Artist Reply: Thank you Zoe! I love sharing bits of my family and memories that have special meanings and that are treasures to me. Epressing art to go with it is something that I try to do in a way to share it. The stories just go hand in hand and add to the memories. I will have to put a memory book together once I get enough to make with art, stories, poetry, and perhaps songs as well, childhood chants to make a heritage book to pass down to family. I have been working on this bit by bit, with some photos as well to go with them. I will have to include some homemovie clips as well to pull it all together. I hope my musings may inspire others to do such memory projeccts, not just a scrapbook. I am gathering stories from family members to add in, as wel as traditions, recipes, and other events. I have much to do, and a different one for several members. It is inspiring for art and will be fun to finish.

Artist Reply: Thank you Carliss. I wanted to spice up the flowers a bit with energy.

Artist Reply: Thank you Miguel, my father would have loved my current works. He was always encouraging my art. I had just finished a serious of chidren's murals that he came to see himself the week before he pasted away. He loved them so much, he had me chose one of his work ladders to keep. I had borrowed one to do the murals, so I asked for that one. That was over 25 years ago, I still have and use the ladder. I remember all the paint he left on it, as well as from my work. He was a painting contractor. My earliest memories are of him and his noisy paint ladders. An odd rememberance but one I still treasure.

Artist Reply: Thanks Emily! I';; be testing some new software out soon before deciding to buy it or not. Hope to find some new bubble textures with them.

Artist Reply: Thanks Blue Doll ! I love mixing traditional paintings with som note traditional elements to create a design that still works well.