Thank you very much for the kind words, Mike! I just saw it today ... and it is a good surprise to me too! Mike, as you know I am a big fan of your illustrations, got a compliment from you probably will make me several sleepless nights. : )

Thanks Howard,

I do have a great artwork from graewolf (Mike). I am so lucky.
Here is graewolf's awesome artworks on the internet ... http://www.new-work.com/mrthumb.htm
I wish Mike don't mind I post them here ...

Congratulations! Next thing we'll know, you'll be macking like James Prosek ...

Creationbear ... that may be the most humorous thing you have ever wrote. I thought I was the only one to notice that about his writing. HA ... yuhina ... I agree ... Gray's Sporting Journal will be your next stop. We hope.

Thanks for the kind words. Friends. I think I got a beginner's luck ... hopefully there are some works coming this winter ... : )
Jon ... I might need translator ... @@

Beautiful illustrations. I was excited when I read the editor's column and saw Mark Yuhina listed as the artist featured in their Traver Award contributions, and turned to this section first. Congratulations, and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

Thanks friends ... I really appreciate the encouragements and the "extremely" kind words. I really think I am just have too much beginner's lucky!And Lucky enough to be able to hanging out with friends and family in this great forum. The weather here is cooling down, ... it's about time to paint again ... I will post more works here in the near futurn. Thanks! Mark

i'm with ribs. and mark, it has little to do with luck. i envy your talent. i can only draw stick men and my 8 year old son has been able to draw, write, print, and color better than me for for a few years now. ya, i know there are plenty of good artists that don't get any notoriety, so maybe luck does come in to play. nonetheless, you've got skills! keep up the good work. -mike

I hope that my copy is in my mailbox when I get home from work!