I love my customers. I love my repeat clients. So many interesting people that I can meet in the world.

Here are some pictures taken after I did Face Painting at an 8-year old girl's Party. For a Client who has been hiring me once or twice every year since I met her back when she was first Pregnant with the beautiful girl who just turned 8. Sometimes Caricatures, Sometimes Face Painting.

After the girls were all painted, my client let me walk around her beautiful home so she could show me the Caricatures that were hanging in her husband's office. I had drawn them at her Big Family Reunion when she was Pregnant with the girl who had just turned 8. That was Nine Years Ago.

And here she is today. Standing next to her Caricature from nine years ago. I can still see her resemblance, even though she changed some things like her hairstyle and glasses.

I feel happy to see that my Artwork can become a solid part of people's lives. And I feel blown away when I see it hanging in a home that includes some of the best Artists ever. It felt rude to just keep snapping photos of Everything in the woman's home, so I only asked to photograph this one Keith Haring picture which was just too magnetic for me. It looks like just the right thing to see while we run around all day handling so many different things:

What we see affects how we interpret our situations.

And here are some of the Face Paintings that I did at this 8-year-old Girl's Birthday Party. She arranged for a 'My Little Pony' Theme.

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Have you been following the story of my little lemon tree?

I photographed it today ~ I'm feeling so excited with all these lemons!

Started as a real quiet event. People kinda feeling like they were just at lunch on a regular workday. But their company had provided a big spread with lots of entertainers. Set up in a large room that was open to their cafeteria.

They started coming to me slowly. But once they saw what was happening, they sure got involved. Happiness giving energy. Aaaahhh.

It's interesting to me how some businesses treat their employees. By keeping the "Living" in "Earning a Living". Since the people spend so much of their waking hours actually At Work, how the company arranges that time is how these people "Spend their Lives". The work is just the biggest part of it. And the pleasant perks, like the "Health Fair" that this particular company had prepared, rounds out the people's experiences. I could feel that these people liked to be at work. I imagine they approach their projects energetically and inspired.

Thank You to my Fantastic Clients who say such good things to my Agent. He just thanked me for another Rave Review that just came in from our recent event from Airstream. It does make a difference for me:

Wonderful! Alison was wonderful and I will use her again next year for our company picnic. Everyone loved every design she made. I will look through our pictures and will forward them to you. Sandra R., Human Resources Manager, Airstream

Extremely talented! Alison was great. It was the second time she was at my venue and is extremely talented! Lynn Mione

Perfect - She said yes! The event was perfect. Alison was great and my girlfriend was very surprised when she walked around to see the picture and saw the "will you marry me" and then looked to me and I was on my knee with the ring out. A large group of people (passers by) saw what Alison was drawing and stayed off in the distance to watch what would happen next. My girlfriend said yes we had a lot of cheers and clapping. Alison truly helped create a memory for us that will last a lifetime. Thank you so much!!! Greg Gabitosi

AWESOME! Thanks for everything, she was AWESOME!!!!! Gina Prego

Wonderful! The talent you booked for us at our recent event in Armonk, New York was wonderful. They were very attentive to the guests and very easy to work with. They arrived on time and were very professional in all aspects of the evening. We will definitely use your services again. Keith Watson

Our entertainer Allison, was excellent. On time, professional, pleasant, perfect. Everyone loved their drawings. I will use you again in the future. Ed Strunk