I'd like to thank   The Singleton family and everyone involved with  the Awarehouse Art Studios...Paul and Cindy Culver (and da boyz) for their good taste in art (but somehow buying my stuff anyway)...  Don Williamson and Jeanne Flora (whereswille and argostar) because they are THE most fun on the road... Kathy and Elliot Phillips (and boys) for being  amazing people and for spoiling me with their generosity and kindness...Ron Emanuel of the Goldsmith......Mike and Medelice Wirtz for being so damn cool-their dogs really drool...Anthony Dallmann-Jones formerly of State Street Gallery and everyone else-Good Luck, Piper!!...Carol O'Connor-no, not the late actor, but the owner of Silver Fetish Gallery...Scott Wirtz and family... ...Modern Dog magazine...Jeff , Michelle, and  Josh (and Boots the giant cat) Schmidt for the great cookouts on the weekends...Oxbo Todd Steenberg...The Kohlis' for havin' us over on the holidays and putting up with me spraying sparkling wine all over the ceiling...The Laurentis', whom I never see enough of thank you for always being supportive and positive...Sheryl Ross, for giving this artist lots of fun projects to create...The W.A.A.C. for the great Art Fair Off the Square....Alice & Christ Tzakais, fantastic, creative  art teacher and fantastic, creative, and 'Hairy'  potter....Pat Reiher-high school art teacher/raku potter--we need more like you!...Val and the gang at the Paper Discovery Center in Appleton, WI-...Kelly Shannon at Zablocki Elementary for bringing me in for dog camp and feeding me hot dogs and all the fixin's...Arts @ Large...Said Neftah & Kris Hansen-Neftah-great dance moves, Said...Everyone at the Keg of Death brewery in Fond du Lac, WI...V.S.A. Wisconsin, where I learned a lot about being an artist-in-residence-thanks for letting me come out and play...Anne Kebisek, for inspiration, laughter and organic vegetables...Kathy Gooooomez and everyone involved with GoodWill Industries of S.E. WI...Fonddulac.com...Linda Huelsman for being so much fun and "Damn Straight"... other "Greyt" organizations : Greyhounds Only, Inc...Midwest Greyhound Adoption...Gail Rohan and Lee Tauriello-a couple of Greyt gals...Claudia and the Greyhound Gang...Lynn Roick and the folks responsible for Greyhounds in Art...artist Ginger Reath, for helping out so much with the Monster Head workshop...Windhover Center for the Arts...Jordan Goldblatt for requesting all the Doberman sculptures...The people of Houston, TX, and everyone involved with the Bayou City Arts Festival...Brian Seal for friendship and fun laughs-may the bus forever run...Pat Little, now making papier mache' with the angels...Chicago Special Events Management ...Lee Hempel because she is such a sweetheart...Steve and Alix from Chicago, and their Westies and other pooches...World-Wide Artist Resources...Virginia Williamson; thank you for the encouragement and wonderful stories about dogs and horses...Becky and the folks of Atlanta Lab Rescue...Paul Yates...Traci Blanchette, artist of peace and beauty...Susan Fiebig, can't believe you've got a Myspace page-wait, I guess I can...Mardee Verdina and the good people at Doberman Rescue Unlimited...PJ Wetak, art teacher-OK, I won't call you "P"...Tommy Faris, for all the free stuff and words of wisdom...David DeMarco, my high school art teacher...Bob Opperman and the great folks at the Fond du lac UPS Store...Jodi Youngman and Eagle Elementary School...The papier mache' resource, the U.K.'s definitive site for this type of art...The Oshkosh Fine Artists Association...The Vande Slunts'...Scott Huelsman...Dan Rather...Aerosmith...Krystal Kraemer -a fun, gutsy art teacher...Barb bellmer & Jaci Wigchers-teaching the way of art in Brandon and Rosendale, respectively...The Waters School P.T.O....the good people at gallery 110 north in plymouth....New Visions Gallery...The Rolling Stones...Diane & Jerry Fricken and their work with the Fond du Lac Very Special  Arts Festival...appleton art center... Mid-States Aluminum...the art of Cary Tracy Pugh...Fond du Lac Artists Association...Wendy Milliman and her papier mache'...Neusa Cunha and her creative vision-see what you can do by recycling?...Margaret MacLellan, for art, poetry and Monty Python references...Joanne Warren, the talented watercolorist...Eric and Cori Olsen of Madison...The Green Bay Packers...Alice Furlong, may your journey always be smooth and your airbrush never clog...Paul Wirtz...Amy Amdur and her fantastic staff-thanks for making an artist feel, well, special...The city of Atlanta, GA and the people behind the Atlanta Dogwood Festival...Steve Opperman...Pat Travers...The Brunks of Milwaukee, and one of the coolest kitchens in North America...The Hauers, thanks for running such a great art supply store-I miss you guys...Wisconsin Border Collie Rescue...Brenda Mullard, grade school art teacher-good luck with the polymer clay and everything...Ellen Edge of Einstein Middle School...Judy Sackett,  at Evans Elementary...Gene Simmons of Kiss...David DeFuniak and the good people at Treehouse cat shelter...Terry Sullivan, great collector of mine and all around fun guy... Warren Zevon....Lydia Driscoll; can't wait to see what you need done next...UFO...Don Dubin, fish carver extraordinaire...Anita Russell, U.K. artist and her wonderful papier mache'...Pam Woodward-Nehring, her husband Ted, and her favorite band The Who...Corrie Mussell of princeton Public School-thanks for the tissue and band aids...tom Seagard of mill road gallery...Louie Rochon and his fun papier mache'...Pat and Jim Arnold-Pat's handmade paper rocks...Rozani navas-smith for her papier mache' masks...Marie of school stationers corporation for being a pleasure to deal with...Alice Cooper...Restaurant Magnus...daina Galbraith for letting me use her-wait! That's My old- computer-you rock!...Of course, the men and women who serve in the armed forces-thank you, thank you, thank you!!!...and hey, thank you for reading this.

 

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