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<title>New Artwork by Charlotte Backman</title>
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<title>Truth Beauty Love Freedom by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:43:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-truth-beauty-love-freedom-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/1-truth-beauty-love-freedom-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Everything is vibration.  This mandala combines the vibratory pattern of the lotus, representing the development of the psyche, with words of higher states of consciousness.  The words are kindness, joy, wisdom, peace, presence, unity, courage, trust...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Tranquil Buddha by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:03:47 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tranquil-buddha-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/tranquil-buddha-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This Buddha meditates surrounded by a lotus of soothing colors.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Live Laugh Love by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:02:56 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/live-laugh-love-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/live-laugh-love-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This mandala features Hotei, the Japanese god of good fortune and abundance.  It is also known as the Laughing Buddha.  Set against this peaceful background of a bamboo forest, he is embracing and enjoying life in every way.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Rebirth by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:41:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/rebirth-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/rebirth-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Lighthearted and uplifting, this mandala represents new beginnings and unfolding opportunities.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>She Opens by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:47:50 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://fineartamerica.com/featured/she-opens-charlotte-backman.html</link>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/she-opens-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/she-opens-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Pulsing and radiating, this kaleidoscopic mandala represents the transformative power of opening one's heart wider and wider.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dolphin Joy Ii by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:53:46 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dolphin-joy-ii-charlotte-backman.html</link>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dolphin-joy-ii-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/dolphin-joy-ii-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I am filled with an incredible sense of joy when I'm out on the ocean and the dolphins come around. This painting is an expression of that playful joy. &nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Dolphin Joy by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:32:11 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dolphin-joy-charlotte-backman.html</link>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dolphin-joy-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/dolphin-joy-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Seeing dolphins while sailing off the California coast where I live, I am always filled with indescribably joy.  This light-hearted piece attempts to capture that feeling.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Muse's Code by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-muses-code-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/the-muses-code-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I call this The Muse's Code because I like to think that if I could just decipher the message, I could unlock the meaning of the universe.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Translucent Sri Yantra by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:23:27 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://fineartamerica.com/featured/translucent-sri-yantra-charlotte-backman.html</link>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/translucent-sri-yantra-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/translucent-sri-yantra-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>The Sri Yantra is a sacred symbol of ancient Vedic teachings representing the beginning of physical reality/duality.  The interlocking triangles represent the male and female archetypes, or polarities.  &nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Illumination by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:38:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Blue Butterfly by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:32:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monarch Mandala by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/monarch-mandala-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/monarch-mandala-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Mandala inspired by the beauty of a butterfly&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Crystalline Depths by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:49:28 GMT</pubDate>
<link>http://fineartamerica.com/featured/crystalline-depths-charlotte-backman.html</link>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/crystalline-depths-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/crystalline-depths-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>A geometric mandala that keeps revealing dimension after dimension.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Blue Dream Lotus by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:25:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-dream-lotus-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/blue-dream-lotus-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This blue lotus seems to be emerging from a watery dream.  It is painted wtih acrylics on a round, convex canvas and embellished with Swarovski crystals.&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Crystal Blue Persuasion by Charlotte Backman</title>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:51:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/crystal-blue-persuasion-charlotte-backman.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/crystal-blue-persuasion-charlotte-backman.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Yes, this is a design from a lace doily - isn't it beautiful '!  On the original painting, the entire lace design is highlighted in clear dimensional paint which glows in the dark.   There is a small blue crystal in the middle.  &nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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