Fantasy Portrait for Jamie’s 31st Birthday

 

Letter to the artist Christina Hess

 

Jennifer Oliver said you might have time to commission a fantasy portrait for me.  My daughter's 31st birthday is in mid July and I was wondering what you might charge to do a fantasy portrait of her?  She is an artist and a photographer and almost all of the images on our site at BigCatRescue.org are hers and all of our brochures, newsletters, graphics, etc. are done by her.  She has been helping me with the sanctuary since she was 12.  I lost my husband in 1997 and she buckled down and finished school at the age of 16 and as Valedictorian to boot.  Can you tell how proud I am of her?

 

She is an only child and these cats have been her brothers, sisters and best friends for two thirds of her life.  79 of the sanctuary's cats are now over the age of 15 when exotic cats in zoos and in the wild usually die by the time they are 12.  Jamie does all of our assisting with the vet and has had to face so many heartbreaks, with many more around the corner.

 

She used to tease that she would know she had made it in life when she had her own action figure.  I think you might be able to create that for her in the way of a painting.  She has great mermaid like hair of long ringlets, hazel eyes and her totem animal is the swan.  She is a rock climber, hiker, who would rather spend her whole life tracking cats in the wild and saving their habitat.  Despite being a tomboy, her best color on her typically tan skin, is hot pink.  Some of her favorite cats are Jumanji the black leopard, Windstar the bobcat, Pharoah and Tonga the white servals and of course, all of the rehab bobcats, as she is also our rehabber.  With your talent and imagination I am sure you could come up with something that would really mean a lot for her, if you have the time.  If you do, what would it cost to do something that is roughly 12 x 12 ?

 

I've been writing my story since I was able to write, but when the media goes to share it, they only choose the parts that fit their idea of what will generate views.  If I'm going to share my story, it should be the whole story.  The titles are the dates things happened. If you have any interest in who I really am please start at the beginning of this playlist: http://savethecats.org/

 

I know there will be people who take things out of context and try to use them to validate their own misconception, but you have access to the whole story.  My hope is that others will recognize themselves in my words and have the strength to do what is right for themselves and our shared planet.  

 

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Music (if any) from Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) This video is for entertainment purposes only and is my opinion.