Talk:Hal Empie

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Hi There,

My name is Ann Groves, and I am happy to be a new member of this community. I am the daughter of the artist Hal Empie, and clearly the author of this entry. I want to be forthcoming about my relationship to the subject, and express my reasons for writing the article on the artist.

I have been representing the artist Hal Empie for 42 years, the director of his gallery for 30. I am the executor of his estate, and I am in oversight of all Hal Empie copyrights. No copyrights to original works have ever been sold in the 90 years Hal Empie paintings have been for sale. Only the originals themselves.

With that, I am the original author of Hal Empie biographies that have been used by museums, historical foundations and across many publications. The bio I have written here is similar in wording and structure to a bio I wrote that I own copyright to used by The Tubac Center For The Arts. I want to be clear that I own that copyright and both biographies are my words.

Hal Empie and his body of work are of national importance (archived at The Smithsonian), a cornerstone of the American Southwest, and an important portion of Arizona history. His book's forward was written by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the day of his passing drew national mention in the paper USA Today. My father or not, he absolutely deserves entry here on your pages.

I hope to express a fair and balanced intention, and that you see my removal of adjective, and my attention to the many available references as equitable and respectful of your community's purpose. I look forward to your feedback.

Kind Regards, Theartistsdaughter (talk) 03:39, 4 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Your forthright disclosure is appreciated. I've been to your store and am a big fan of his work. This article was on my "to do list" and I'm glad you created the article on this very worthy artist. I'll peruse it and see if I can be of any help. Coretheapple (talk) 15:32, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One suggestion - I see the article has no illustrations, not of the artist or of his work. I think it would help a lot if you could upload photographs of the artist and his work, though doing so would require releasing them to the public domain per Wikipedia copyright policy. The article really suffers from lack of images. Coretheapple (talk) 15:34, 22 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]