These photos are not as great as my boyfriend's, John Sciarrino's, who has been a professional photographer for over 27 years in Naples, FL. He took the photos of my Martini glasses and my Disney World Vinylmation dolls seen here in my blog! I could never get close to hoping to even take them as well as he does. Go to see his amazing photos at www.giophoto.com

So here are a couple photos that I took with my cell phone of my booth where I displayed at the juried and prestigious annual Festival of the Masters at Disney World the weekend of November 11th 2011.

I was bombarded with enthusiastic new fans! I never had time to take a break to even go to the ladies room for 3 days! The last day the great couple next door saw my exhaustion and relieved me for a few minutes. I hated missing talking to anyone so I felt compelled to be there every second. All the shows I have had in the last 23 years I have been constantly talking to art collectors and art enthusiasts and happy to do it. I love to engage in inspirational conversation and I am thrilled to learn each and every time that I have inspired others to see things differently. That has always been my mission and it feels great to see it happen over and over.

The biggest draw to get people to stop at my booth where my dog portraits. I don't think one person just walked by and not stopped. At first they see a painting of a dog but on closer view they discover the hidden images of that dog within the fur. Over and over they have reacted in awe and glee in discovering the medium! It is no longer a painting but more then that. It has become a collage telling of the story of the subject with images inside.

The Festival was a lot of work but it was such a big energy buster because of all the positive feedback. Each day felt like only a couple hours and in reality the show lasted 7 hours.