Warm Welcome to New Memebers of Finn Creative Team!

Hi there, my dear friends...
There are no words to express how grateful I am for all your Creative Team Call applications.
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to reply to each of the letters (as my busy schedule didn't allow me to spend enough time at my home studio) but believe me - we took great care to carefully read every single one of them and visited every blog and gallery. And we were amazed, inspired, humbled by your creativity and love for mixed-media art. My heart is full of emotions now: I'd never expect that many applications, such great art and so many wonderful, warm messages.

Thank you for sharing your art, your personal stories, class memories and compliments for my Creative Team. It really means the world to me and my Team!
Some people created artworks and videos especially for this call - so impressive! Some of you wrote (and you were so right) - it's always worth trying!
We're sending special love to all those of you who felt shy but found the courage to write the letter - we're so glad you did!
You are all appreciated, you are all welcomed, we were so happy to hear from you. You've made our world a happier place!

Picking creative souls who will join our Creative Team is always a hard, painful process - as one of my art friend said: you hadn't known life really, before you tried to pick a team... and this is so true!
Finally after long discussions we are ready to announce who is joining us this year!

First of all: four of our Creative Team ladies stay with us for the next term -
when you click on their names you will have the chance to see all the stunning Art they have created for the Team so far:

 Gayle                                    Linda

Marta                                      Olga

And now, we'd like you to help us say hello to wonderful new Artists who agreed to support me with their creativity and talent! Please send some love and encouragement to Athanasia, Denisa, Irina and Kasia!

To make you know each other a little bit better, we've asked our Designers to answer some questions and also pick an artwork that is particularly close to their hearts.

Athanasia Papantoniou 
1. From: Greece
2. Always on my work table: a paintbrush, water and baby wipes
3. Favorite color palette: pinks and blues
4. Favorite creations: canvases and pages in my black journal
5. I'm inspired by: almost everything, like colors, nature, flavors and smells, photos and of course music, as I'm a musician
6. When I see a blank page/canvas: there always comes a vision and I want to make it happen immediately!
7. Cats or dogs? How about a fish in a bowl?
8. Tea or coffee? Hot chocolate!
9. Simple or messy? Both :)
10. I'm dreaming about: rainbows in sunshine

Denisa Gryczova
1. From: The Czech Republic
2. Always on my work table: organised chaos, gesso, heat gun,  Archival ink, paints, brushes, sprays
3. Favorite color palette: turquoise and brown, all shades of tea stains
4. Favorite creations: love art journaling, collages, tags and ATCs at the moment
5. I'm inspired by: old vintage photos, music, other artists
6. When I see a blank page/canvas: it makes me nervous
7. Cats or dogs? dogs
8. Tea or coffee? both with lots of milk
9. Simple or messy? the messiest person ever
10. I'm dreaming about: a huge garden including a small forest

Irina Honcharyk
1. From: Belarus
2. Always on my work table: paper, glue, scissors, a cup of tea
3. Favorite color palette: white, black, blue
4. Favorite creations:  canvases, layouts, altered art
5. I'm inspired by: nature, art
6. When I see a blank page/canvas: I want to take a brush and paints
7. Cats or dogs? Dogs!
8. Tea or coffee? Tea
9. Simple or messy? Both simple and messy
10. I'm dreaming about: having a lot of time to create and realize all my ideas

Kasia Bogatko 1. From: Kołobrzeg, Poland. I live by the sea and I love it. You'll see it in my projects, I'm sure :) 
2. Always on my work table: gesso, gauze, A LOT of brushes 
3. Favorite color palette: turquoise, blue, brown, gold
4. Favorite creations: definitely the scrapbooking pages, with a touch of mixed-media
5. I'm inspired by: life, photos, people
6. When I see a blank page/canvas: I want to do something special and better than before.
7. Cats or dogs? Dogs!
8. Tea or coffee? Year-round coffee, and in cold winter evenings - tea
9. Simple or messy? Messy
10. I'm dreaming about: to be always loved, healthy and happy

We really can't wait to see their first projects and tutorials - oh I wish October would come sooner! Before this happy moment - how about checking their blogs (links above, under the names!) and following them on social media? I'm sure you will be as excited as we are!

Thank you again for all the love, support and special hugs to those of you who  applied to the Creative Team. Don't give up guys - we hope to hear from you next time!
xxx
Finn and the Crew