Painting of "Viewed" - Winner of Melbourne Cup Australia Nov 2008

Wooohoo!!! Thank you Tom!!!! :-)

And thank you for the fave!

So glad you like it Mark – thanks :-)

Why thank you Bev – so happy you could pop by :-)

Thank you Larry – I’m honoured that you would think so :-)

Thanks Dawn – I always appreciate what you think :-)

Almost forgot – thanks for the fave too, Dawn!

Thanks so much Laura my friend xxxxxxxxxxx

The “brush” is really thick, Brian, and when you paint with the pen tablet you get that feeling you’re actually pushing the paint around. I still enjoy real life painting just that little bit more though. Thank you my friend for your kind comments. The name’s Hillie though lol…but you’re forgiven :) ;)

Antanas, thank you VERY much for stopping by and for your comments :-)

Thanks so much for favouriting this one, Antanas :-)

You’re so kind, Mary. Thank you :-)

Terry, you know I should shouldn’t I. What a man he is – all those Melb Cup wins – pretty darn amazing – and the horses too, of course!!

Tony, thanks so much! Always good to hear from you.

Hello Nith – thank you so much for commenting on this painting – lovely to hear from you from Japan! I’m off to check out your art :-)

Maybe I have your pills? I put them somewhere, took one the other day. Darn! Well I’m Silly Hillie from Indooroopilly lol… that’s where I grew up in Brisbane, Oz, hhahahah ;-)

Thanks Ruth! I really enjoyed this one – a bit hard at the beginning looking at the mess from laying down the colours, but then it came together ok :-)

I didn’t either, Peter. Sad hey lol ;-)

Glad you like it, Helene! Thank you :-)

Thanks Susan! xxx

Thanks Gary – I’m glad that came through :-)

Gosh thank you! It was a ton of work – always confusing at first and I never like it, til the detail comes in and it makes sense. Thanks again :-)

I still have to do what Terry suggested – send it good old Bart lol. Thanks Tricia xxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you so much dc – appreciate your popping by and commenting :-)

Hi React – thank you xx

Thank you Helen – just had a quick look at your profile and your paintings look wonderful – will check them out soon :-)

Many thanks David! and love your little smiley message :-)

Thanks Joseph – very happy you like it :-)

Hi Paul….no I don’t keep up with his other races so I wouldn’t know. It’s his first win in the Melbourne Cup though. Thanks for your comment :-)

Hello Albert! How are you? Great to see you in here and thanks for your comment :-)

Hi again Albert – I’m still wondering what to do too…..working on it :-)

Thank you very much Tahnja – so nice of you to pop by! Glad you like it :-)

Hi J – thank you very much for your comments and for the link. I see the similarity! When I finished this piece it didn’t look finished but I felt free doing it.

And thanks for the fave – means a lot :-)

Thank you! It was a pretty free exercise in painting – I enjoyed it!

Thanks SO much Paul! I’ve read your words on your profile too and it’s really true what you’ve said. You have some good points – doing our own style, not needing to use expensive products, art being an experiment. Well said!!

Hi mimi – you’re so sweet! Thank you my friend xxx

Many thanks for your kind comments! :-)

Many thanks, Fran :-)

...and thank you for the fave on this one and “Sky Jewel” too :-)

Hi Tahnja – yeah those things happen – that’s technology for you lol, doesn’t always serve us well. Thanks so much for your kind comments – great to hear from you :-)

Thank you Amanda, happy you like it :-)

Hi Kristina! Thanks very much…I’ll add it now :-)

Hi Kristina, thanks so much for featuring my painting on your group page. Fantastic, my first feature :-)

Hi Estelle, wow what an age! and what a memory. That would be so special knowing a horse that won the cup. I found some stuff on him online. Thanks so much for commenting, I’m off to check out your art :-)

Hello Naomi, thank you very much :-)

and thanks for making it a fave, Naomi :) :)

Thanks SO much for the feature on the home page. Fantastic! I am honoured :-)

Thanks so much Laura!! very exciting! xxxx

thanks very much Stephen :-)

Lol thanks for the idea, Louise! & thanks for your kind comment, it was so exciting the feature :-)