Art & Craft Workshop Scam

Occasionally I receive scam art emails--this one was so blatantly obvious, it was kind of funny:

Hello,
How are you doing today ? My name is Mr.DENZEL MATHEW I want to book for Art & Craft Workshops Classes with you while on a 2weeks holidays in your country.We are a group of 10 people seeking for Art & Craft Workshops training while on holidays and as part of our plans we need Art & Craft Workshops classes/private lessons.

We shall be needing a Art & Craft Workshops classes for the whole 2weeks in your area.

I would like to book for 2weeks classes for 3 hours each day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for 3 hours per day for 2weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 36 hrs
Do you have a training facility where you conduct classes? We can arrange for this,if not available. Do you have rooms or is there any hotel close to your facility?

DATE: 7TH JULY 2011 TO 21 JULY 2011

I would love to know the possibility of working with you during this period.Kindly get back to me with your proposals so that we can make booking asap.
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I would love to get the total cost or a quote/estimate. What are your payment options? Do you accept credit cards? I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality classes and make us happy

Regards
Mr.DENZEL MATHEW

Any other artists received this scam email lately?

Book of Dreams

I have been waking up from vivid dreams. They evaporate so fast that they're quickly forgotten.

So, a week ago, I placed an empty notebook by the side of the bed, and started writing down my dreams as soon as I woke up. I'm remembering more when an alarm wakes me up--maybe because the dreams are interrupted. If can't remember very much, but at least write a little piece of the dream, sometimes more of it comes back throughout the day.

When I look back at what I've written, a lot comes back to memory. So far, no robots, but in one week I've had dreams about school buses, Cape Town, socks, monster sculptures, laptops, mannekins, steam irons, extension cords, a remodeled hair salon, & our old house featuring a brand new water slide. Maybe I can use some of the dreams for paintings.

Hitch-hikers

First of three new pieces featuring giraffes... Whoops, didn't notice the reflection of the louver doors in the resin when I photographed this...

Carats

The design on this 10x10 piece wraps around all of the edges. The original idea was to feature a girl robot loving her diamonds--something for which "size matters." While painting it, I thought it would be fun to add 3 carrots too.

I'm continuing to learn more about the resin process. By accident, I found out it is *very* important to keep the resin uncontaminated. I had re-used a stir stick that had previously been used to stir oil paint, and tiny specks of dried paint broke off into the mixture. They were too small to notice. When the resin cured, there were dimples in the surface, each centered around a speck of paint--very strange looking!

The next day, I re-coated the piece to smooth everything out, and now it's all better. Whew! I'll get this on my website once I finish the rest of the series.

Saratoga Rotary Art Festival 2011

Thank you Saratoga Rotary for another successful art show! We enjoyed the sunshine and met a lot of nice people in the Rotary and public.

Connie and Ann Marie deliver doughnuts! Yay--thanks!


Leo and Bill re-arrange artwork


Bill and Johnny pose for the camera


Monster Maker, my most recent painting was finished just in time for the show. Hope Harrison likes it!