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The portrait work continued as it was my basic income as the gallery and show pieces began to sell. Betina Steinke over in Santa Fe, NM warned me that to be an artist you could not have a family, as art was too all consuming. At first panic set in. Then I realized that I would just have to work three times harder than the average bear. She was gracious enough to critic my paintings of landscape, portraits and street scenes as I carried them to Santa Fe for her to review with me.