Pay Homage to the SOG founder Cynthia

[Michele Rushworth]

Without Cynthia and SOG I wouldn't have the career I do now (painting illustrious subjects, meeting such interesting people, being able to work at home while I raised my kids and learning to become a professional artist). I literally learned how to do this job on the SOG Forum.

Couldn't have done any of it without you, Cynthia! A million thanks.

[Alexandra Tyng]

Thank you, Cynthia, for starting the SOG forum and maintaining it through its many years of growth and change.

I was a "lurker" for several years before I finally decided to join. I quickly found a supportive, helpful, and incredibly knowledgeable community of artists doing the same thing I was doing. My learning curve jumped exponentially. And I made true friends over the internet, because these artists used their real names and were, it turned out, pretty much exactly the same in person as they seemed online. So this SOG experience spilled over into real life as I met artists I already "knew," at events like the Portrait Society conference and the Portraits, Inc. seminars, even local and regional events. The mutual support has been wonderful, and none of it would have happened without Cynthia's brainchild, the SOG site and forum.