Thank you Anderson Cooper
So today I will mail the ACEO Lucky Seven domino card to President Obama. I'm sending a letter along with it, it's copied below. After doing the card for The President I decided to do a card a week to send to someone notable. So this weeks card is for Anderson Cooper and his reporting on bullying in our schools. He is definitely one person I miss watching on CNN. I wish I had been able to see the special. Tragic that this has to be a concern.
This is the card going to President Obama
President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Marsha Mahan
Oklahoma City, OK marshamahan.art@gmail.com
Dear President Obama,
I am an artist living in Oklahoma City trying to survive. One of the affected and one of the unnoticed. I do not have the ability to receive unemployment nor do I qualify for aid. When the middle class stopped spending, art purchases were one of the very first things to go.
Since I am limited in marketable skills, I’ve found I’m turning to the web in an attempt to market my art. I’m trying to find more creative ways. I have an Etsy store, link below, and I hope you will check it out and please support artists, individuals and those in your community. I also have a blog going, link also below, where I am doing an ACEO (Artist Cards Editions and Originals) a day for 365 days. My subject matter often indicates what is going on nationally and internationally. Enclosed is ACEO Card #79. When you recognized October as National Arts and Humanities month I painted the number seven on this card and dedicated it to you. Since I know gifts received at The White House are kept and archived, I now can honestly say that I have an original piece of art painted specifically for you, President Obama, that is archived in The White House Collection! There’s no other president I would have rather painted it for.
Most sincerely wishing you success,
Marsha Mahan
http://marshamahan.blogspot.com/
