Sean O'Skea, Associate Professor of Design, DOPA 
Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 97520
September 10, 2009
 
Dear Sean,
 
I would like to Thank You for a wonderful experience at Cobalt Studios in White Lake, NY.  I knew for years that Cobalt Studios was the “place to go” to learn how to paint scenery.  This was reinforced by my experience this past summer during your Teachers Training Session.
 
I honestly didn’t know what to expect.  I knew that we would have expectations, some perhaps high, placed on us and that we would be working very hard.  I had no idea that I would be taken under a teacher’s wing, your wing specifically Sean, and be guided and trained and pushed and encouraged to attain the best skills I could in scene painting.  I also didn’t expect to have so much fun painting!  Scene painting IS hard work.  Spending 9 hours a day should have exhausted me, but every evening I found myself entertained in discussions and debates with the other students and teachers and learning even more. 
 
My experience at Cobalt Studios not only taught me many scene painting skills, but has increased my desire to work harder, make my productions better, piqued my curiosity in experimenting and encouraged me to expand my skills.
 
Thank you again for a very valuable experience.  I’ve come away not only with skills, but confidence and encouragement and also a role model in you.  I hope to maintain contact as a resource for all my future theater work because I value your opinion, your ability to share and your talent to teach.
Sincerely -- Amy Langenecker

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