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<title>Eternal by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:39:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/eternal-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/eternal-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This design came out of my early Egyptian collection designs. The rim is a common color scheme and design found in sites we visited in Egypt. I saw this particular edging pattern in Queen Nefertiti's tomb. The name Eternal came to me as I looked at t...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Tut by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:49:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tut-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/tut-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This mandala was inspired from the rows of patterns on the cover of an alabaster box of King Tut's. I loved the detail and the patterns which all lent itself well to the circular form.

Mandala Message:  'From deep within my soul to beyond all that...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Shine On by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-shine-on-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/1-shine-on-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This is a design I had forgotten all about until I flipped through my first mandala sketch book while looking for a design I had yet to do anything with officially. Regrettably I have also forgotten what was motivation for this design. All I know is ...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Lotus Wheel by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:22:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lotus-wheel-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/lotus-wheel-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This design is part of my early Egyptian collection of mandala designs. The lotus or water lily is indigenous to Egypt. It is a symbol of the sun and creation. It is also considered the symbol of Upper Egypt, with the papyrus plant being the symbol o...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Music Hall by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:19:35 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/music-hall-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/music-hall-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>When I looked down at the blank round matboard cut-out, the first thing I saw was the center image, which to me looks like an old-fashioned microphone.  The rest just happened  After I finished coloring it, it looked to me like an old juke box or the...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>On The Beach by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:40:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/on-the-beach-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/on-the-beach-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>To me the beach is one of the most peaceful places to be. It's a place of constant movement tides moving in and out, breezes blowing, and in the water the seaweed and kelp flow with the waves. This mandala started as a doodling it's when it was compl...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Sunset by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:17:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vivian by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/vivian-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/vivian-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>In 1999, while sunbathing on the beach in Jensen Beach, Florida, I thought about my dear friend, Vivian, and the image of this mandala came immediately to mind. I drew the outline right there on the beach. Two years later I was able to finalize it to...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Neural Pathways by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:27:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/neural-pathways-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/neural-pathways-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I created poured-ink 'happenings' painting with orange being the predominant color, it's a color a generally stay away from for some unknown bizarre reason. I love the effect of how the other colors (green, blue, and yellow) bled into the orange,almo...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Cosmic Sundae by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:17:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cosmic-sundae-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/cosmic-sundae-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I started this asymmetry mandala by drawing in the seven circles and then drawing the curved lines to and from them, creating new, odd shapes in the process.  I used my favorite palette of colors: primary (reds, yellows, blues) and secondary (oranges...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Deco by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:10:04 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/deco-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/deco-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Of all my mandalas, this one gave me the most profound insights.  I dedicated this one to my relationship with my dad.  For most of my life we fought and argued over just about everything.  In 2002 I learned two things that helped propel my understan...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Galactic Center by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:38:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/galactic-center-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/galactic-center-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I used coarse beach sand found at my favorite beach in Yachats, Oregon to create this piece.  I dropped shades of blue and purple over the sand onto wet watercolor paper.  I used a stylus to draw a small center circle with lines radiating out from it...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>True Heart by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/true-heart-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/true-heart-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I created this mandala for an engaged couple who wanted a personalized mandala to be placed in with their framed marriage certificate as a keepsake of their wedding day.

Mandala Message:  "I love, honor, and respect all that I am."&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Reflections by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:45:46 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/reflections-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/reflections-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I created this piece using primary colored inks poured over paper towels on wet watercolor paper.  All of the secondary colors, the rays of colors, and the reflected sun just 'happened'.  I used color pencils to create the sun in the sky, enhance the...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Ahna by Maureen Frank</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/ahna-maureen-frank.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/ahna-maureen-frank.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>In 2002 I learned of my creative spirit guide, Ahna.  I created this mandala design while meditating about Ahna.  When I look at this design, I see 12 beings in long hooded robes, with emerald heads holding hands around the circle their feet pointed ...&nbsp;</div>]]></content:encoded>
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