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To all of my mother's Renderosity friends:
It saddens me to no end to tell you that my mother, Mina, passed on May 31st, from endometrial cancer. She is survived by my father, Roger, and myself. I apologize for not letting you all know sooner, but her passing has left me with a broken heart and it is very hard to write this, even now. I don't suppose there will ever come a time that it will be easier.
I know how much she loved you all, how much it meant to her to have met such wonderful people, and how much it meant to her to create & share her art with you. I am leaving her work here for a while, as tribute to her, her beauty, her talent & her love.
Brightest Blessings to you all!
Heather
 Mina's daughter
Thanks to all for stopping by and hope you enjoy your visit.
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Third Place Winner in the 2008 "Carnival Of Evil" Halloween Contest Writing Category
The Eater Of Hearts
~ Love & Hugs ~
* Mina *
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
~Pablo Picasso
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"Artists must be sacrificed to their art.
Like bees, they must put
their lives into the sting they give."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly.
I make up my own mind about how good or bad or indifferent it is.
After that the critics can write what they please.
I have already settled it for myself so flattery
and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.
~Georgia O'Keeffe
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~People may not remember what you say,
but they'll always remember how you made them feel ~
Credits:
Thanks to Carol (romanceworks) for this great Burning Pumpkin BG from last year !
www.inobscuro.com
Comments (108)
allnaydi
Awesome Halloween / Samhain composition and background information Mina. I guess I'm going to follow the advice in your title :)
GOLDILOCKSUK
Have a great Halloween this is so spooky I like what you have created :) Cathy xoxoxo
Sylvia
So ~Magically Beautiful~ Thanks my Friend... FABULOUS!!! Feliz Dia de Brujas
mel841
Happy Halloween!! It's sooo nice to see Bela and Cassandra again!
DRAKELOT
Fantastic Mina
novelist
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! This is great!! I hope to be visiting the likes of these creatures tonight on my DVD player. : ) Sorry I've been absent so much at your gallery; they're working on my house (even today which means I'm missing my annual costume party). Blessed Samhain to you, too. It's my one year anniversary here today. Am I ever glad I joined. It's been fun getting to know you. Here's to many more years of renders and witnessing your delightful art.
tofi
Fantastic scene Mina! I love the textures and the colours, the way they blend in with each other, and spark that "eternal" sort of glow! Definitely puts me in the Halloween Spirit! Gorgeous varied expressions in the composition! Most lovely artwork and creativity! :)
Fidelity2
This work of art is a masterpiece from you.
summer1412
Blessed Samhain to you, Sister!! What an adorable piece.
nazul
Cool work - Happy halloween to you too ...so you are a pagan...how nice :-)
Chipka
Blessed Samhain, Mina! THis is a superb picture, with two of my favorite characters... well... personalities. I love the layered look of this! And as always, fantastic work!
wannes
Fantastic work!!!!
bpclarke
Awesome scary piece! Excellent work. Bunny
timspfd
Wonderful illustration Happy Halloween!
hipps13
Happy Halloween, Mina very intesting info awesome work warm hug and love, Linda
lyron
Marvellous work!!
emmecielle
fantastic image! :)
jocko500
good infor. i believe in Hell. but may it be i wish you a wonderful day and this is a wonderful image. happy halloween
Richardphotos
not much for Halloween nor paganism but I can appreciate your art.superb composition Mina
efron_241
great Halloween image i am going to study a bit on that tradition.. so i know more about it next year after the news about Pops earlier this week I decided to stop with the skeletons myself.. as it is not my tradition (Halloween..we do not have it in NL) i must be careful not to insult.. but your images are GREAT.. the drawing ahd the paper with the wish text under it..
npauling
Two lovely images to keep us all happy. Very imaginative and well done. Happy Halloween to you too.
kimariehere
Awesome Halloween image !!! really amazing work!!!
eekdog Online Now!
funny title and a great posting for the holiday Mina, love it and you! lol steve mrs elvira / cassadra peterson grew up here and attended one of our local schools/ lol again ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿HAPPY HALLOWEEN¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
guitar-slinger
beautiful and spooky !!! [^___^] Nice work Mina!! Cheers, Roger
irakika
Happy Halloween to you too! Great work!
2Loose2Trek
Happy Samhain dearest Mina ... excellent image and explanation. HUGS
three_grrr
And a Blessed Samhain to you! Awesome spooky Halloween image, Bela looks particulariy handsome!!
watchman2005
Yes, something to get your teeth into, excellent work!!!!
rayag
Very beautiful and original artwork!
Thelby
So whatever happened to ole Cassandra Mistress of the Stark??? I like what you done in your image. The mixture of the old-old Hollywood Vamps with the newer Vampriss is an Excellent Blending!!!