Deanna Roy


Distressed about hotlining of Orphan Works Bill

Posted about 1 year ago

If you have any art on the internet, you should be worried.

The Orphan Works Bill was hotlined and passed through the senate last week. With the congressional rules suspended due to the economic crisis, as few as two people can pass this bill in the house and send it to the president.

What does this mean? We are perilously close to losing our ability to protect our work from being used wi…

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10,000 views and my first framed sale

Posted about 1 year ago

I wanted to thank everyone so much for coming by to see the angel series. They were made with great love and care.

We just passed the 10-year mark of Casey’s death. His birthday would have been right around now, he was due on Sept. 13.

I am amazed to have hit these landmarks, both in time and in visits to my tributes to him. I hope the many greeting cards that have been purchased have fou…

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Birthdays, Reckoning, Hope, and Progress

Posted about 1 year ago

I wonder how many other people mark their birthdays by considering their progress or lack of it as artists.

I know I do. Each year, I think—did I accomplish any goals at all? Did I publish anything, did I get stuff out there to be considered, did I take rejection well, did I move forward?

I did a lot this year, so I don’t feel quite the despair of last year, where rejection piled upon my…

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