Painting the Hallway of Horror to rebuild my life

So I'm still busting my hump trying to get ahead for my family. Doing everything I possibly can when I can. One of my biggest problem is I don't have any way to thank everyone enough for all their support and encouragement ... until now!

Now I am painting a HALLWAY OF HORRORS in my home using the faces of donators and supporters.

What is the Hallway of HORRORS?
It's the main hallway in my home and it's getting a new paint job featuring the horror portraits of my patreon patrons and anyone else that supports my family and my artwork.

How do you get a place on the Hallway of HORRORS?
It's very simple ... make a donation of any amount. Obviously the larger the donation the larger your spot in the hallway. $25 gets you a nice 4"x6" spot on the wall and you'll get a super duper high res picture of your painting.

I'll be trying to livestream the entire painting of the hallway on youtube ... so that should be fun.
https://www.youtube.com/user/byronrempel

What's the money used for?
If you've been following my story for any length of time you already know that I need to pay off my past property taxes to save my home from property tax sale. I need about $4,300 more to get there. After that the money will start going towards a vehicle so we can drive our boys around to their various baseball games and tournaments this summer. We had a vehicle, then it got wrecked by a careless driver, so now we need to get a new to us used vehicle.
We'll also spend the money on food, bills, and art supplies ...most likely in that order.

If you want to read more about me and my story I left the original information below ... thanks so much for reading and thanks  in advance for any help.
Byron



My name is Byron, and I am reluctantly creating this gofundme campaign because I need to raise some money to get my family back on track. There have been a series of terrible accidents and incidents over the last few years that are keeping my family trapped in an endless cycle of just scraping by, and it keeps getting harder and harder to make ends meet. Every time I think I have started to improve things and move forward, life throws another brick at me.

The last brick thrown was on October 6, 2018.

I thought life was starting to go my way. I was generating interest in my artwork by drawing people for free as a halloween and inktober promotion. I was getting dozens of emails a day, people were asking to buy the free portrait drawings, potential money was being made ... and then I broke my hip.

wobble wibble fall crash and PAIN! I felt the crunch of bone breaking and I could no longer move. 

I lay on the cold cement ground for nearly an hour because I didn't want to call an ambulance. I was hoping my mom could take me to the hospital in her van because it costs $500 to use an ambulance.

In the end the ambulance came and the paramedics did their best to put me on a stretcher and take me away. It has been one of the most painful experiences in my life.  I seldom swear in front of my family, but that day I did.

So many thoughts went through my head when I fell, and when I lay on the gurney waiting to see a doctor, and for the first few days after surgery. Even now when I think about the fall I get angry at myself and I can feel tendrils of despair reaching out to me.

But life goes on and I have to as well ... my family needs me and I need them. I know that I am not the only one that is affected by my accident. It has been hard on my kids, and harder still on my wife, who was left alone to manage the house. This last week has been the longest we have been apart in over 22 years. She kept her shit together and rose to the challenge like I have always known her to do. She is my superhero. 



So now I need to make money to pay off my ambulance bill, the outstanding vet bill, and a few other bills. It's time for me to work as hard as i can to get my family back on solid financial ground and move forward out of the darkness. 

The outstanding vet bill is from when our cat Sebastian ate a massive length of string. You can read about it here. https://plus.google.com/u/0/+byronrempel/posts/VD6tCPaqEm5
We need to get that bill paid off because our dog Sam is getting older and might need to see the vet soon.

The only catch is that I no longer have easy access to the internet and that will make raising money a little more difficult, but not impossible.

I'm not a huge fan of asking for donations but I'm not against them either, obviously. I would really like to give something to those that want to help me and I have a huge pile of artwork that I would happily mail out to anyone that makes a donation of $5 or more. The larger the donation, the more I'll ship.


If you would rather I draw you or your family, just let me know.
Anything I can do to help make this a win win for everyone, I want to do that.

I could go on and on about things I want to do, and the plans that Monica and I have started to formulate together, but I'd rather just SHOW everyone. I get to leave the hospital today, then spend the remainder of the weekend with my wife and kids. Monday the real work begins.

I hope you are able to help me a little, I REALLY want to send my art out in the the world. IF you can't donate, no problem. If you can share my story and help spread the word I would really appreciate that too.

There will be more updates often.
Thanks for reading my story,
Byron