Deb Connor joins the Ann Rea, Inc. Advisory Board

“When bankers get together for dinner they talk about art.  When artists get together for dinner they talk about money.” Oscar Wilde
This is the truth indeed.  And this is exactly what my company’s advisory board does four times a year.
The ultimate goal is to create financial freedom.  Why? To yield the necessary ingredient for ultimate [...]

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Do Over -The Oil Painting Must be Destroyed

The contemporary landscape oil painting of Marin, California, that I have spent hours creating must be destroyed.   Sometimes I have to just let go.
Yes.  Even after I have labored over a large expensive canvas, used up valuable oil paint, and I’ve lived with the painting for a while, so that I can gain editorial distance, [...]

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Golden Gate Bridge – The Anchor of my Heart and Home

In December 2005 I realized that I had nothing left to lose, so I finally decided.
I decided to  follow my dream of making and selling my art full time and I moved to my long held artistic inspiration, San Francisco.
I made a home in The Presidio of San Francisco directly across from the Pacific, less [...]

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