Artist Encouragement

For a few months now I have been reading about bear sales dropping off and times being so hard in bear world, I just want to say how much I appreciate people like Valerie Rogers of Bears&Buds, Dave Stack of Bear Pile and the writers of bear magazines; we artists owe you a debt of gratitude.

Things have changed in our world however staying positive is paramount.

Lets keep the love of bears flowing, encourage each other and be grateful we are given so many opportunities to do what we love.

If we take care of each other it would build up our industry and world.

You are talented! You are artists and you make the world a better place because of it.

I am currently working with Artists in other industries and they too have felt like things are getting hard, some are reinventing themselves creating new works; looking forward to new things and better sales.

Kay Lesley Cooper

Cooper Bears

Member since June 2012

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