Another Pet Portrait Commission — Marla the Greyhouse

Marla's painting
I’m excited to share my latest painting commission… a friend reached out when her pup, Marla passed away during COVID-19… I have done numerous creative projects for them over the years (family photography, senior portraits & paintings)… she knew that I would be able to capture Marla in her favorite element… sunning herself & smelling
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Commissioned Paintings to Remember a Loved One

Two months ago I was contacted by a gentleman who wanted to commission a painted portrait. I told him that we had experience doing that type of work and we would love to talk to him about his request. What we didn’t know was that the commission request was to create a painting of his
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Artist Turned Entrepreneur – Potomac Local article

Very honored to have been interviewed for this article in today’s Potomac Local. Hope you enjoy it! All of this came out of a visit by friend to my BNI | Woodbridge Connection chapter… networking works! http://potomaclocal.com/2013/09/03/artist-turned-entrepreneur-strauss-volunteerism-community-involvement-key-to-success/
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Reliving My Past… or I Should Say – Clearing the Dust

Over the past couple of weeks my husband has been nagging me to go through our daughter’s old room & see what could be tossed out and/or kept. This of course accelerated in importance when I scheduled to have the carpets cleaned in the house and I needed to start the task of reviewing, tossing
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To Spec or Not to Spec – that is the question

Many times we’ll see jobs posted that ask us to come up with a design spec for a project even before the client agrees to pay us or even hire us. We know that this is a growing practice & can be a major bone of contention within the design community. The fact is, it takes
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Getting Creatively Fit with a Corporate Twist

Again – it’s one of those delayed posts, where have I been? It’s been an exciting time in the life of ImageWerks. Back in April, I finished my certification as a Creatively Fit coach. I decided to obtain this certification after many years of hearing friends, colleagues, aquaintances telling over & over— “I’m not creative.
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What to Look for When Hiring a Designer

When looking to hire a designer for your next project, a team, your company, whatever your creative/communication needs are… you need to look for some sort of compatibility — as well as talent.  There are thousands of designers out there in the marketplace, you don’t know where to look, referral — word of mouth — google
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