[Aquanet] Cia's memorial painting on the aquanet site

[Raymond Blum]

As far as a painting of hers to be displayed - an excellent idea.  I  
will leave it to the members of the list to select one though some  
self-organizing democratic process here on the list.


On Sep 7, 2009, at 10:36 PM, Raymond Blum wrote:

> I can start
>  For the life of me I cannot remember the name of it, but in old  
> days, there were usenet newsgroups - like Google or Yahoo groups of  
> sorts - and on one of these several of us were talking about  
> watercolors and one of us suggested that we correspond - we started  
> out just sending email to each other, CCing the entire set of  
> people, perhaps 12 or so.  The person who suggested that we  
> correspond was one Cia Price and she was the only one "bold" enough  
> to suggest it.  I loved being in touch with other watercolorists who  
> had so much more experience than I did.  Cia was, along with Julie  
> Eastman, one of the more experienced people in that early group and  
> was always encouraging.  Back then the state of the art was such  
> that none of us had web pages or could even send images as  
> attachments - it was mostly text and dialog via email.
>
> I asked about creating a mailing list and Cia jumped on the idea and  
> did nothing but encourage me.  That was the start of aquanet.
>
> Cia dropped out, for a few years as I recall, as she told me that  
> she felt that the group had gained momentum and her own energies  
> would be better spent elsewhere.  I think that she actually remained  
> subscribed the entire time, but as a lurker (silent member) of the  
> list.  She reemerged after a while and became more active and  
> enthusiastic than ever.
>
> I remember distinctly when I had not painted for a few years and was  
> somewhat discouraged, Cia egged me on gently to see the lapse as  
> just that: a lull not an end to my artwork.  That made a real  
> difference as I saw then that I could resume painting whenever I was  
> ready, it was not something that I had to see myself as having  
> abandoned or "failed at."  There's that enthusiasm of hers at  
> work!  :)
>
> I will miss her and am glad to have known her. She touched our lives.
>
> ---Raymond
>
> On Sep 7, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Patrick Davis wrote:
>
>> ClamAV 0.95.1
>>
>>
>> Hi, gang.
>>
>> I did not know Cia very well, even electronically, and I did not  
>> know she was one of the instigators of this excellent group.
>>
>> I'd like to make a couple of suggestions. First, could one of her  
>> paintings be put up permanently in memoriam as was done for Ed  
>> West? Second, would some of you who've been around from the start  
>> share some of your memories of Cia- which would allow us Newbies to  
>> get to know her better?
>>
>> Just a thought,
>> pat
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