting as an amateur

Thats

The junkman he robs from the rich to give to the poor.

This is a piece I did bye request for a women's group in America I donated it to raise funds for womens breast cancer research via auction it raised $1,000 dollars.

Rodent and human psyscology, both the rats and mice are fighting for survival both traps each end will kill them, but as they fight for food the battle rages, the rats are strong and powerful but the mice are fighting in numbers and killing the rats as they get to the trap to devour the food, there is no food both traps are empty, a bit like the senseless Iraq war there are no winners only death, destruction, mutilation and horror ..... Howard and Bush are murderers and should be sent to the gallows ...for the human slaughter they have caused may they Rot in HELL ... Fucken p.i.g.s.

While in New York City

My son Beau meeting his boxing idol

Well I deceided last Wednesday that I would enter the Archibald Portrait Prize an Elite Australian Portrait Competition the winner receiving $30,000 I worked all through the night to complete it as it had to be at the couriers by 12pm on the Thursday, for delivery to Sydney on Friday ready for judging the following week. I don't see portraiture in traditional terms so I used fragments of my life to create this work simply titled Steve Oatway 2007.

Well my girlfriend Annie sent a photo from her trip to Antarctica she is having a great time and really enjoying the sun and the beaches.

I can't show you her face because she wants to be a dentist.

I often find old metal signs around the place so thought I would collage them on a board.

ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST ON THE DAY .... and try not get tooo nervous ..

Went to the scrap yard today to find some special bits of junk i need for my next sculpture.

Well been out the back today with some friends to watch who killed Andy Warhol in my back yard drive-in movie theatre.

Been welding up a new piece for my girl Annie she loves flowers.

Below link the 3rd scene from my doll movies on my home page Mr T who is marrying his childhood sweetheart. They are now spending their first night together in the honeymoon suite in the house of hell, and things are just not going as planned, the lawnmower man has stolen the bride and their is another intruder staying there watching the movie pulp fiction, what the .....

http://www.renkrn8.com.au/html/honeymoon.html

Hi Steve!

Your work is crazy cool! Sorry, I am not a potential buyer, just a fellow artist. I know you must get tons of mail from admiring fans, but if I HAD to write anyway. Believe me, it is entirely out of my hands at this point.

So…. Anyway, a couple of days ago I was checking out the current Monkdogs Urban Art exhibition online. I am thinking of entering their next international juried show in November, so I wanted to see what kind of art they actually show. I found you under their list of artists next to a thumbnail of babydoll head art…. Which interestingly, is right up my alley.

Artistic curiosity compelled me to search you out on the Internet, and that is how I came across your fantastic website. What began as a quick little Internet diversion became more of a lengthy excursion. Your website sucked me in and I just found it very difficult to leave. Aside from your great art, I found your movies to be particularly outrageous and entertaining. Oh, and your blog/diary entries… very, very funny…

Everything about you… your art, your website, your appearance, your persona, your macabre sense of humor, your apparent vitality and your seemingly fearless and uninhibited approach to art makes complete sense to me.

Wow! I am happy to know for certain now, that I am not alone on this planet. Thank you for putting yourself “out there”. I am sure you have inspired a lot of artists to just make the kind of art they want to make. I so appreciate artists that do exactly that … even if they know that it won’t sell. I am that type of artist. There is a raw truthfulness in creating art that has no potential market.

(Heh heh. Who am I kidding? Truthfulness my ass! That’s just shear stupidity).

Anyway Steve, I just had to tell you that you ROCK! If I have any luck with getting into the Monkdogs exhibition, I’ll drop you a line.

PEACE,

Julie

Steve,
how`s 9 out of 10 things going ? I didn`t ask how`s every things going because it`s impossible to to get everything flowing smoothly. I have just discovered your site and I am inspired by it. Being 51 years old and a bit new on the computer scene , I just happened to dial in junkart and was amazed at how much of it is out there. I am a bit of a hermit and don`t watch very much T V so I am not that informed with all that`s going on in the world. I have made a couple of pieces of junkart myself and have some good ideas for some more sculptures later. I have contacted you because I think we have a few things in common . It seems to me you have a Christian leaning although I may have read that wrong , I have battled with drug use for years and have been in the bike scene a bit . Your phone number starts with 08 so I guess you must be in W.A. I am married with 3 kids and live in Collie. I realizes you must be a busy man and now that you have hit the big time everyone wants to seek you out . Being an artist or just addressing our artistic side in song ,dance or paint is fun and more people should tap into the fun factor. I congratulate you for promoting fun .

Where all BAD people go to confess there sins it is here a decision is made.

I was lying in bed and it occured to me that there is whole new world just below me. So I got to work cut a hole out in the floorboards then it took me 20 hours of digging throughout the night to clear enough room for me to sit up underground now i can show my art down there and work my through out the underground house.

Crime committed Adultery ...

I love hanging out at the scrap yards then returning home with my treasures and reincarnating junk into ART.

A piece of junk art I created outside my local studio.

Iv'e been working on 7 large canvases 6 foot by 4 foot with mixed media titled The 7 Deadly Sins (my version) this is where am at so far finished Lust, Malice, Jealousy & Greed, almost finished Sloth Envy & just started Gluttony.

Lust

Jealousy

Malice

Greed (started a new canvas)

Envy (only half completed)

Sloth (not completed yet)

Gluttony (only just started so no photo's as yet)

Iam for ever not cleaning my brushes when I paint so they go hard, still get to use them though in a collage.

Mullet spends his days cleaning up our river's and water-ways from junk and rubbish, he spits the junk out onto the riverbanks then I come along and create some sculpture from what he has found.

Blind was created from a crushed shopping trolley that was pushed onto the train tracks by some kids, I added some bits and pieces from car parts then set him free into the water.

Well Annie has been on holidays now for 2 weeks she sent me her latest photo while treking in Antartica she looks great said the weather is minus 20 degrees very cold. I miss her a lot.

I can't show you her face because she wants to be a DENTIST.....

Is there life after Death I believe so.

My work for today The Disabled Guy,

He questions his faith I believe in my God but ask why is my body so twisted yet my mind so clear.

Just watching one of my all time favorite movies on TV tonight Rocky One.
I used to be a fighter in my younger days and won a coupla titles in the welterweight division.

Been experimenting today with metal, plastic, ceramic and stainless.

Will leave it up to you.

My thoughts are that if you inspire just one person in your life then you can die knowing that you did help someone and that someone a stranger who you do not even know went on to better things amen.

Steve, I really enjoyed visiting your site. I love your work very much. I have just started working with trash myself--I have always been a painter, but in later years have been starting to paint on cardboard and discarded plywood, etc. Now I am beginning to do sculpture with junk. I love it! My passion seems to be working with broken toys and games with missing pieces, or wheels off things--I like the color. Keep on with your wonderful whimsical junk art. A question--I checked out your blog, and you haven't been around since August. Is everything OK, or are you on your honeymoon?
Diane Marie
www.madelineislandartwaves.com

Great site.Most active site i have surfed.Site would not exist without the art,and the art makes my brain boil.That is,Good boil.Not the bad boil, which i hate ,worse than sitting on a cold toilet seat, which someone has previously pissed on.Ever tried to dry the piss with the toilet paper.Just does not seem to dry.

Hey Steve,
Rich Milo here. I just wanted to say hello. I haven't forgotten you and you have been in my prayers. I hope you are creating some wild sculptures. I think you have something about you where you can take things that are nothing and turn them into art. But it is more than that because some people do that and it does not work but when you do it you make magic. It is a gift so keep plugging on. Remember Christ is Lord and ultimately nothing else will matter in the end God Bless you and I hope we meet again.
Your friend and brother in Christ Rich Milo

Hello Steve,

I dont know if you can remember me mate, but i met you in NY on St Patricks day in a pub called the Parlour. We chatted about all sorts of stuff including my dad's illness. Sadly steve shortly after speaking to you that night i got a call from my brother telling me to come home that our dad was getting worse. I was in Ireland by 5.00am sunday morning and my dad passed away at 8.00pm on Monday night. His death has had a huge effect on me but i was so happy to be with him and holding him when he went......Now I dont know why i just told you all that ???....Anyway for one reason or another you managed to have an effect on me that night, some of the things you said struck home a little and have encouraged me to take a good look at myself.....which is a good thing.
Anyway steve your an interesting and decent bloke and i'm glad that i bumped into you (literally) and i enjoyed our chat....I honestly beleive that i was meant to meet you for some reason that has not become apparent yet...but i'll let you know when it does.
I hope you got back to Oz safe and sound....take care of yourself and always keep that Passion for your Art and your son.
God Bless
Sean
(The Irish bloke with the English accent)

hi, just saw your stuff and thought that i had to leave a comment.
thank you so much
this has helped me with a root to go down with my art exam
ahhh its in less than 9 weeks
ahhhhhh!!!!!!!
= : x (oh sorry this = : x is a bunny and i sort of draw it every where hmm im not crazy)
thank you again
James williamson

I commissioned a horse from Steve. The finished sculpture, some 2
metres tall, is sensational. I am very happy with the result and I am
very pround to be the owner of such a unique piece of art.

I can highly recommend Steve's work.

Hi, I came across your website while doing research for a school
project. I am a student at O'More College of Design in Franklin, Tn,
in the graphic design department. I am working on my first website,
and it is about art and recycling, based on a mixed media collage
piece I did using "trash". The theme is saving the environment
through art. I would like to use the horse I found on your page, in
my scrapture section of the site. If you would like more detail, I
will try to give it to you as best I can, but I am still in the first
development stages. Of course, your website link will be included and
credited in the page.

Thanks,
April Fletchall

WoW. I stumbled onto your site today and I am so amazed. Your work and
your story touched a place in me I forgot about. As an artist myself,
I have been in a slump for a while. Different distractions in all shapes
sizes and genders have clouded my vision of my own world. Its okay to be
different, regardless of what the "family" thinks. Screw them my lifes
on me not them. I wont let anyone judge in my life, what they are not
willing to live for me. I am babbling on but the point is, thank you.
Much luck and happiness to you and your son. -Kirsten Shahan

Gilbert, Arizona
USA

steve
im a big fan of your art, i did a project about you in school. im interested in buying some of your pieces, a flower and a painting to be exact. where are you located, and will you be coming to new york at any point soon (or are any pieces at galleries here)? let me know

thanks, geri

the nuwe pictures are very nice. keep going, jan

Just a note.We added your work to our Homepage.Its a good time because Gallery and Studio N.Y.C. just came out with a full back cover promoting Monkdogz Urban Art for their summer issue. have a great day. Best Bob www.monkdogz.com

very nice - best ever sit that i have seen on the net. i am a welder of sculptures and paint as well, you are a reel insperasion for me, thank you very much. here in south africa i dont see mutch of you caleber of work. i hope to have my owen site one day chust as good as yours. dont stop the good work, its all insperasion. sterkte voorentoe, jan.

hi junk man, when are you gone put sum nuwe stuff in the gallery ? cant wayt. enjoy youre dairy - try and read it evry weekend when posibul. best of luck. jan.

My name is Laura Brown and I am from South Australia. I am currently
doing yr 12 Art and have based my individual study on artists who
concentrate on using recycled materials. It would be great to find out
about what you love about your art and what makes you use recycled
materials. Please Email me back if you have any time
thank you for your time
Laura Brown

Hello,
The Bath $5,000
I'm Dorothy White a art enthusiast .I'm interested in your works and i
really love your work.Please, get back to me with the price of the above
named items so that i will know how we can progress with the
transaction.You have got wonderful works that are unique.Please,send me
your website so that i can see more of your recent works
Thanks,
Dorothy(Mrs)

Hello Steve,
I enjoyed viewing your art very much and would like to invite you on
behalf of Artshow.com to participate in "Art Kudos", a juried online art
exhibition. Cash awards totaling $1,800. Deadline: June 30, 2005. For
more information, visit http://www.artshow.com/artKudos
Kind regards,
Robert Anderson

Whoa, just need to catch my breath, your site has undergone a radical makeover which begins at the first page and continues to halt my breath right through to the Blog Diary, now that’s more than scary, it’s just plain spine tingling. Can’t wait to get my daily fix, I’ve cancelled my subscription to all the women’s mags and the daily read, I will never need them again – I’m tuning into the King of Looney Tunes with both earsJ
Your fan
Annie Rufus x

Steve, It's a beautiful thing and so is the rest o