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HI Betul et el<BR>
I have been on the list a long time but only started painting a couple of years ago when I started a group here and we bring in teachers. I think you will find the same age phenomenon in quilting as well. They have done studies that showed the average age of a quilter was 50 or so, the average age of a avid "professional" quilter (who spends about 15 hours a week in their studio) is 58 or so. And that the avid quilters which are about 5% of all quilters spend 95% of the 2.3 or 2.4 billion dollars on supplies.<BR>
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I have to search out that research. I know I have it somewhere. <BR>
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But I don't fit into the demographics. I have been quilting since I was 27 and I have been avid from the start. I am now 45 and I am now able to diversify into doing watercolour painting. I have time now that my last one is about to leave the nest.<BR>
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I hope to post a little more often now that I am not a wannabee painter...I have actually finished a few of my own. I put them on my website <A href="http://www.dancingravenstudio.ca">www.dancingravenstudio.ca</A> under portfolio. I haven't done a lot since quilting is my main medium, but I am feeling more confident in painting.<BR>
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Talking about quilting...I have a deadline to meet, so I am off.<BR>
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Shawna from Yellowknife<BR>
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<FONT color=#008000 size=3><BR></FONT><FONT size=3>At 08:21 PM 4/10/2008, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="">I also went to the AWS show on Tuesday! I stayed for the demonstration of Domenic di Stefano too...<BR><BR>I have one question:<BR>I noticed that the majority of the spectators were 50+. I am 59 myself. Do we have any young people in our community, or is watercolors on its way to be extinct after us?<BR><BR>All the best,<BR><BR>Betul Aydiner<BR><BR><BR><BR>--- Orjinal mesaj ---<BR>From: Mary E Whitehill <BR>To: <BR>Cc: <BR>Sent: Wed Apr 09 22:30:20 EEST 2008<BR>Subject: [Aquanet] Re; Weather<BR><BR><BR>Here in New York we are having the first really spring day, 68 degrees,<BR>sunny and the daffodils and blue scillas are blooming in my garden. <BR>>From now on i'll be painting all day every day. Went to AWS show<BR>yesterday at Salmagundi Club in NYC. Fabulous show. You can get the<BR>entire exhibit on a CD. It was $20 for the program and CD. <BR>Bev, I'm so glad you are ambulatory again. Keep up the therapy and happy<BR>painting again!<BR>M. E Whitehill - Watercolors<BR>wtrclr@juno.com<BR>Fine art paintings of flowers, landscapes, historic sites of the Hudson<BR>Valley<BR><BR>Check "What's New" on my Web Site <A href="http://www.mewhitehill.com/" target=_blank>www.mewhitehill.com</A><BR>Aquanet mailing list<BR>Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net<BR><A href="http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet" target=_blank>http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet</A><BR><BR>Check out the Aquanet web site:<BR><A href="http://www.aquanetart.com/" target=_blank>http://www.aquanetart.com</A><BR><BR><BR><BR><A href="http://www.betulaydiner.com/" target=_blank>http://www.betulaydiner.com/</A> <BR>Aquanet mailing list<BR>Aquanet@thedigitalbraintrust.net<BR><A href="http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet" target=_blank>http://lists.thedigitalbraintrust.net/mailman/listinfo/aquanet</A><BR><BR>Check out the Aquanet web site:<BR><A href="http://www.aquanetart.com/" target=_blank>http://www.aquanetart.com</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><FONT size=3><BR><BR> View the watercolors of Carol Wickenhiser-Schaudt, IAF.<BR> Artistic passion through the trained eye of a scientist.<BR> <A href="http://www.schaudt.us/watercolors" target=_blank>www.Schaudt.us/watercolors</A> <BR><BR>Signature Member: Institut des Arts Figuratifs<BR><A href="http://www.institutdesartsfiguratifs.com/pages_public/artistes_fiche.php?id_artiste=57" target=_blank>http://www.institutdesartsfiguratifs.com/pages_public/artistes_fiche.php?id_artiste=57<BR></A> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />Sign in to Windows Live Messenger, and enter for your chance to win $1000 a day—today until May 12th. <a href='http://g.msn.ca/ca55/210' target='_new'>Visit SignInAndWIN.ca</a></body>
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