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Hi everybody, I have joined Webshots, a photo sharing community. I have uploaded many of my paintings and my computer artwork. Do go by and have a look please! Comments most welcome. (You will get to see Micio too! )

http://community.webshots.com/user/jellenj42

Beautiful!
Wow Ellen I have appreciated your art in the past.
There are many more I had not had the pleasure of seeing.

My goodness you have an eye and talent.
What a treat that was
I hope many people will see these.

I like the way they have the page set up for viewing too!

Very, very, very good!!

The computer art is really good, I loved lots of them especially the turquoise diamond.

I also loved your painted furniture, I wish I was closer, its just the sort of original, funky stuff I would love to have in my own home!

Well done and keep it up!

Ellen, this is gorgeous!

There is even more to see now!

Wow JEllen, some great stuff there! I really like; FrenchFries, ChalkonBlack, AcidMeshWarp & some of the others. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Jazz, Abbi. Love it when people look. I finally have some guestbook entries, yay!

Ellen, I joined Webshots too! Anyways, your stuff is just excellent! Keep 'em coming!

Great Willem - please email me with you Webshots page!

Hey JEllen! I know you've seen some of my Webshots stuff. Well I added some more, there's now an album with my own computer paintings:

http://community.webshots.com/album/220184952hVJgAZ

These are somewhat different from yours ... I don't use digital 'effects', I just use a paint program and paint as I would with a paintbrush.

Those are impressive Willem! The Girl with the cell phone is quite realistic & I really like the Lizard , Boar & Dragon designs as well as Marcus Aurelius (all of 'em really!) I'll have to show my sister-in-law who does some decent painting herself.

Thanks Jaz'dupcurry!

I think Webshots is fun for sharing art like this. I am sometimes a bit concerned about 'copyright' issues, but I don't think anybody will nab for instance my 'lizard design' and make a billion dollars from it and cut me out of the deal ... anyways the stuff I show here is quirky 'fun' stuff ... my 'real' art is the paintings I sell ... just a question - does anyone thing there anything wrong with putting a scan of a painting online, after having sold the original?

Sorry for that last sentence - it should read thusly:

Does anyone *think* there *would be* anything wrong with putting a scan of a painting online, after having sold the original?

Sorry for the delay in responding, got a bit sidetracked here! Personally/IMHO I don't imagine that would be...inappropriate or a problem in any way. I mean it Is your work afterall! Although somehow I suspect there's another side to that coin, so to speak.

No worries about a 'delay'! Other people here might tike a lot longer to respond ... thanks for the response, I personally don't think anybody I've sold a painting to could complain about online copies existing ...

No, certainly not...as I said, it Is your work afterall.

But anyways, I'm just for the moment wondering about 'serious' art ... for now, Webshots is a nice place for putting 'fun' art!

... so we're talking "Mona Mtembe"? Couldn't resist! What exactly Did you mean (specifically)?

You mean what did I mean by 'fun art'??

No, actually I meant "serious art"...