Mike Rooney Workshop May 7th in Jacksonville...

The Council for the Arts is bringing Mike Rooney back to our area for another GREAT workshop! If you have never taken a workshop by Mike you have missed a blessing. The Council absorbs the cost for six slots for the workshop but it is open to 12 artists at $60 each. There are two slots left for the special discount so please Connie at the Council ASAP if you want to get onboard for this special workshop!

Colorful Underpainting in the Cape Cod Style

Plein Aire painting workshop with Mike Rooney

Saturday, May 7, 20118

9:00 am till 4:00 pm

at the Council for the Arts

826 New Bridge Street, across from City Hall

Class size is limited to six students

Workshop fee $20.00

Mike Rooney, artist and popular workshop instructor from Topsail Island will be giving a one day workshop called Colorful Underpainting in the Cape Cod Style on Saturday May 7th from 9am to 4 pm at the Council for the Arts at 826 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville, NC.

In the class Mike will discuss how to see more color and then paint it by underpainting with rich bright colors using his modified version of the techniques taught at the Cape Cod School of Art and used by popular artists Camille Prezwodek, Susan Sarback, Lois Griffel, and Peggy Kroll-Roberts. The Cape technique has a lineage all the way back to Monet and the impressionists who captured the flickering effect of light on subjects. Some have called it a "whole new way of seeing color" and is guaranteed to take your color sense to the next level. Watch the rich warmth glow thru the topcoat in the sunny areas of the painting (and rich cool colors under the shadow areas) as it mimics sunlight. This workshop regularly sells out so don’t wait, register today. Mike Rooney has made instructional painting DVD's for national art supply retailer Jerry’s Artarama and regularly teaches painting classes from Maine to the Florida Keys. He is represented in galleries from Cape Cod to Key West. His daily painting blog is mikerooneystudios.blogspot.com.

Suggested materials list: attached

To register:

Please call the Council for the Arts at (910) 455-9840 –or-

Email jaxarts@topsailnet.net

“This class was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, with funding from the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.”

Equipment needed for plein air work

• Working indoors from photos 
• Capturing light effects 
• work on your own and/or approach galleries with your work after you’ve created your masterpiece
• Simplifying objects- stick figures welcomed
• Working quickly- time waits for no one
• Massing in and values- from blobs to objects
• Color and composition theory, it’s not as boring as it sounds
• Color palette choices- your individuality expressed in pigment
• How to sell your work on your own and/or approach galleries with your work after you’ve created your masterpiece 

Suggested materials list:

• Easel and any supplies needed to paint outside. (i suggest you do a 6x8 outdoor painting outside before the workshop to see if you have everything you'll need)
• A TV tray or portable table to put your stuff on if you don’t have a French easel or pochade kit 
• Pad of 140 lb watercolor paper for exercises 
• Oil painters! If you want to underpaint like I do in addition to your oil gear you will need 5 small tubes of acrylic paint and a small and medium synthetic brush: 
• Acrylic tubes of magenta, white, any yellow, red, and blue  
• Water to wash out acrylics
• Several canvases or supports of your choice (no larger than 11x14). I suggest bringing at least 3-6x8's and 1- 11x14 for the one day workshop
• Paint- at least one each : yellow, red, blue, and white, brushes, rags, and all materials needed to paint

YouTube video link HERE...

You may be a star in Mike Rooney's latest video... check it out to see!

Check out Mike Rooney's post about this video HERE...

YouTube video link HERE...

Free Art Lesson - Mike Rooney - Plein Air Tips

Link... Free Art Lesson - Mike Rooney - Plein Air Tips

Several OOPS! Members enjoy a day with Mike Rooney

Several OOPS members recently enjoyed a one day workshop given by artist and friend, Mike Rooney. Mike taught us the Cape Cod style of painting which is colorful and FULL of light. We went through various exercises, watched him do a plein air demo, and then painted ourselves. The style was very challenging for many of us but it was a breath of fresh air to be taken out of our comfort zones and learn something new. A special thanks to the Council for the Arts for subsidising and organizing this awesome workshop!

Mike Rooney giving plein air demo...

Artists present were:

Bernie Rosage Jr.
Mitchell Morton
Dean Remington
Karen Crenshaw
Kass Patselas
Pat Boni
Ann Lees
Bonnie Rogers
Susan Cheatham
Pete Moffitt
Laine Francis

Barbara Bear Jamison

Mike Rooney Workshops ~ 1 Day in Jacksonville June 16 ~ 3 Days in Wimington 21 -23, 2010

1 Day Plein Air Workshop on the Cape Cod Style with Mike Rooney in Jacksonville ~ Wednesday, June 16, 2010 ~ 9am-4pm ~ Meet at the Council for the Arts building. Simply bring your plein air gear ready to paint!
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If you are interested.... There are only a few spots open for this special one day workshop by Mike Rooney sponsored by the Council for the Arts through the grass roots program. Contact Connie Wenner at the Council to sign up ASAP. 910-455-9840
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3 Day Plein Air Workshop with Mike Rooney in Wilmington ~ June 21-23, 2010
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There is room for 2, maybe 3, more in the workshop with Mike Rooney, June 21 – 23. I am attaching the forms in case the time in June works for the OOPS folks – I hope it does as we have such a fun group so far, and would love to have them. I do not know of another time this summer near here, but there is one in the fall on Bald Head. I don’t think those dates are set yet, but his blog has all the current info with the dates and times of workshops. Thank you for sharing this information!

http://www.mikerooneystudios.blogspot.com/
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If you are interested in this 3 Day Workshop by Mike Rooney contact Barbara Bear Jamison ASAP!
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Barbara Bear Jamison
http://www.bbearjamison.com/

http://bbearjamisonart.blogspot.com/

910-352-0348

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Mike Rooney Workshop ~ May 17-19, 2010 in New Bern

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Plein Air Painting Workshop with Mike Rooney
May 17-19 in New Bern.

This workshop is guaranteed to loosen up your style and transform your art. Learn to paint with a loose, quick and impressionistic style by learning how to capture light effects, simplify objects, working quickly, color and composition theory, and color palate choices. Sign up by May 7, space is limited.

Email for more information info@carolinacreations.com

Sponsored by Carolina Creations,
317 Pollock St, New Bern, NC 28560
252-633-4369
www.carolinacreations.com

Mike Rooney "Light and Shadow" Exhibit @ Vision Gallery

Our long time friend and plein air buddy, Mike Rooney, will be exhibiting new works at Vision Galley June 27th thry July 26th. Drop by Mike's opening reception this Saturday, June 27th from 6-8 PM.

Light and Shadow... a new works show by Mike Rooney

June 27th- July 26th

Vision Gallery- Atlantic Beach, NC

You can visit Vision Gallery at:

407 Atlantic Beach Cswy (physical)

PO Box 2881 (mail)
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512

Or call at: 252-247-5550

Mike Rooney Upcoming Workshops and Demonstrations

Mike Rooney Upcoming Workshops and Demonstrations

Email Mike at rooneystudios@hotmail.com to get more info on any of these workshops!

Pre-registration is required on ALL workshops! Email me to pre-register.

#1... Cape Cod School Underpainting Method

Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, in Morehead City, NC

Saturday March 14th

10 am - 4 pm

$75

This workshop will be a one day class on how to use the "Cape Cod" underpainting technique that i use to start my paintings. this method came originally from Hawthorne and Hensche, and is now used by many contemporary greats like Peggi-Kroll Roberts, Camille Pryzwodek, Susan Sarback, and Lois Griffel. This technique gives an amazing sense of light to your paintings.There will be lots of painting in this oneThis class is not for beginning painters and you must be an intermediate to advanced oil, acrylic, or pastel painter, or a beginner who has taken one of my workshops before.

#2... Free demo's at Jerrys Artarama in Raleigh

Sat. April 4th

1 pm- 4 pm

#3... Understanding Color- An In-Depth Study

Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Morehead, NC

Sat. April 25th

10 am- 4 pm

$75

This Saturday workshop will take the mystery out of color. i'll describe how to mix any color both from a limited palette and from split primary palette etc. i'll show you how to gray a color but still keep it from turning to mud and how to lighten and darken a color to keep it colorful without adding its complement.you'll know all the ins and outs of color mixing after this one.

#4... Free demo's at Jerrys Artarama in Raleigh

Sat. May 2nd

1 pm- 4 pm

#5... Raleigh Workshop at Jerrys Artarama

Sat. May 16th

#6... Shenandoah Workshop

Lexington, Va.

Mon. May 18th- Wed. May 20th

9 am- 4 pm

Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful

In this workshop we'll be learning how to capture the "feel" of the outdoor scene by learning how-to's on composition, color and value. Guaranteed to take the mystery out of painting 'en plein air' !

#7...Morehead Workshop

Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Morehead, NC

Mon. June 1st-Wed. June 3rd

9 am- 4 pm

Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful

In this workshop we'll be learning how to capture the "feel" of the outdoor scene by learning how-to's on composition, color and value. Guaranteed to take the mystery out of painting 'en plein air' !

#8... Morehead Workshop

Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Morehead, NC

Sat. June 6th-Sun. June 7th9 am- 4 pm

Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful

In this weekend workshop we'll be learning how to capture the "feel" of the outdoor scene by learning how-to's on composition, color and value. Guaranteed to take the mystery out of painting 'en plein air' !

#9... Free demo at Jerrys Artarama in Raleigh

Sat. Aug. 1st and Sept. 5th

1 pm- 4 pm

#10... Raleigh Workshop at Jerrys Artarama

Sat. Sept. 19th

#11... Morehead Workshop

Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Morehead, NC

Mon. Oct. 12th-Wed. Oct. 14th

9 am- 4 pm

Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful

In this workshop we'll be learning how to capture the "feel" of the outdoor scene by learning how-to's on composition, color and value. Guaranteed to take the mystery out of painting 'en plein air' !

#12..Morehead Workshop

Carolina Artist Studio Gallery, Morehead, NC

Sat. Oct. 17th-Sun. Oct. 18th

9 am- 4 pm

Plein Air Painting- Loose and ColorfulIn this weekend workshop we'll be learning how to capture the "feel" of the outdoor scene by learning how-to's on composition, color and value. Guaranteed to take the mystery out of painting 'en plein air' !

2 Mike Rooney Workshops coming soon to Morehead City...

Email Mike at rooneystudios@hotmail.com to get more info...

Morehead City - October 27-29
9am-4 pm
Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful
$100 per day or $250 for all three
Must pre-register
Only a few slots left!!

Morehead City - Sat. Nov. 1 thru Sun. Nov. 2nd.
9am-4 pm
Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful
$100 per day or $160 for both
must pre-register

Latest schedule of workshops by artist, Mike Rooney

A note from Mike....

Upcoming Workshops and Demonstrations
Email me at rooneystudios@hotmail.com to get more info or to sign up. Don't procrastinate because the classes fill up quick!

Morehead City- July 22-24
9-4 p.m- Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful
Cost is $250 for all three days or $100 each day if you only want one or two days.
Must pre-register

Morehead City- July 29-
9-4 p.m. Youth Workshop- 15-18 yrs. old
Plein Air Painting-Loose and Colorful
$100
Must pre-register

Shenandoah Workshop- Virginia- August 25-27
Plein Air Painting-Loose and Colorful
$300
must pre-register

ArtSource Workshop-Raleigh, NC in September. date TBA. in conjunction with my show there that month
must pre-register

Morehead City-October 27-29
Plein Air Painting- Loose and Colorful
$100 per day or $250 for all three
Must pre-register

I'll be doing painting demos on Aug. 7th at City Art Gallery- Greenville during the opening reception of my show there that month. come on by!

Hope to see you in class...
Mike

Mike Rooney Plein Air Workshop.. A Review and Critique...

Mike Rooney Plein Air Workshop.. A Review and Critique by Bernie Rosage Jr.
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Mike Rooney giving plein air demo to workshop artists in Jacksonville, NC.
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Many OOPS artists had the privilege of attending a one day plein air workshop by artist, Mike Rooney last Saturday. We had a great time and learned a lot! Mike is a super artist, teacher, and PERSON! I highly recommend one of his workshops...
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The day began with RAIN... no worries though... this gave us time for classroom work where we all made a "C".
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Actually three "C's"... Mike taught us the importance of the "Three C's" that is...

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C= Composition: Mike shared with us many types of compositions and the importance of the Rule of Thirds for focal interest. I think his words were... "You'll have a CRAPPY (another "C") painting if the composition is poor!"

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C= Contrast: Mike shared how contrast and value (tone) are one of the most important elements of a good painting. We did exercises on breaking down a scene into 4 or 5 shapes and blocking in their values correctly. These shapes and block-ins are the building blocks for a good plein air painting to get everything down fast because of the changing light conditions.

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C= Color: Mike made us look at color from some different perspective than many of us have been taught. He wanted us to get away from using complementary colors in shadows to prevent a dull gray look. He showed us ways to get vibrancy and life in our work and we did exercises in class to reinforce this.

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We also learned that we have to know the rules before we can break them... this appealed to the rebel side of me!

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We broke for lunch where the workshop continued for many of us as Mike spoke about approaching galleries while we ate.

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After lunch the rain stopped and we headed to a nearby park (with a shelter just in case) to plein air paint.

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Mike spoke to us about his gear and the paints, brushes, and knives that he uses. He showed us his COOL homemade pochade box that was very practical and portable... (I'm making me one of these little jewels!)...

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Mike found a spot and began giving us the process of "what goes on in his mind" as he begins...

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Here's the scene he chose for his quick demo...

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Mike completed the block-in stage and had us all scatter to find our own settings and paint our block-ins...

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OOPS artists, Stephen Greer and Dean Remington...

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OOPS artist, Karen Crenshaw...

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OOPS artist, Bernie Rosage... painting "Happy Trees"... NOT!

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OOPS artist, Mitchell Morton...

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Mike went around giving everyone personal attention as they completed their block-ins...

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After the block-in stage we all gathered back with Mike to see him finish his painting. He threw a rock in the water (above) to show us how the the impact area denotes the focal point on our paintings where the greatest detail and contrast should be. Just like the water ripples fanning out and losing detail, so should it be in our paintings.

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Dean looking on as Mike finishes his study... BTW... Dean took Mike up on his 100 paintings challenge!

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Mike's finished study from his demo...

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The day comes to an end... we pack our gear... head back to the Council for the Arts for the final leg of our workshop... a critique by Mike on each of our paintings. We learned to cover our paintings and slowly reveal them showing problem areas. This 30 minutes proved to be worth the price alone! I think we all learned to LOOSEN UP!... I know I did!

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The workshop was a HUGE success and Mike is an awesome person, painter, and instructor! My only negative critique is that it wasn't a three day workshop!

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Thanks Mike for a great time and workshop! I know it sounds like I'm trying to be the "Teacher's Pet" but seriously... if the workshop would have STUNK... I would have said so!

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Visit:

Mike's Webpage

Mike's Blog

Mike's Online Video Lessons

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Mike Rooney Quick Lesson Videos on YouTube

Check out these two Quick Lesson videos by artist, Mike Rooney. Mike's DVD on knife painting will be out soon... available through Jerry's Artorama... here's a tid-bit.

Mike Rooney Palette Knives QL


Mike Rooney QL Painting Butter

Mike Rooney Workshop on May 24th... DETAILS and MATERIALS list...

Several of the OOPS members are signed up for the Mike Rooney workshop in Jacksonville on May 24th. The workshop in full but some spots are available at the cost of $50 each payable to Connie at the Council for the Arts.

Cool news... Mike has a plein air instructional DVD coming out soon. We'll keep you posted!

Here are the details for the workshop...

Saturday, May 24, 2008
9:00 am till 5:00 pm
at the Council for the Arts
826 New Bridge Street, across from City Hall

Mike Rooney, will teach an outdoor painting class guaranteed to loosen up your style and transform your art. Learn to paint with a loose, colorful and impressionistic style. There will be a quick demo, indoor instruction (if it rains) and outdoor painting.

*The workshop attendees will meet at the Council Building in the morning (9:00 am) for a few minutes and then head out to paint. Then at the end of the day you meet back here for the last hour for a critique.

Some topics that will be covered...

~Working indoors from photos
~Capturing light effects
~Simplifying objects- stick figures welcomed
~Working quickly- time waits for no one
~Massing in and values- from blobs to objects
~Color and composition theory, it’s not as boring as it sounds
~Color palette choices- your individuality expressed in pigment
~How to sell your work on your own and/or approach galleries with your work after you’ve created your masterpiece


Suggested materials list:

Easel and any supplies needed to paint outside. (i suggest you do a 6x8 outdoor painting outside before the workshop to see if you have everything you'll need)

A TV tray or portable table to put your stuff on if you don’t have a French easel or pochade kit

Pad of 140 lb watercolor paper for exercises

Oil painters! If you want to underpaint like I do in addition to your oil gear you will need 5 small tubes of acrylic paint and a small and medium synthetic brush:
Acrylic tubes of magenta, white, any yellow, red, and blue
Water to wash out acrylics

Several canvases or supports of your choice (no larger than 11x14). I suggest bringing at least 3-6x8's and 1- 11x14 for the one day workshop

Paint- at least one each : yellow, red, blue, and white, brushes, rags, and all materials needed to paint

In case of rain...
Bring a few detailed landscape photos if it rains. Make sure these photos have good light and shadow pattern (stark difference between what's being struck by the light and what’s in shadow)

Click here if you don't know where the Council for the Arts is located...

Kinston Paint Out was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

OOPS members, LtoR: Mitchell Morton, Stephen Greer, Kathi Lenn, Pat Boni, and Bernie Rosage, had an AWESOME time at the 1st Annual Kinston Plein Air Paint Out. The event was sponsored by The Community Council for the Arts in Kinston, NC, and organized by Mary Page Whitley. Artist, Mike Rooney, was the judge for the event. He and Mary Page even painted with the artists throughout the 2 day paint out.



We met at the gazebo in Neuseway Park on Friday at 9:00 am where Mary Page gave us the rules of engagement and a map. Rules were simple... paint within the boundaries on the map and paint as many works as possible. The areas we were to paint in had everything from a park, awesome views of the Neuse River, urban scenes, a Farmers Market, and more. On Saturday we were to turn in our best three for judging by Mike. 15 artists signed up for the paint out.



The event was part Of the Neuse River Fest and there were tons of people and activities going on. Photo above shows spectators enjoying the artwork turned in for the judging on Saturday.
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Approximately 40 works were turned in for judging... With the quality of work, Mike mentioned his task of picking three winners was TOUGH!



OOPS members fared very well in the competition... Stephen took 1st plus an Honorable Mention and Bernie placed third. (Close ups of all the OOPS members paintings in this blog post).



1st, 2nd, and 3rd... with 2 Honorable Mentions...


The winners... (LtoR)... Mike Rooney holding Stephen's Honorable Mention, Bernie (3rd), Stephen (1st), Dodie (2nd), and John (Honorable Mention).
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Every artist attending the event was a winner... the camaraderie, excellent weather, the subject matter, and nice folks of Kinston proved that! We met many talented artists and even hope to plein air paint with with a group near Greenville. Hopefully the two groups can plan their own paint outs similar to this one in the future as well.

After the judging... Mike critiqued 2 paintings per artist... to be quite honest... this 45 minutes was worth the $30 entry fee. Mike shared some great insights about subject matter and the focal point. OOPS and Onslow County are lucky to have him for a workshop next month.

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OOPS members at work...

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Kathi set up near the park where she captured most of her scenes. Hard to believe these paintings are a result of her second time working with watercolors. WOW! We still need to post her work from Saturday.

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Mitchell painted street scenes on Friday and the festival on Saturday....

Stephen painted an urban street scene and a tree on Friday. He painted his award winning Neuse River scene on Saturday...

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(Honorable Mention)

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(1st Place)

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Pat painted this quaint old gas station on Friday. She worked on a street scene also on Friday finishing it up on Saturday. We still need to publish her street scene from Saturday.

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Bernie painted a street scene and an old train station (3rd place winner) on Friday. He painted at the Farmers Market on Saturday...






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(3rd Place)

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All in all... we had a BLAST... and hope to do this again.... SOON!

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We'd love to hear your comments...