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Leah Saulnier The Painting Maniac

9 Years Ago

So Long To My Contortionist But It's Good News!

I just got this licensing deal with an award winning Jazz musician out of New York but he's originally from New Orleans. He is coming out with a new CD soon called "Peculiar People" and he at first had a hard time deciding which image to use out of 7 of mine and finally picked the one below "The Contortionist" to top it off his family back in New Orleans fell in love with the painting after he picked it and bought the original also! So cool now his family will own the painting that will go with the new CD. Hope more good things will follow this fall. Thanks again FAA for having this site where I can be found easier. Couldn't have done it without it :) , I will disclose the Musician as it gets closer to release .
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Mario Carta

9 Years Ago

Excellent Leah!

 

Thanks Mario, I am happy today :)

 

David Morefield

9 Years Ago

Awesome!!!

 

Janice Drew

9 Years Ago

Congratulations, Leah! Happy for you.

 

Congrats! A licensing deal and a sale of an original! Woohoo!

Matt

 

Phyllis Beiser

9 Years Ago

WhooHoo, congrats Leah! I'll bet we couldn't wipe that smile off of you right now...So happy for you.

 

Melissa Bittinger

9 Years Ago

Oh happy daaaayyyy!!!

 

Ricardo De Almeida

9 Years Ago

Congrats!
Great work! Your style is unique.

 

Teal Blackwell

9 Years Ago

Congratulations! I'm sure you are soaring tonight!

 

Louise Reeves

9 Years Ago

/applause

 

Jim Taylor

9 Years Ago

Looks like you did it Leah!!!

 

Ken Stanback

9 Years Ago

Congrats my friend.

 

See My Photos

9 Years Ago

Wow! Please do let us know the musician and release date.

 

you are all so sweet I really appreciate your support, Where would I be without FAA and all my buds here :) , probably talking to myself lol ,I really needed this boost :) gives me better spirits

 

release date Asia and Europe Nov./Dec and US January, I definitely will mention the artist and show the CD then. It got me thinking I should make a wall somewhere in my house if I had one lol to showcase CDS and newspaper/Magazine stuff before I lose track of it all

 

Valerie Reeves

9 Years Ago

That is absolutely wonderful! You must be thrilled!

 

Mary Bedy

9 Years Ago

As a person who owns one of your originals, Leah, I know they will be thoroughly thrilled with the purchase. I certainly love mine. I was letting my hair grow for a while, and I didn't like it, and I also thought "you know, this longer hair doesn't match my portrait'! - So you have even influenced my hair style choices. Bet you didn't know you had that much personal power! LOL.

I'm so happy for you! You go, girl!

 

Tom Roderick

9 Years Ago

Bravo!

 

Sydne Archambault

9 Years Ago

Wonderful News Leah!

 

Kevin Callahan

9 Years Ago

You can use some good news and it is well deserved. You are one of a kind.

 

Alexey Stiop

9 Years Ago

Wonderful news! Congratulations!

 

You bet Kevin ,Good news needed here more often :)

Thanks Mary, glad you still love your piece and you have been very supportive of me :) , I bet your hair looks cute short and I bet it's less maintenance :) I have long long hair, because my mom used to cut it like a boy when I was young and I got tired of people thinking I was a boy but sometimes I wish I could cut it short but don't have the guts.

Here is a nice letter The man wrote me who bought the painting. I blocked out their names for their privacy:

Hi Leah,

Nice to meet you too! We are so happy that **** discovered you and that you guys were able to reach an agreement to work together on his next record. For him, the album cover seems to be the most difficult part of the these projects. He says it is very hard to find something that fits. He is very excited to have found The Contortionist…and so are we! We can’t wait to display it in our home. It is so striking. It just pulls my eyes toward it. I can’t not look at it. It’s magnetic! When **** first showed it to us it was on Google images in the midst of hundreds of other images. It just jumped off the screen in focus while all the other images became blurred out. We’ve got the perfect spot for it, and it will always be so meaningful for us, given its relationship with ****’s music. Thanks so much for agreeing to sell it!!

So, we’ll be looking for the tracking number. I’ll shoot you an email when the painting arrives so you know it made it. I'd also like to get some input from you regarding the type of frame you think would look best…and how to frame it…e.g., glass or no glass, etc., etc. We work with a great frame shop in New Orleans where we just got a Clementine Hunter framed without glass and it looks great. It is oil on a stretched canvas over composite board. Very thin. Of course, she passed away a long time ago and couldn’t help us with the frame! But anyway, I’m sure you have some thoughts on this relative to your work. We’d sincerely appreciate your advice.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

****



From me : here on FAA Thanks to everyone for your support and kind words :)


 

Duane Miller

9 Years Ago

That's fantastic, Leah. Congratulations!

 

Cricket Hackmann

9 Years Ago

What great news, and you've been due for some! Congratulations!

 

Angelina Tamez

9 Years Ago

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Leah! Congratulations!

 

Edward Fielding

9 Years Ago

Very cool! Congrats!

 

Val Arie

9 Years Ago

Congratulations, Leah!!! What a wonderful painting!

 

Nikolyn McDonald

9 Years Ago

This is so very very cool. Congratulations and thanks for letting us share your excitement. We're happy for you

 

Justin Green

9 Years Ago

Nice one, make sure you get a couple of signed copies.

 

Bill Swartwout

9 Years Ago

That's got to be a great feeling of accomplishment, Leah. Congratulations.

 

Exactly Justin, that is actually part of my agreement with him is to get some signed copies. Thanks Angel for cleaning up the image :) ,Thanks again everyone! Also for some reason I have not been getting notifications when people post in this thread. Very strange.

 

April Moen

9 Years Ago

Oh, that is fantastic news, Leah! Congrats.

 

Thomas Woolworth

9 Years Ago

Big Time Congrats!!

 

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