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a Certified Judgement in Federal Court IN my favor!

2/6/2020

⚫️::::YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE::::⚫️

Today infringement is rampant on the Internet facilitated by service providers who provide an almost uncontrolled forum. All artists are susceptible. While the DMCA protects the service providers, in most cases from suit, the perpetrators are not protected.
In 2016 I discovered extensive infringement of my artwork, ‘’Metamorphosis’’ that was committed in England and the United States by Stephen Ormerod. I brought a lawsuit against him for his willful copyright infringement.
I am pleased to announce that the Federal District Court in New York (Docket 18-cv-3020) granted judgment against Ormerod, in my favor for $100,000.00 for his willful and extensive copyright infringement.
A copy of that Judgment is posted here. Ormerod is now serving a prison sentence in HM Prison in Preston, England.
It is my intent to continue to protect my rights in the future.
Thank you
Sheila Wolk
💛💚💗💜💙

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excuse me but You Are Peter Max!!!!~

1/28/2020

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So I was at my corner ''Plant Shed'' Store re-potting my cactus into larger vase and saw ❤️❤️Peter Max sitting in back of Store in the cafe having a cake with some friends and I went up to him and said " excuse me but You Are Peter Max, right? ...and he nodded his head YES..and I reminded him how he met with me when I was 19 years old, alone in NYC with 500 dollars in my pocket, standing in a phone booth, looked up the word 'ARTIST' saw his name and called and needed a job . He said if I had the nerve to call then he had the nerve to say OK... he found my first job for me, and that was 53 years ago!!!!!!!!!💛💚💗💜💙
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Peter Is now older too and has dementia but I stayed and told him that he will always be in my heart where he helped me out in my time of need so long ago.
...He asked me how I did in the Arts and I said at this time in my life, it was rough but very good to me in the end and how I am setting up a foundation to pay it forward when I die to help other artists .

...He smiled, gave me 2 thumbs up and said...GOOD FOR YOU!.....I told him that he mattered so much to me and I was so very lucky to see him 53 years later to say THANK YOU
WAS A GREAT DAY! for the both of us. 💛💚💗💜💙-s.wolk 2020

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I now have an amazon AUTHORS PAGE-YAY

9/5/2019

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How exciting...I now have a wonderful coloring book page in Amazon known as the Sheila Wolk Author Page...come check it out :-)
It has all my new coloring books available there...and yes I will run sales later when closer to the holidays :-)
https://www.amazon.com/author/sheilawolk

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August 25th, 2019

8/25/2019

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my newest book "Fantasy Unleashed" for colorists to have fun and really get creative making exciting backgrounds too📌💛💚💗💜💙
Here is one I colored in with a grungy background and wow did I have fun!!!!
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ASheila+Wolk&s=relevancerank&text=Sheila+Wolk&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
❤️🧡💛💚💙

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MY MERMAID ADULT COLORING BOOKS online now

5/12/2019

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So thrilled to have my Mermaid adult coloring books up with Amazon now!!!
and here is where you can find them...yay!!!!!
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ASheila+Wolk&s=relevancerank&text=Sheila+Wolk&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ASheila+Wolk&s=relevancerank&text=Sheila+Wolk&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

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my new coloring book up in AMAZON!

3/31/2019

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And here is the link where you can find my "FAIRY FANTASY SHEILA WOLK ADULT COLORING BOOK" in Amazon...yay iI am sooo happy!!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733819096?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR3JHc0adQxxUl5ziSJjJnHwaA7acJM-zeyjqzO4G2RvygXvf0ncnIZUnMw

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March 31st, 2019

3/31/2019

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2019 NEW RELEASE NOW- ''The Otherworld" lamp!

Such exciting news that my lamps are finally available in different online stores including ebay ....YAY!!!......☆★☆.•¨•♫♪ ~☆♡☆~
SHEILA WOLK’S "Otherworld" Tabletop Decorative Lamp
📌 Approximate Dimensions: 12.25" x 14.15" x 22.25"
📌Made of high quality composite resin material and Stainless Steel ; Hand painted by our artisans individually
📌Perfect decorative accent for any room, attractive on tabletop décor
📌 Great for gift giving, suitable for any occasions
📌 Light bulb is not included; Max 60 Watt allowed.

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new 2019 SHEILA WOLK COLORING BOOKS!!

12/20/2018

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::::COMING SOON:::::2019 ADULT SHEILA WOLK COLORING BOOKS::::Beautiful contour line drawings BY ME!!! :::: Special treat books of gray scale & newest figurine drawings of my fantasy creatures too! :-) 🥳

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I wont settle for less than the ''best'' for my fans and customers

6/15/2018

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📌Years ago, with a manufacturer of figurines I contracted with, at last minute I asked them to get artists to spray the skin green and hands and feet red..I gave them a drawing with my color corrections.
....They were floored..they insisted it was pretty enough in flesh tones and why would I do that ( they thought I was going nuts..tee hee)
....I told them: "because it's FANTASY, THAT'S WHY!!! and it should sell out fast"

They knew I had final quality control and did what I asked and they LOVED how "LURE" turned out!!
..They sold out in less than a year where it would normally sell out at manufacturers with other artists in 3 to 4 years!

📌❗To this day I am still having hard times with manufacturers on the changes I ask for....BUT I wont settle for less than the ''best'' it can become. I always feel that it has to meet my standards if I were the customer buying the product,,I have good taste and want NO LESS for my fans and customers! here is pretty "LURE" in all her green and red glory ❤

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keep on drawing, keep on learning...

5/18/2018

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‘’The most important thing to me was to know anatomy. If you know that then you can paint and draw anything and everything in realism.
How can a realist artist understand and paint anything with structure, without knowing our own structure (anatomy) first?’’-s.wolk2018
KEEP ON DRAWING !!

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My Journey

5/5/2018

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I have been painting with Soft Pastels and pastel pencils for 48 years in Sports art and Fantasy Art and now own a Publishing and Licensing company, 3 stores, I have products of my paintings from tapestries to puzzles to figurines, and just came out with my book...etc; selling through mass production with contracts throughout the world.
... Was a long road and exciting journey and now that I reflect on my past 70 years, and with no children I hired a law firm and completed a TRUST with a created ''SHEILA WOLK FOUNDATION'' to commence upon my death to help other artists in need...paying it forward.
... Now I organize my life and teach my executor how to keep my products and art going after my death as if I am teaching them from my grave..and when I tell them that we all laugh together
... and life goes on and all I wanted from when I was a little girl in the arts, was to be remembered
....so QUALITY was always KEY...and working hard was the KEY TURNER. -s.wolk 2018

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My infringed ART of "Metamorphosis"

3/28/2018

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:::ATTENTION TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO ARE ARTISTS AND/OR STORES:::
I am pleased that after I made ACCO Corporation and Derwent Pencil Company aware of their infringement of my art, Metamorphosis, we have come to a successful understanding. Below is their apology for their infringement.

To my dear artist friends in Internet: Please make sure you copyright all your successful pieces of artworks and also watermark your images before you put them in internet.

To customers now and in future: Please make sure you check out the artists claim as being the creator by asking for their copyright to that said image.

::::Statement by Derwent and ACCO Brands Corporation::::
For generations, artists around the world have chosen Derwent for their art materials. Artists are our customers and collaborators, and it is our passion to support artists worldwide. That is why we regret that we unwittingly used an image in our marketing materials that an artist believes infringed the copyright in her own work.

In 2017, the artist Sheila Wolk notified Derwent and its parent company ACCO Brands Corporation for the first time that she believed that an image used by Derwent in its marketing materials copied her pre-existing work, Metamorphosis.
The image used by Derwent had been commissioned by Derwent in 2005 to demonstrate the capabilities of Derwent’s Graphitint pencils.

The image was created by Stephen Ormerod, an independent contractor not employed by Derwent. In 2017, after Derwent posted Mr. Ormerod’s image on its Facebook page, Ms. Wolk pointed out similarities between Metamorphosis and Mr. Ormerod’s image, as well as a 2005 online statement by Mr. Ormerod that he had been inspired by Metamorphosis.

Derwent was not previously aware of Metamorphosis or Mr. Ormerod’s 2005 statement. Indeed, after Derwent was contacted by Ms. Wolk in 2017, Derwent quickly removed the work from its Facebook page and endeavored to have it removed from other locations that were not in its control. Nonetheless, we understand that Ms. Wolk was offended by Derwent’s use of this work.

Although it was unintentional, we sincerely regret and apologize to Ms. Wolk for any negative impact that Derwent’s actions may have had on her.
Derwent is committed to supporting artists at every stage of the creative journey and we respect the intellectual property rights of others.

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Blinded but now I see...MY GATEKEEPERS STORY

1/1/2018

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"GATEKEEPER" © SHEILA WOLK 1999/2000

Preparing for this painting I took hundreds of photographs of pink roses and watched as they bloomed and died everyday. I needed more inspiration as to the heart of the rose and life, but during this period I had to spray six paintings to get them out of my way since my paintings range from four to six feet.

I wear a professional gas mask to do the spraying but after the job was done I realized that I forgot to put the filters on the mask, I passed out. I didn’t feel well after I awoke so I went to sleep and the next morning I had no vision or hearing, I thought I was dead until I touched my arm and then I realized I was in severe trouble. Being rushed to hospital I was told that I had severe toxic poisoning and it would take a long recuperation. Two years of no sight and hearing left me frightened and desperate. Along with Prednisone and the swelling of the flesh, the realization came in that I was a useless person.

I remember standing in front of the Gatekeeper sketch staring at it in vain, nothing but black, but I also found myself pondering survival and how I could translate this into the Gatekeeper if my sight and hearing ever came back.

I turned on my 1500 watts of light everyday and prayed to see the light and one day I saw it, like a small pin dot, a speck that gave me hope. This procedure went on for months, approximately five minutes, which grew to ten then fifteen, ohhh happiness. Each minute that I could see a little I would paint a rose, or a petal, a vine or leaf. I felt the importance of patience and persistence. I realized that prayers could be heard; I realized that pain could yield joy. I realized that my impairment was replaced with wisdom, the lesson that I can be strong at my weakest moments

The Gatekeeper was my savior; the dripping roses, which I added later, were my prayers being answered by my angels. By the time the painting was completed, my vision was restored and my hearing (outside of a small permanent loss) was back. I learned at that point that each painting had to have great meaning and importance, no matter how long it takes.

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Owning Death...I wrote this when I had to let go and say good bye.

12/12/2017

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ABOUT "METAMORPHOSIS" WHEN IT WAS A WORK IN PROGRESS

10/21/2017

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"METAMORPHOSIS" © SHEILA WOLK 1997
one of the paintings that I did, that made me cry with happiness and serenity while I worked on it, and when completed...she is very special to me.

…you should have seen this painting when I first started it, she had whales, sharks, squid, dolphins, and all sea creatures coming out of her hair.... it got so top heavy, after working on it 8 months I wiped it all out and stuck in the red fish ( easy to correct the painting while working on it because all my art is in soft pastel dust and with a paper towel I can remove what ever I want and work over it)
...BANG!!!! I knew where to go after that…the painting told me what to do. In total this concept and painting took 2 years to create and accomplish

“METAMORPHOSIS” POEM © SHEILA WOLK 2003

IT IS ELIMINATION WHICH MAKES COMPLETION
WHEN YOU CAN SEPARATE YOUR PIECES TO SEE THE ALL
AND THEN RE-UNITE TO BE IN HARMONY;
ONLY THEN CAN YOU FEEL WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT

THE MORE SEPERATIONS THERE ARE,
THE MORE THE COMPLETION PURIFIES

FOR WHEN WE ARE ASLEEP ~ WE ARE TRULY AWAKE
THE BODY IS RESTING ITS DECEPTION AND THE REAL IS.

Painting1997© Sheila Wolk~poetry2003© Sheila Wolk

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TAO vs REVELATION~SOUL SISTERS...lol

10/19/2017

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"TAO OF THE GODDESS" painting was created through a request from Penquin Book Publishers in 1998. One of their authors loved my "REVELATION" painting and requested something similar but changed into a goddess with no wings and no nudity.

...I thought about this request and took the commission job ,,,but then they did not want Magenta colors in artwork, the author was against that color..so I came up with this painting of the Goddess draped in white with colorful entangled leaves forming the circle of life with just a few butterflies and they were over the moon happy!

...I got the cover of this sweet book and kept the painting ( sold it to a well known collector later) and then Pacific and I came out with the figurine.

...So I am putting this here for people to know the similarities yet the differences between the two paintings and figurines....thank you 🌺 🌻 🌹 🍀🌷

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My symbolism gets overlooked, sometimes...

9/16/2017

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.....Why did I use a wooden figure in my prayer image for Memorial Day? Because it is the wooden coffin that brings back the dead, the final human house that contains its owner, the fallen unknown soldier of war!

...it encases a small part of that human body, or the unoccupied space in that coffin, it encases the prayer and remembrance that they are not forgotten and it encases a prayer of gratitude -s.wolk

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Choices...

9/16/2017

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One thing I learned in my 68 years of life is:
Be careful over choices...
when given 2 there are always 3!
....Third one is to decline the offer of choice!

...A man that came up to me in a coffee shop and he asked me if I had to choose, which would I rather lose, SIGHT OR HEARING??
...I thought for a while and said since I am an artist; I would sacrifice the hearing because I would need sight for painting.
...Later that year I got toxic poisoning and lost my sight and hearing for almost 2 years. I kept recalling that man ( who I never saw before or since) asking me about those choices which led me to ask my doctors: with the loss of sight, why did I lose my hearing???
....Doctors answer: all connected through your sinus canal, one will affect the other so either one you choose, it may be that the other will be affected anyway!

...If I could roll back the hands of time, my answer would have been, sorry sir, I decline the choice, I would rather not lose either! -s.wolk 2016

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Growing Older!...Maybe wiser?

9/14/2017

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...Sometimes mental adjustments don't coincide with the physical adjustments...it seems that our minds and bodies fight each other and we, the flesh, are the all-encompassing audience.
...Hard to be what we don't want or choose to be, through accident or bad health.
...I sometimes feel like ripping out of the human prison, just to be the ME again.... but that's impossible. It's a crime that fond memories of youth and wellness become our whips of punishment and torture when we are older.
...But now, being older we have the gift of wisdom...so we can grab our shadows of youth and walk ourselves down a new path. We must create a different yet mature journey to take ourselves on.
It may not be familiar, but it can still be a great adventure.-Sheila Wolk

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a gift to me from a fairy...She said it was bathed in moon rain

9/14/2017

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"...a fairy handed me these flowers one night;
She said it was bathed in moon rain
and nourished by star beams
..it is a fairies "tear-catcher" -s.wolk 1999

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WHAT IS TRUTH?

9/8/2017

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Question: does anyone really want to speak the truth?
Or do we leave ourselves so vulnerable that we result in writing truth on paper and tucking it away so no one can see it?
Do you really want truth revealed?
Is truth so sacred that it must be hidden?

Does our own Truth, destroy the self, when truth becomes too hard to bear?

QUESTION: why can't we believe truth when it is gifted to us?
.... And if we do accept truth at that every moment, should we settle on that, that is the only truth?
.... Or will the next moment of the Earth's axis turn, turn even that truth around so another truth can take its place the next minute, or hour?

QUESTION: How truthful is truth?

I guess my ANSWER would be, truth is at that very moment of reflection as to what lead you to that conclusion, BUT, it can change if any event happens, even a blink of an eye...so this leads me to this...

QUESTION: HOW MUCH FAITH DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR OWN TRUTH?? -s.wolk2015

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MY GIFT

9/8/2017

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...I received one gift for Christmas...ONE.

...It was a box filled with hope,
filled with a promise of another clean unused day.
...I received memories of what I went through this past year and received the opportunity to say “thank you” that I am still alive to live another day.
...I received prayers packed in my box, prayers from friends of healing and encouragement to keep going and survive.
...I unpacked love from my friends; I don’t know how it all fit in there!
...I received ‘reminders’ to fill the box in the new coming year with goodness and gratefulness and beauty.
...I will never put my gift away; I will use it every day…..
...This is the best gift I have ever received and I hope yours were just as good!©Sheila Wolk

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LEAVE ME SOME WORDS

9/8/2017

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I bought a little book decades ago and wrote this on the first page and presented it to my Mother on her Birthday.

...I asked her to occasionally write some words of wisdom in it and later when filled to give it back to me on one of my birthdays...WHY?

...so when she is gone (passed away), I could open it and see her writing to me and speak to me, and I would feel her around me.....and so she did.

...It was not totally filled when she passed away, but the pages she did write in (just for me) has been lasting me my lifetime while I am alive. She even glued in a few of her favorite photo's inside

I have thousands of books here in my Library and love them all...but this little book is my fave

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“LEAVE ME SOME WORDS”

Enter my page and leave me some words
So my world will be easier to bare
Engrave beauty and love on a page or two
Or a mystic Novella ~ if you dare

I will caress and protect
Your thoughts in my land
For I know they were born
From your heart, through your hand

Your dreams and your journeys
Whether lived or pretend
Are immortalized on my page
By your pen-©Sheila Wolk

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And here is the link where you can find my "FAIRY FANTASY SHEILA WOLK ADULT COLORING BOOK" in Amazon...yay iI am sooo happy!!​https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733819096?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR3JHc0adQxxUl5ziSJjJnHwaA7acJM-zeyjqzO4G2RvygXvf0ncnIZUnMw

2019 NEW RELEASE NOW- ''The Otherworld" lamp!

::::COMING SOON:::::2019 ADULT SHEILA WOLK COLORING BOOKS::::Beautiful contour line drawings BY ME!!! :::: Special treat books of gray scale & newest figurine drawings of my fantasy creatures too! :-) 🥳

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And here is the link where you can find my "FAIRY FANTASY SHEILA WOLK ADULT COLORING BOOK" in Amazon...yay iI am sooo happy!!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1733819096?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR3JHc0adQxxUl5ziSJjJnHwaA7acJM-zeyjqzO4G2RvygXvf0ncnIZUnMw