[Edit: October 3rd, 2009]

Hi guys...

It's been nearly three months now since I sent my initial inquiry to College Board over my missing painting.

And three months later, things haven't changed. My painting is still missing. Every time I call or email to ask if any developments have been made to recover my painting, they send the same reply: that nothing new has happened, and that they'll contact me when something does happen.

At this point, my parents have been telling me to just accept that my painting is gone for good - probably having been sent to some other art student who liked it so much that they decided to keep it. But I feel so upset about this, and seeing as this is DA, I'm sure that you all will understand what I'm feeling. I feel as if a part of me has gone missing, having put so much of my time and my self into that painting.

I feel upset that College Board could have allowed this to happen, could have treated the pieces of art that was submitted to them so callously that this mix-up has taken place. And I feel betrayed by whoever ended up receiving my painting because they kept my art - that even though they are an artist just like me, they didn't think to send it back.

I don't have any hope in the integrity of my fellow art students anymore because of this. How could something like this happen? Maybe it's because I feel so betrayed that I can't just accept that it's gone, like my parents have been telling me. I don't want to give up on getting my painting back - I refuse to give up. But I don't know where I'm supposed to go from here. What else can I do?

I just don't know what I'm supposed to do anymore.

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July 3rd, 2009
I finally got my portfolio to College Board sent back to me this morning from my Studio Art submission. But there's a problem.

They only sent back four of my pieces, when I sent five to them.

I'm not quite sure why only four of my pieces were returned to me, but I'm very upset. If they are purposely keeping it longer for some reason, I would have liked to have some sort of explanation given to me over why they're doing so. After all, this was my favorite painting out of the five that I sent to them.

And if they didn't purposely keep it...

And they sent it on accident to some other student...

Well, I don't even have the words to explain how I'd feel. But I think it would look something like this:

Ugh. Where did my painting go?

So, you may have noticed that I'm uploading a ton of new pictures today.

Sorry if I fill up your inbox too quickly.

- T.

So sorry that I've been so scarce lately on DA. I've mostly been just browsing around, looking for inspiration. In my off time, I haven't been writing as much poetry - it's nearly always spent painting for my AP art class nowadays. But I'm also almost done with my portfolio, after all these months - I'll be sure to upload my finished paintings up here when I'm finished.

Hope everyone's doing well. Miss you all.

- T.