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Kung Hei Fat Choi - Happy Chinese New Year!

I have always seen a dragon head in the Chinese character for dragon - hopefully now you do too ;)

May the Year of the Dragon bring you good fortunate and great health!

I've had many important teachers in my life, but none more influential than my Grade 1 teacher.

Mrs. Combs was warm, patient, pretty and always smiling. She was my favourite teacher.

Mrs. Combs gave us a journal assignment where we could draw or write about something daily.

This is a portrait of me proudly presenting my journal to her at the end of the week (circa February 1982)

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On this fateful day, I knew I wanted to became an artist. Mrs. Combs gave me a perfect score! There was a sticker, "C" check mark, a star and these four legendary words, "Good picture! Nice perspective!"

It was the most exciting day of my six years of existence! I mean, I did have pizza the day before, but this was a hundred times better than that! Words could not describe how happy I was. I wanted to write more. I wanted to draw more. I wanted to find out what the big word "perspective" meant! I felt complete utter joy!

Later I found out that perspective was - a system that helps show 3d objects in space. But more importantly, I discovered how amazing that a simple word of encouragement had such a profound impact on my life.

Thank you Mrs. Combs - you're still my favourite!

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This illustration is a part of a series that I created for a secret playing card project. Each artist has their own suit of cards and each has their own unique theme. I selected hearts and my theme is classic fairy tales.

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My submission for the Threadless loves Death challenge. The design inspiration was the exhibition Morbid Curiosity: The Richard Harris Collection.

www.threadless.com/submission/392445/tombstones/