It seems that whenever I write a journal entry here, I've been absent for a long while. Once again I have been laid up and unable to work because of my health. All of my life I have had eczema, and treated it with steroid creams, and last August I discovered that the creams are the problem, not the solution. As a result I have been practically bed bound for the past eight months due to topical steroid withdrawal. Without going into too many details (Deviant Art isn't really the place for this type of discussion) steroid withdrawal is debilitating and scary, and it's one of the hardest things I've ever done.
If you suffer with eczema and use topical steroid creams, I strongly advise you to google 'Red Skin Syndrome', ITSAN, and topical steroid addiction. Or you can drop me a note if you have any further questions about it.

On to brighter things. I have been feeling a lot better lately, and while I'm not through the process of withdrawal I am more able to work, as long as I pace myself. I have a few new masks to go in my gallery and will update here over the next couple of days.
In my absence I had gathered over seven thousand messages (eep!) so please forgive me for not replying to them all!
I do appreciate all of your feedback and faves, so here's a BIG THANK YOU to everyone who has commented on my work over the last eight months.