Kate Ramos

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Name: Kate Ramos
Location: Angus, Ontario, Canada

I have lived in Ontario most of my life. I am a nature lover, who canoes into the Canadian wilderness annually. I have spent hundreds of hours canoeing and camping into remote areas. I use a camera to capture images and impressions for my paintings. I am a self-taught artist, with formal training in graphic arts. My hope is to give people the love I feel for nature, when viewing my images. I like to say a little piece of myself goes into each of my paintings.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Bidding then Ditching Ebay!!

Well, I have had my first experience with someone bidding and then ditching ebay. I'm a little frustrated that people can do this. I'm just trying to make a small living and I don't have time to play games with people. It's not right. I put my paintings up for sale because I'm looking for a good home for them. They are my babies and I hope that my buyers will take care of them. I don't ask for a lot. In fact they are on the cheaper side considering the quality I produce. *sigh* it's probably some kid out of school for the holidays and has nothing better to do. Well, I'll chalk this up as experience. I just hope the other bidder will accept my second chance offer.
Here's the painting in question.

"Spring Fling"

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Art for December and beyond...

Wow. it's been a while since I've written in my blog. I will have to remind myself to add to it more often. I have decided that I will paint at the Barrie art club on Mondays. It's usually a paint out day but because of the snow and the cold the club stays indoors until spring or goes out on really warm days. I'm usually in the studio everyday and it gets somewhat lonely. I have my dog, but just hearing a voice goes a long way in fufilling my need to socialize and have friends. I just get so caught up in what I'm doing I forget how long I've been away. It's that compulsion to paint I just have to do it, like some kind of addiction of something.. If I stopped it would feel like I've stopped breathing.. I've even woken up in the middle of the night to jot some idea down or even paint a whole painting. It's crazy but it's my whole life.

I have joined a marketing group at the club. We meet for the first time in January. I hope it helps us all sell our paintings. We are all feeling the slow down with the way things are in the market right now. So we plan to pool our resources and show our art together as a group. There are a few shows we plan to enter for the next year. When I know what they are I will post them here and on my website. kramos.com

The club was recently featured on the "A" channel with K.C. Colby. I missed the event but heard it went well. He bought a membership for his mother for Christmas. Can't wait to meet her.

Christmas is next week and I'm feeling pretty relaxed. We didn't buy gifts this year but are happy we will all be together.

I hope all of you will have Happy Holidays!

"Time For Joy"


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