Dead Thread Do Not Use Image Promotion # 9 - 1 Per Day Reading & Following Rules Mandatory

Greeting # 9.....I know you are going to be soooooooooo Fine!!!


Here's mine....giddy up!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-ride-barbara-chichester.html

Hello #9 (my lucky number, maybe the sales will finally come my way in this thread)
I have completed #8 and am reposting my link in case anybody forgets to finish 8.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-progression-james-aiken.html

I hear ya James!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/anza-borrego-desert-church-douglas-moorezart.html

caught up!

Have a great weekend everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/field-treasures-kandy-hurley.html

Have a great weekend everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/field-treasures-kandy-hurley.html

Almost messed up and forgot about #9 Lol Now I'm caught up :)

Made it back, here is my post for tomorrow :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/troubled-seas-amy-denson.html

@Robyn - thank you so much for your help. Good luck with your new little guy.

Here is my image for Saturday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-vierge-noire-de-paris-maya-telford.html

for some reason, my link isn't working - here it is again

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-vierge-noire-de-paris-maya-telford.html

Enchanted everyone!!!

Caught up and moved on over to #9!

Could use a sale too, James! I hereby dub this the sale thread! Now let the sales begin!!

In the meantime, here's my Friday submission
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dirt-road-way-truth-life-john-14-robyn-stacey.html

Will be traveling to visit family this weekend :)) Have a great one everyone! Friday's post:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-little-pink-floral-by-jean-okeeffe-jean-okeeffe.html

I hereby double down on your dub Robyn! The Sales Thread! Yippee...may the Sales be with you all!!! the sales fairy forgot which house I live in I think...haven't had a visit for a while now... so....I'M DUE and so are You! :)

Enchanted everyone! Here is mine for today:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/southwest-gate-wreath-barbara-chichester.html

I'm living in the southwest...what do you expect???? LOL

Happy Saturday all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/new-life-deena-stoddard.html

Another from my still life series using natural light and yes that sales fairy should visit again:)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/apples-and-grapes-kandy-hurley.html

Happy weekend, everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/first-palette-mark-mckinney.html

Good Saturday morning all! I've gone back my 24 hours. A couple of you I had to go into your gallery for another one to promote, since I'd done the ones you had posted already. I've got 15 art boards now as well as the others, so I will often pin you to more than one. I always like/fave and promote on at least one SM platform. I'm pretty sure that I didn't miss anybody, but if you think that I did...let me know.

Don't know how long I will be able to be daily...will miss at least one day next week because of flights.

A joy to see all your work again! Here's mine (yes...I am still lost in the desert!)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lost-dutchman-companion-lee-craig.html

Caught up with everybody. And here is my posting for today.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-morning-at-the-lake-sabine-edrissi.html

I almost forgot to post today. My head is in an overwhelming creative place - happens sometimes - makes the technicalities of posting and listing shoved way back in my mind. Re-posting a fave again. I'm really working on expanding my subject matter. That's one thing you all have really taught me - even at 63 I can still grow and expand. Hopefully one day it will mean I actually sell a print on FAA!




A re-posting…

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/leaf-matter-maureen-tillman.html

All caught up...here is my post for tomorrow :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/polo-amy-denson.html

Kandy and Mark - you should open up a restaurant together lol

here is my post for Sunday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-divine-mother-maya-telford.html

Better late than never!

Here's my Saturday...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/contemplation-robyn-stacey.html?newartwork=true

Thanks Everybody - Here's Sunday for me...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-birdhouse-frank-bright.html

Another repost for Sunday …..http://fineartamerica.com/featured/where-freedom-is-a-dream-maureen-tillman.html

Hi everyone.. lovely work.

Sunday post:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/perplexity-jane-see.html

Hallo Everybody! Seems like most of us are getting ready for Christmas. Caught up again so far and will return later.

Happy Sunday all! Hope everyone's had a great weekend...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/out-to-pasture-deena-stoddard.html

Greeting Group, nice to see the momentum picking back up....you've been a bunch of slackers! LOL not really just kidding!

Enchanted....mine for the day

Help me promote this...thanks you! Warning ....it's electrifying!!!!!!! :) Have a wonderful rest of your weekend, will be back later....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/high-voltage-barbara-chichester.html

Lee, already tweeted, so did g+ too

All caught up to here, Enchanted!

See ya later!

Thanks Barbara! And I can only dream about being brave enough to get an image like yours today!!
Jane...you missed me yesterday...know you didn't mean too...not used to seeing me here for a while!
All caught up!
Mine for Sunday that could use some love...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/south-rim-rock-lee-craig.html

Lee, I do remember commented and shared...except missed the comment button! Sorted. Nice work!

Caught up thru #8 and #9 Amazing walk thru the Art Gallery as always!

posting mine from #8 again,as it was the last post in #8, and was easily overlooked.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/young-moose-steven-reed.html

and here's mine for Sunday, everyone have a great rest of the weekend!

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/upper-isabelle-falls-steven-reed.html

Caught up again. Where are you all???? Ok, here is my posting for Monday, as it is already Sunday evening here. I was playing around in Lightroom and came up with this creation.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/floating-beauty-sabine-edrissi.html

Lovely work and welcome back Lee!
Just voting commenting and sharing today I will post tomorrow…Had a bit too much celebrating last night:)

caught up to here

Jane Stumble won't let me post from FAA anymore today and I don't have Pinerest, just G+ so I will have to get you when Stumble will let me post.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/california-mountain-walk-douglas-moorezart.html

Enchanted....see ya in a bit!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/four-cherries-mark-mckinney.html

paws4critters

Nice Announcement! NEW Cover artist from THIS group! http://facebook.com/artists2c

The Christmas Fairy Came!

http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=c9181c940b365ae05c942e100538d744

http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=0084495e3c062e04494721028accc30e

http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=0a1728b9d7069144b90473b4d1648ebe

Mark here...

Congrats Doug! Tell me your secret, besides great art that is :)

Here is my effort for tomorrow http://fineartamerica.com/featured/run-amy-denson.html

all caught up - here is my piece for Monday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/magdalene-of-the-eightfold-path-maya-telford.html

Congrats James on your feature....wow, now you are presenting the whole gallery in the link, very nice Douglas....

Congratulations on your Sales Douglas...well deserved!!!

check back later....

Enchanted!

Douglas, CONGRATULATION!! ...................WOW!

Caught up! I joined the Pinterest generation, and set up a few boards, still learning of course. http://www.pinterest.com/anewdawnphoto/

so now I an promote on twitter, facebook, G+, Stumble, pinterest,

@Congrats on the sales Douglas! Way to go!
@Congrats James on the feature, you have such amazing work, and thanks again to Douglas for his efforts for all of us!

mine for Sunday,

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cinderellas-castle-steven-reed.html

Hi Everyone ! Here is my Sunday........

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-art-of-nature-irfan-gillani.html

Congratulation Douglas on all 3 great work !

@Steven... following ya!

Congrats on the sales, y'all! I could use some in my little corner of the world! :)

As I was sitting in church this morning, I was staring at the Crucifix behind the altar when this idea popped into my head. Yes, God still talks to us; so, I listened. When I had a moment this afternoon, I put it together.

This image is based on a photograph I took a couple years ago.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-bread-of-life-robyn-stacey.html?newartwork=true

Thanks Everyone...

@Douglas - Congratulations !!

Here's Mine for Monday...

Digital Art seems to be growing stronger for me, but I did actually paint the background on this piece as a textured canvas in acrylic, which I then scanned and made part of this image....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/jazz-pianist-frank-bright.html

Holy cow Douglas! THREE prints! Prints! You must have tired the sales fairy out cuz she didn't stop by me - I'm still waiting to sell one print! And when I do you will all hear me scream! You also did a great job presenting Jamie!




Mondays …by the way it's a little bit naughty!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/black-lace-maureen-tillman.html

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Welcome Irfan to the group, make sure you have gone back 48 hours (so you may have to go back to Discussion 8, as this one just started)... as a newbie to comment on and promote each member with at least one social media button per posting prior to your post on the thread...also, you must make sure to indicate which social media you have promoted on in your comment. If you haven't done that, then re read the rules to participate above and make sure you do....we strictly enforce the rules on this thread.

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@Group, remember to self monitor as well.

Following you Steven!

"Enchanted"

mine for Monday

Profiling the Frenchie in Yellow.... :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/profiling-the-frenchie-in-yellow-barbara-chichester.html

All caught up and heading out to the South Rim of the Canyon today...brrrr!

Congrats to all with sales!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/apache-trail-oasis-lee-craig.html

All caught up from my post on Friday. Great work everyone.
@Lee - have fun and be careful at the edge. Waiting anxiously to see your images.
@Douglas - Congratulations on the sales. Very well deserved.
@ALL - bring on the sales!

Here is my contribution for today. Dipping into my portfolio a little as I haven't got any new work to share right now.
Powder day

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/steel-flowers-james-aiken.html

Congratulations to Douglas and James …Well deserved


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tigress-one-kandy-hurley.html

Caught up

Enchanted...check in later!

Happy Monday all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-dahlia-deena-stoddard.html

Enchanted again!

Good Morning All! Beautiful artwork as usual. Congratulations Douglas to your sales.

Here is my posting for today. I was playing around again with selective color. Will see what I try tomorrow .

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/double-pink-sabine-edrissi.html

Good Evining every body

My painting for today.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-noria-of-hama-layla-munla.html

Thanks to all for your supportive comments!! Appreciate it!

Trying a new thing, also posting work on my new blog. IT would be awesome if some of you would FOLLOW the blog! It gets lonely talking into space!!

BLOG: http://moorezart.wordpress.com/

TODAYS POST LINK: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tree-of-inspiration-determination-and-success-douglas-moorezart.html

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Hi Layla and welcome to the group....the instructions for participation are at the top of this page, please read them and follow the rules....we strictly enforce them here....you must go back 48 hours, to the 14th and comment and promote on one of the social media networks (which ever tabs are active for the individual) on each and every post prior to your post on this thread....so you back click to the first post on the 14th and work your way down....ALSO, remember, you must indicate which social media network you promoted the artist's work in, i.e. stumble, g+ etc, in the comments you leave for them.....these are the requirements...we do a lot of cross promoting in here...we are all very active in social networking...appreciate your cooperation and look forward to your work and promoting it as well!
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Enchanted! Will check in later....Douglas loving your texturing! Great job...Sabine your color is perfect for that piece!

LOL, I have to laugh at myself how uncommitted to the group. Yes, it's been a busy week to get ready for early morning class from 8am - 4:30 after months of staying late. I just posted 5 new photos in my profile page. I missed some comments in Discussion #8 and think have to start it all over again. Marker - Life IS GOOD

Here is one of my newest post

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sun-kissed-delights-lingfai-leung.html

Douglas and other new bloggers. If you add site meter to your blog you can track where your readers are coming from and much more. It is rather exciting to see so many countries represented - I used to try to keep track but stopped around 50. I even once came across my blog in Russian online. If you post at least twice a month on your blog you will see readers grow. Sitemeter will tell you how many page views you get too and more.

http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=home

As to the above site meter is free.

All caught up...here is my post for tomorrow...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/storm-a-coming-amy-denson.html

Thanks Maureen! I will try this. I don't know if you know but Wordpress has the site meter built in although its format is different than yours. Yours looks pretty cool! Again thanks!!

@ Layla...welcome! I stated Pinterest on your painting before I saw that it wasn't enabled, so I stumbled it instead.

I made it back from the "edge" (with around 16 gb of images) and am all caught up here!
Congrats to all with sales and good news.

dingfoddy (to all who have recently joined, that is my marker) :)

caught up! Amazing work as always!

Lee, can't wait to see some images of the edge!
@Layla, Welcome!

Still figuring out Pinterest, so when I pin images, and I post, I have the boxes checked for posting also on Facebook and twitter, so I figuring that when I pin, I'm actually promoting in three areas? I hope that's the case, and I hope it's working.

mine for today, a bird with some attitude

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/thats-mr-pelican-to-you-steven-reed.html

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Congrats to all who had sales and welcome to all the new members.

Thought y'all might like to see this http://www.melaniestatnickart.com/#!featured-artist/c1f13

and here is my image for Tuesday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-merope-maya-telford.html

sorry - but the link didn't come out in its entirety above - when it opens up you need to click on featured artist - just blowing my own horn

Thanks Everybody -

I wasn't sure I had anything new and so I pulled up an older post that I thought could use some improvement and sure enough, I think I did just that.... I am now much more excited about this piece...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/butterfly-in-color-frank-bright.html

Nice feature Maya! Congrats on that!



I am trying to list some work that's been piling up before I start to tackle some new directions like the old rusty truck earlier. Farm animals are on my list too! Excited to try some different directions. This one is a few months old.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/green-water-red-sky-maureen-tillman.html

Here's one of my recent textured images...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/old-rugged-cross-robyn-stacey.html

paws4critters

Fixing Maya's link for her image of the day....And congrats Maya!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/3-merope-maya-telford.html

Today posting
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/reflection-jane-see.html

Enchanted everyone...great work!

Lee you are going to have too much fun with all your new images.... I love when that happens! :) Can't wait to see your work!

Frank your digital and art combo are huge winners in my book...great stuff!

Ling Fai, your florals are breathtaking lately...good work.

Amy, you are really coming up with some interesting ways to produce and create...great work too!

Okay...now this is a little different for me, but when I saw it in the parking lot...I was so glad I had my camera....I thought it was a "Wow" for sure! here it is....presenting... "Vette Vortex"! My photography and Digi Art...just mixin it up for you! :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/vette-vortex-barbara-chichester.html

Fixing Maya's link

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/3-merope-maya-telford.html#comment11159416

Congrats on the feature Maya! Wonderful and interesting interview...feel like I know you a bit better now! Thanks for sharing!

Steven...Love the "bird"!

Barbara...I chose "The Fallen" since I had already promoted Vette.

Mine that I would like promoted today...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/arizona-tracks-lee-craig.html

Enjoyed my morning art again today.

@Lee - Glad you made it back from the edge. Can't wait to see some of the images you captured.
@Maya - Congratulations on the feature.

Still digging into my portfolio, finding images that could use some promotion. Here is another for your pleasure, I hope.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fdny-alarm-james-aiken.html

Happy Tuesday all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/on-guard-deena-stoddard.html

Maya....such a great feature for you....so well done...the essence of Maya in that piece....loved it

Frank your avatar is the bomb! Great one!

Enchanted

Morning all…..
Congratulations Maya that was a lovely honest interview and I can certainly relate to many of your answers! It may be because I too am owned by two cat boys

Anyway for the cats lovers in the group… Big and small the second in the Tigress Series. For those who aren't the good news there are only three in the series:)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tigress-two-kandy-hurley.html

caught up to here, be back later :)

I'm reaching the bottom of my barrel, too. I've spent the last few days scanning old family photo albums, so haven't had time for new work. I'll try to sneak off to the studio later today.

In the mean time, I don't think you've seen this one, yet.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/forest-color-mark-mckinney.html

Just saw this video - it is a marvelous piece of artist's promotion and family home movie in one.

http://www.sennandsons.com/senn-sons-the-movie/

Congratulations for all for the sales, features and interviews!!

Tuesdays image:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/passe-panache-floral-by-jean-okeeffe-jean-okeeffe.html

Hello and good evening from Germany. I caught up so far and had the pleasure of seeing all the great artwork before I go to bed now.

Welcome Layla in this wonderful group of people.
@ Mark I am with you. I am trying to pull new rabbits out of my head at the moment. I am so glad when I get my camera on Thursday to take some new pictures.
@ Maya your feature article is great. Congratulations!
@ Barbara, do we see a BMW or Porsche next?????

Went back 24 did my duty!

Here's mine for promotion!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/breakthrough-c2013-by-paul-ashby-paul-ashby.html

Marker12/17/B

Great short film Maureen:)

Just visited all the great work. It is my second continuous comment day. Marker - Life IS GOOD.

Here is my posting for Tuesday and Wednesday

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/standing-tall-in-the-sun-lingfai-leung.html

Sabine....give me a break..finally graduated from vintage autos LOL! Thanks for you kind comments on my work!

@ Paul...was a breeze wasn't it?

Hi Jean!!!

Enchanted!

Mine for tomorrow a little more somber....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-fallen-barbara-chichester.html

All caught up, not sure where I'm going with this style...but it is fun, so what the hey :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-walking-the-tracks-amy-denson.html

caught up

all caught up! voted, liked, fav'd and promoted everywhere I could promote, though I hit my limit in Stumble so I couldn't stumble everyone.

If I missed anyone, just let me know and I'll fix it!

Amazing work as always!

mine for today

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/frozen-in-time-steven-reed.html

@ Frank - a great new avatar indeed!

@Mark, Sabine, et al who are running out of new work, me too and I have to PAINT new ones lol

thanks everyone for reading my feature

here is my image for Wednesday - the colour version and the original of my "We Three Queens of Orient Are"

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-we-three-queens-of-orient-are-maya-telford.html

Wonderful Work Everybody... This one is a spin-off from my former Red Flowers at The Museum Piece...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/flowers-at-the-museum-frank-bright.html

Caught up! Been busy here; so, I haven't done any new pieces in a few days. Barely getting in here to do this and another discussion thread. For some reason, folks suddenly got the urge for handcrafted rosaries, which I also do, and I just got hit with orders a week before Christmas! So, I will be busy making rosaries for the next few days. I hope to be able to get on here and like & promote. In the meantime, here's one of my older photos...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-barracks-at-fort-washita-bw-robyn-stacey.html

paws4critters

Everyone is running low on new stuff! Don't feel bad about reposting earlier posts - this group changes and grows so often that there's always some who haven't seen it before. It's hard keeping up with trying to create new work, list previously unlisted work, and searching for images on photos.com - I spend hours going thru thousands of images to come up with 50 - that's how I got over 13,000 images, plus keeping up with this thread and all the social media…and then the holidays too! It will all be worth it if I can ever crack the buyer ceiling here…or attract a sales fairy!


Anyway here's something fairly new….for Thursday

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/spirit-of-the-wolf-maureen-tillman.html

Hi everyone, as I haven't got much time to reply each of your comments lately .... so thank you all of your wonderful comments and shared!!


I am working on 3 pieces at the moment, hope to finish soon... so like some of you..posting one from early 2013
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/one-a-day-jane-see.html

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fire-and-ice-recombinant-landscape-paul-ashby.html

@Barbara yes it was a Breeze!

@ Jane...did it again. said g+ on yours before I remembered it isn't enabled! I pinned instead and didn't want to clutter your comments with a correction!

My piece for today, Wednesday, 12-18...I'm doing a little barhopping!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/barhopping-at-the-town-club-2-lee-craig.html

Happy Wednesday, all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cardinal-3-deena-stoddard.html

Happy Wednesday…I'm kind of in a B&W mood
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/all-starry-kandy-hurley.html

Enchanted! Great work, wonderful time in the Art Galleries!

caught up and of course my post above was for today, WEDNESDAY!

Heelllloooo FAA(ters)...


I hope you have been keeping the tinder's warm for me..

Life got crazy so I went dark for awhile but thought of your work everyday...I rear my head and find 2013 is already gone! Where did the time go! I wonder if there is a place where time is thrown in a big pile...(Note to self: after I go into the Big Skip I'm going to find that place and steal time back...) Going back to catch up and get into the groove for 2014..


Maya, I did read your feature. Congrats and I love how you described yourself and your genre....Now an even bigger fan...


BoooRaahhh

Wonderful pieces... Boy have I missed it... So motivated to get back out there...


Maureen- When I saw Marks beautiful mushroom in the forest shot, I thought of how you could do your whimsical magic (Alice and Wonderland maybe?) work to a similar piece.....

Jane- Pinned when I realized you don't have G+ activated.

Amy- watching you grow in your own genre has been fun for me.. Your digital art is really becoming an entity. Love the Walking the Tracks..

Lee- Bar hopping, photo road trip... YOU ARE KILLING ME!!!! pssst, call me next time....


Here is my ode to your road trip Lee....Took it the other night...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pit-stop-on-route-66-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

Denise! Welcome back! I'm only just barely back myself! Love the Pit Stop! I have the final stretch from Williams, AZ (been that far from Michigan Ave in Chicago all the way across) to the end in California. When I get there I WILL call! Can do a little barhopping!

I saw that we were shooting the same moon the other night! I wonder just how many in this group were doing that??!!

dingfoddy

After roaming through my picture folders I found a few more. So, for the next five days I have a new inventory. Yeah!!!! The first I am posting today is a picture of The Rosecliff, one of the Newport Mansions. Funny enough during our tour of these incredible mansions, we learned that some of the owners called them summer cottages. I think it gives the word cottage a new dimension. I digitally altered the photograph a little bit hoping to achieve the look from years gone by. If you wonder who the person on the stairs is... I planted my husband in front of the building to put it into perspective.

Nite, nite off to bed now.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-rosecliff-sabine-edrissi.html

Welcome back Denise and I loved the subtle way you tucked your cc and name into the image!

Nice to see you back to the group Denise!

Hi Barbara!

Welcome Denise!

Robyn, would love to see the rosaries!

Wednesday....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/father-spiritual-by-jean-okeeffe-jean-okeeffe.html

On hour 4 of unwillingly converting CS6 to Cloud.. May finish by Christmas..

Ahh you busted me Kandy.. I actually saw Jean do that on some of her pieces and thought it looked better than my water mark.. Thanks for the nice welcome back you all..

Glad we all survived Thanksgiving.. had an eye opener though.. Thanksgiving dinner takes about 18 hours ( like the cloud conversion), then they're consumed in 12 minutes...Football halftimes take twelve minutes.. This is not a coincidence...

caught up to here, but no post tonight, just to busy right now :)

Hooray Barbara I did it! I never knew how to open multiple windows. I paged thru my whole Mac for Dummies and didn't find it. Googled it and discovered I had to go to file and click on new window! How easy was that? This is my second Mac. total of about 7 years and I never knew how to do it!!

Now I wanted to do this to show you all this!

This piece (not mine) sold today. What it is is just one layer of my piece - same exact image layer - these cosmos nebula type pics are usually put out there by the US Government agencies and all that type of work like from the National Archive etc is free to use - public domain. So anyone can use these images. But this artist just reprinted one of them, that's all - anyway it sold today.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-hatchery-the-vault.html

This is another piece that sold today...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dream-catcher--spirit-of-the-white-wolf-carol-cavalaris.html

This was my lisiting for today -
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/spirit-of-the-wolf-maureen-tillman.html

I used the same nebula image a few weeks ago when I created this piece and the spirit of the wolf is of the same "style" as my Spirit of the Wolf piece. So I really don't have much hope at this point that my piece will sell and yet I see these 2 that sold today and I wonder why not? It's just a matter of getting seen by the right person I guess. Maybe if I could meld those 2 buyers together I might come up with someone who just loves and has to have this piece!

Welcome home Denise.....good to see you again....haven't looked at any art yet...just read posts and commenting first...

Sabine husbands are so invaluable aren't they? LOL...your husband looks like he lives there...too much!!!!!!! :)

Robyn, would love to see your rosaries too...take a photo and let us see here on the thread if you will...

Well we just decided we are not only going to Memphis after Christmas... but we are going to do the trip all the way to Long Island too...and then back around...my husband's sisters (twins) birthday (surprise for the 60th), we are showing up....no one has a clue, will be a total surprise!!! Can't wait...did that for my Brother's 65, he was overwhelmed and it was a beautiful memory....

Love you guys!

Enchanted

Glad you are back Denise! I have used mushrooms with my fairy art on ETSY occasionally. I have been collecting images of bright red orange mushrooms I might play with some day!

Sabine I have never been out East but one place I always wanted to see was Newport and the mansions. They WERE summer cottages for the rich families who had homes in New York City mainly. Their houses there often encompassed an entire city block!

Be back later.

Hey Everybody - Good to see you back Denise and Lee...

I am posting for Thursday - and as of this post I may or may not post for a couple of days, ...we'll see. I'll be traveling like many of us are...

Speaking of traveling - I am posting this for the HWY theme going on here lately.... I discovered this as I was compiling my work into a separate folder...this came up and my reaction was...'wow, I like that'....So here it is...I had forgotten that I had done it...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/highway-blues-frank-bright.html

caught up! Wonderful work!

Welcome back Denise! We missed you!

Sabine, that's my summer home you took a picture of!

Barbara, that sounds like a fun trip!

Frank have a good safe trip, we'll leave the light on for you.

Maya, great feature, wonderful reading! It's really nice to get to know you more!

I know there was more I wanted to say, but have CRS!

mine for today

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-lighthouse-steven-reed.html

@Denise - welcome back - you were missed and thanks for the comments on my feature
@Frank - safe trip
@sounds like a fascinating adventure Barb
@Maureen - there is just no accounting for sales - go figure - I have a friend who is a fellow painter and she sells a lot on her Etsy shop. I have yet to sell one painting on Etsy - just my jewelry and tarot cards. Not much on here either. And I am going to have to post some paintings already shown as I won't be painting over the holidays.
So here is my offering for Thursday - maybe some have seen it a while back http://fineartamerica.com/featured/morganna-maya-telford.html

I am posting something new, I was going to wait until I posted some older work but I'm giving in. I'm trying to expand my subject matter.




http://fineartamerica.com/featured/an-early-land-line-maureen-tillman.html

Happy Trails Frank!

Maureen, that was cool!

Mine for Thursday....have a great day everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/illumination-barbara-chichester.html

Maya, love your featured... congrats!!


Posting today:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/introspection-jane-see.html

Good Morning Everybody,

started out early today as my husband is finally arriving in the Germany. I haven't seen him for 2 months. He had to stay in Vancouver and look after the business when I left in October. Our friends call him hurricane Fred. That means my quiet hours at the computer are over and this whirlwind will keep me and mom busy.

@ Steven, nice summer cottage you have there. Don't you think it's a tad too small??????

@ Barbara, it would be good for my husband to have a house of that size. That keeps him out of my hair as there is a lot of repair work to do. That would really keep him busy for a while and I can look after my photography.

@ Maureen, we've been to all of them except one that wasn't open to the public. It took us two days. The good thing is once you bought the ticket you can come back any time. They don't expire. It's a great tour and the houses remind me a lot of some of the European castles. Well worth seeing it.

Here is my posting for today in case hurricane Fred keeps me busy all day!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/stairway-to-heaven-sabine-edrissi.html

Welcome home to hurricane Fred from us!! :))

Yaaaaaaaay Fred is there.... :) You're funny Sabine, LOL!

Hi Jean above me....what's up?

Just checking in all caught up and wanting to say thank you everyone for your comments etc on Illumination, I appreciate it!
Enjoy your morning or evening, where ever you may be! :)

Here's an oldie, some of oyu may have seen once upon a time

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/bent-horizons-c2012-paul-ashby.html

Happy Thursday everyone! After two weeks of snow and crappy weather I'm ready to get some new photos, but now we have a few more days of rain/sleet/snow coming. And it's not even winter yet. UGH. The good news is, the days start getting longer this weekend!!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lambeau-field-deena-stoddard.html

Hola!!! Muchisimas gracias Barbara por tus palabras, es un halago a mi trabajo que más que trabajo es una pasión, sobre todo esta tecnica de light paiting....muchas gracias!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/olvidado-agus-aldalur.html

caught up to here, be back later :)

Happy Thursday
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/two-door-model-kandy-hurley.html

Just dropped in because hubby is snoring in the chair. Thank god for jet lags :)

I voted/commented for everybody who came in after me. Will come back later!

Caught up!

I am about to call it a night. But before that I quickly post my picture for tomorrow. As I am a big fan from black and white photography I tried another picture from Boston. I found the light especially good and turned a color photography of the skyline into a black and white.

Nite Nite and I am back tomorrow.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/boston-sabine-edrissi.html

I have been trying to work out why whenever I shared your work on FB, it never goes to my fan page instead of my personal page? Not sure what and how this happened... if anyone could help me with this?

Caught up to here.

Jane, when you upload your image and you go through your selection before you hit the submit button...there are two boxes with checks in them, one for your personal page and one for your fan page...check the fan page box and uncheck the personal page box... :)

here is my post http://fineartamerica.com/featured/thunderbirds-amy-denson.html

Hooray, hooray, hooray I got my first check from FAA - They really do exist!! Too bad it was just for $1.00…..

Back on the ground in frozen Indiana...gone is the sunshine and the highspeed internet connection. Sheesh...don't know which is worse, the snow or waiting on my server to react!

Anyhow...all caught up...my post for Thursday, 12-19...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/san-xavier-del-bac-5-lee-craig.html

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@ Agus...Bienvenido al grupo, recuerde que debe dejar un comentario para cada persona antes de la media social, que los promovió en en los comentarios. Por favor recuerde como un nuevo miembro para retroceder 48 horas comentando y promover a las instrucciones para estar en esta discusión ... y diviértete!

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Glad you made it back home safely Lee and can't wait to see what you saw through your lens!

Nighty Night Sabine...sleep tight and don't let the ...well you know! Ha ha ha

Thanks Amy for the explanation....I ran out of gas with the Spanish welcome above! LOL I just hope it translated like it was supposed to. If we have any Spanish Speakers here...jump in and give us a hand with out new Member to the discussion Agus!

Congrats Maureen....I'm beginning to wonder what in the heck happened...the sales fairy has turned into the sale renegade...and no where to be found... :(

Amy or anyone, do you know how to determine what the "number" is regarding page placement on FAA, does anyone know when they load an image what the numbers at the bottom of the page means?

Catch you guys later!

Enchanted

so Maureen - you got paid from FAA??? and only $1.00 - what happened - well maybe that's enough to start the flow. I'm waiting too.

Don't know what's going on with social media promo on here - no action at all today - guess everybody is winding it down for the holiday

Sabine - enjoy your hubby - two months is a long time apart

ok - here is my piece for tomorrow, Friday. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-shekinah-rising-maya-telford.html

Hey Barbara, just hanging out, wrapping presents, making a grocery list, playing with the dogs - I have three. Two scotties, one black Scooter, one wheaton Missy, and one corgi Murphy. They are a hoot with distinctly different personalities. :)) Thinking you are headed on a road trip, safe journey!

Jane, what Amy said :))

Thursday: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/meredith-floral-by-jean-okeeffe-jean-okeeffe.html

caught up! Amazing work! it was a very delightful stroll thru the Art Gallery!

@Welcome home Lee! welcome back to the cold! Glad you had a wonderful safe trip, can't wait to see your images!
@Welcome Angus!
@Welcome back Hurricane Fred!

mine for today

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/peace-steven-reed.html

Another one of my daughter's dog Mr. Oliver. I miss the pooch since my daughter moved in with her boyfriend and took the dog with her. I'm alone here now in her condo - I moved here because she wanted me to buy a duplex for us side by side - but then love came along… so I'm happy for her but my plans are again on hold. So anyway here's Mr. Oliver again.




http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dog-mr-oliver-handsome-boy-maureen-tillman.html

Amy, Jean - I got that part right when upload new image.. it went to fan page. But when I am trying to promote others... share on FB.. all went to my personal page??


Congrats Maureen:)

Good Friday Morning!

Jane...when it says "share on my page", there should also be a drop down box that once you click on it will give you the choice of your pages that you manage and even groups that you belong to.

My promotional piece for today 12-20...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/room-with-a-view-lee-craig.html

Good Morning Everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/strong-silence-c2013-paul-ashby.html

Happy Friday everyone...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/leucistic-white-peacock-deena-stoddard.html

Here is mine for the day, just finished up on you guys...have to run...Doc appt..routine...see ya later!!!

Taken of what used to be the courthouse (now a gift shop) in old Mesilla, New Mexico, (where we live and I take lots of pics of the southwest from) the place where they tried Billy the Kid and where Sheriff Pat Garret shot him DAID....great story....poor kid, he was 21 and very misunderstood....was left by his Mom and Step Dad at about 14-15 in New Mexico, he never knew who is Dad was, he was originally from New York, Irish immigrants...hard days and hard times...had to learn to fend for himself...so gunslinging to stay alive in those days was a prerequisite...hard life...the building is as it looks today with the exception of what I wrote on the wall and the image I layered in of the "Kid"

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/billy-the-kid-barbara-chichester.html

Morning all… Lovely work and a great way to start my day
The final image of the Tigress series..I rarely post three of anything but she was so gorgeous I just had to share:)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tigress-three-kandy-hurley.html

Finally all caught up.
haven't promoted in a while due to final exams and computer problems.

Awesome images everyone.
Here is my image for today:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/downy-woodpecker-james-petersen.html?newartwork=true

Good Evening All!

Not to bore you with my hubby stories. But this is a special one! I was looking forward to getting my camera. He brought it from Canada. On the phone I was explaining to him which charger belongs to which camera. I asked him to try it out and make sure to bring me the right charger. Hmmmm, I got the right camera and woooohoooo the wrong charger!!!!!! I love him anyways. Just have to make sure that I really think about what pictures I want to take. Oh well, I am glad I have still a few more pictures in storage I can work from.

Here is my picture for today. Finishing up my black and white and selective color creations. Nite, Nite

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-lot-of-red-dots-sabine-edrissi.html

OH MAN! Oh just me again. Actually lamenting a sale this afternoon - on ETSY…..the second of my most favorite pieces that sold recently but that I really didn't want to sell but wanted to post to show my range and attention to detail…. so I put a high price on them and didn't expect anyone to buy it at that price, or I figure if they are willing to pay that they must love it as much as I do! ….. so I was shocked today to see this sale at $100 of my piece I call Psyches's delight - she's been on my bedroom wall for about 4 years I think. So anyway I figured I should send the buyer a note of thanks even tho my heart was broken…..until I saw his username and email ….. I'm glad my Psyche has her eyes covered but that's probably what the buyer likes too …..oh eewwwwww… his names are "sadisterotic" and "erotichrist" ……… oh it sickens me to think what my poor Psyche is going to be "exposed" to the rest of her days! This is the sale announcement from ETSY - you may have to scroll down a bit. Oh man…… so now I have to compose a thank you note …….
http://www.etsy.com/transaction/171632933?

Maureen..congrats to you! Funny reminds me of an item I sold on ebay once...it was a Wolpertinger...animal made of different animal parts...wanted to get rid of it, was bought in Germany by my hubby, any way it always freaked me out....and much like you, I put a high price on it so he would be happy about selling it (he was)....but the person that bought it's name was "necrovamp"....that creeped me out even more!!!!!!!!! I have never forgotten that, you probably won't either...LOL!

Thank you all for the nice comments on "Billy"!

Later, enchanted!

Barbara that made me laugh out loud!!

I had a sale last evening: "Venetian Mask" 14X14 Canvas print:

http://fineartamerica.com/saleannouncement.html?id=f67719d2ed12312d29beb065721879ca

caught up to here - and I must say Barb and Maureen - quite the stories you have to tell - I never thought about any of this before - creepy for sure.

caught up and running Lol , here is my post for tomorrow :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pyramid-amy-denson.html

Whew caught up! Boy gone a couple days and you get lost in the bs!

@Jean & Barbara: I will see what I can do about getting a photo of one of the rosaries.

In the meantime...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/scarlet-sins-isaiah-robyn-stacey.html

I am posting early for tomorrow - I hope to get to bed earlier. This is different for me here but a theme I like to return to again and again. I loved playing marbles when I was a little girl in the 1950s. I would take my bag and skip on down the block to where the "big boys" were playing and ask to play too. I'm sure they thought I was an easy mark but for some reason I knew I could learn from them. Then after, probably with fewer marbles in my bag, I would skip back home and play with my usual same age group and win enough to get my bag full again. So I like to use marbles with the "play for keeps" theme because if we were low in our bags us younger ones, we would not always play for "keeps"

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/play-for-keeps-marbles-maureen-tillman.html

Jane, as Lee said, in the drop down box scroll to "pages you manage". Hope that helps!!

Friday!!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/wait-patiently-spiritual-by-jean-okeeffe-jean-okeeffe.html

Jane, there is a drop down menu usually at the top left (it changes often) from there it may say (pages you manage) click on that , then click on the page that you want to feature the work on...

Necrovamp? May name my next cat that..


Way to go Maureen.. I do believe people respect people who respect their own work, i.e. the high price...but was it really high?

Was home sick today with the flu so played with an old shot of my idle/inspiration.. I'm not a fan for filters on my photography but I had a blast playing with the new Adobe Cloud filters on this....

"I don't make pictures, I make Goosebumps.. The Man- Alfred Hitchcock..

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/good-evening-hitchcock-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

Maureen....I loved to play marbles and was darn good at it too...loved to win the steelies, and cats eys and spaghetti ones and clearies....what a great story....thanks for sharing!

Denise...where's your posting?

Robyn, take a breather...need to rest up after a stroll into the abyss...I mean B S ...

attn Newbies....the B S is the "Big Skip"

Enchanted great work....getting close to Christmas..was at Kohl's today and they announced over their intercom system that they will be open 24 hours until Christmas.....seriously????? Are they serious???? Macy's too...are these retailers NUTZ....have they NO Christmas spirit at all...working their people to death to get that last little penny that might roll their way....GEEEEEEEEEZE...how awful for those poor employees.
Okay...just had to get that out....

posting for tomorrow..have to get going as we are leaving here in 6 days...,eeeeeek...have so much to do!!

Another from the Frenchie series in Pop Art...I especially like the expression in this one...hope you don't get sick of seeing my 'French Bulldog Art", here it is sports fans!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/color-me-frenchie-barbara-chichester.html

Featuring one of our own! Steven Reed!

Show Steven your support and let him know you saw this post! http://facebook.com/artists2c

Thanks!

here is my image for Saturday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/madonna-of-the-milky-way-maya-telford.html

Good Morning, I thought I quickly have a look and vote/comment on your postings.

@ Barbara your story about the Wolpertinger is hilarious. Yup, it's a German thing however, only in Bavaria. WE the rest of Germany doesn't even know how to spell the word. The Bavarians are a bit different .... to say the least! It would give me the heebee jeebees too if Fred would bring this home. BTW congratulations on your sale!

@ Maureen, congratulations on your sale! I love the story you told about the marbles. Very clever!

Here is my picture for today. Then I have to get creative again or take new pictures, which is a bit of a problem as I already mentioned earlier.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-wisteria-sabine-edrissi.html

Have a nice weekend, everybody!

So the moral to Maureen and Barbara's stories...take the money and run?? ;)

Congratulations Steven! Well deserved! Whoot whoot!

Mine for this morning...Saturday 12-21-13

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/inside-sedona-lee-craig.html

Some beautiful work here today fellow creators!!

I dedicate this work to Lincoln Rogers.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/between-night-and-dawn-douglas-moorezart.html

Happy Saturday, all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/spirit-of-the-wolf-deena-stoddard.html

Wow there is some fantastic work here today!
I signed up for a retweeter service and I've noticed a big jump in people retweeting my tweets.. What that means in terms of getting customers to our work I have no idea! Its another tool in the box I guess
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/after-the-rain-kandy-hurley.html

Enchanted everyone...!


Kandy what's the retweet service you are using?

caught up, missed posting yesterday, been struggling here.

Beautiful work, and stories, and congrats to those with sales!

thanks Douglas for the feature, (blushing)

Mine for the day, and thank you so much for the support, means a lot to me, more than you all can realize :)

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/wildflowers-a-bloomin-steven-reed.html

visited your gallery Douglas to pick another since I had already promoted this one every which way!

Kandy... Please forward the twitter retweet info please? I am practicing on a few people here on twitter that I know wont get annoyed with me.. I am still trying to figure out the whole # thread following and all...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/timeless-dusks-denise-dube.html

whell!!!


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/timeless-dusks-denise-dube.html

caught up! Merry Christmas everyone! And happy holidays!

All caught up, here is my post :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-longhorn-amy-denson.html

My Mark...

Saturday's post :)) Night everyone, great art today :))

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/warm-blues-spiritual-by-jean-okeeffe-jean-okeeffe.html

Hey Everybody !

I am here again...caught up for last 24 hours....

I may need help doing this link since I am on my iPad...Barbara or Jean...Anyone....here goes....Thanks !!

Http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sailing-abstract-2-frank-bright.html

All caught up, wonderful images everyone.

Here is my image for today:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-ending-of-a-day-james-petersen.html

reposting Frank's link:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sailing-abstract-2-frank-bright.html

Don't ask me why, but as long as I can remember, I have been attracted to and fascinated with the Fluer de Lis symbol, in whatever way it was represented, for some reason I am drawn to it, like I am to Sunflowers and Lavender and Bees (must be my French Culture roots, being born there and living there until I was 11)....so, have decided to give you a break from the little French Bulldog....I think I am going to do a Fleur de Lys series....

My first one to start with...."Fleur de Lis Antique"

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fleur-de-lis-antique-barbara-chichester.html

Another re-post for Sunday


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/dreamers-maureen-tillman.html

An early Sunday post...


Shopped late tonight in the OC and got this shot at South Coast Plaza Mall...


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/stairway-to-heaven-scp-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

Denise!! Loving that black and white you posted!

Great work all!

My Sunday post...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/kiln-sale-lee-craig.html?newartwork=true

Wishing the Best of the Holidays to ALL!

Back in a few days, to Have Fun once again!

caught up! hah! didn't take long!

Happy Sunday everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hunt-of-the-bald-eagle-deena-stoddard.html

Here is the Retweet address http://iretweeted.co ….I also have signed up for beta test but so far I haven't seen too much action from that one.

@ Steven I tweeted just forgot write it and @Amy I G+ but I don't think that showed up …I'm trying to race through this and making mistakes as I go..Sorry

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/-mission-of-saint-francis-xavier-kandy-hurley.html

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Agus, debe seguir direcciones para participar en la discusión. Debe comentar sobre cada correo antes de suyo atrás a su toque de silencio, TAMBIÉN debe indicar los medios sociales de los cuales promovió el trabajo en el propio correo.... si no hace esto, sus puestos se eliminarán. Gracias

(Agus, you must follow directions to participate in discussion. You must comment on each post before yours back to your last post, you must ALSO indicate the social media you promoted the work on in the post itself....if you do not do this, your posts will be eliminated. Thank you}
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Enchanted

@Jean - thank you so much for the commentary today with your photo - as the mother of a gay son, I so appreciated you posting this and reading the Pope's sentiments..
@Douglas - I noticed that you dedicated your photo today to Lincoln - did I miss something - is he ok?
@Steven - hope you are ok too - you mentioned "struggling" - sending good thoughts your way

I taught a painting workshop yesterday for solstice and just putting the finishing touches on my demo painting that I will post for tomorrow, but for today, here is another new little piece that I don't think most of you have seen yet

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sacred-heart-madonna-maya-telford.html

Maya Lincoln's ok I think, he's just moved on to other adventures. I'm sure he misses us as much as we miss him!

caught up to here, nothing to post today :)

Enchanted! Hope you all are well and have you Holiday shopping done.....I am getting things ready to take off on the 26th...will be on as much as I can, so carry on and self monitor etc.....I don't think there will be a lot of activity in January....but who knows???? I really don't have a clue. We will be back in New Mexico around mid Jan. next year...tee hee...just wanted to say next year....

Wow...I don't know about you guys but this year went like a rocket....came and went....anyway, will be back later...just checking in...have about 100 images to look at for features...so after that will check in....later! Enjoy your evening....

All caught up, awesome images everyone.

Here is my image for today:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/harlequin-duck-james-petersen.html

here is my image for Monday - last one before Xmas http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-angel-baby-maya-telford.html

Hey Ya'll - Thanks for your nice comments as always...

This piece was an unexpected surprise...I am getting increasingly more respectful of what the iPad offers artistically. It is my art studio on the go !

@Barbara - I'll need your help generating my link again - Thanks for your assistance !!

Btw, this is for Monday....

Http://fineartamerica.com/featured/coffee-still-life-frank-bright.html

Caught up! Wonderful work as always.

mine for Sunday

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/looking-to-the-rawahs-steven-reed.html

Thanks Lee.. Really means a lot...'

I too appreciate your verbiage with your art Jean... however, I do love what the Huffington Post posted today..

" What was Jesus discussion regarding gays?"

None

aaaannnnyhow, as most of you know, I do not celebrate the traditional Christmas you all do but wish you all the happiness with your family and friends on this day... As a gift, I did promise to take a friend and her cancer ridden mother to midnight mass... Should make Jean and my long past mother proud.....

Frank, since everyone is in Christmas mode I've got your back...
Franks link..
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/coffee-still-life-frank-bright.html

So is Lincoln gone for good? Or just a holiday thing?

Went out to shoot for winter solstice tonight.. I will one day learn to get off the cliff once I get the shot and before it is too dark... Took a beating after this shot...That is why I have Lee on my bucket list to shoot with.. Great shots and no bruises...and lot s of taverns...

Tonight's sunset long exposure from THAT cliff with a view of Catalina Island...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/catalina-bolsa-chica-pch-light-trails-and-the-wetlands-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html?newartwork=true

I thought I posted this a couple minutes ago but it got swallowed up somewhere. By the way Denise, Barbara told me Lincoln sort of followed Jordan away deciding to invest his time with her discussion. Who knows maybe he'll miss us so much he'll come back.

Evening whoever's out there! Barbara I have a suggestion. I think all of us could use some time to get back to listing in our shops so we can post new work here. How about if we keep the thread open for chat and keeping all informed on what we are doing art-wise and posting if you wish but mainly preparing to get back to it full steam in a month or so. But mostly creating and restocking so we can post lots of new work here when everyone is back up and running.

Maureen, thank you for bringing that up. I am about to do just that. Over the last few months I have stretched myself thin to such an extent that I am not able to create and be content. I have put some thought about it. I need this short break to get back on track before I lose sight of where I am going... It is a good time to restock and evaluate.

Denise, Lee, Amy, Jean, thank you so much... how could I have missed that 'drop down menu' :)

Bummed about Lincoln... I was on that thread too but she has someone else managing it now. Different vibe, so I dropped out of it...

I understand your concern Maureen, but ending the threads activity completely for a month would be devastating to our rating.. I took a couple weeks off to get myself back on track.. I think if we all just come and go as we need it is much better for the rating.. Especially when most of us have that need at different times...My concern ifs that if those of us that move on to another thread to keep our "activity" active , may not return back... Just my two cents... Ill go along with whatever happens, but that's my penny thought,....


Night all... beautiful work....

Post for Monday: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/luminosity-jane-see.html

Buenos Dias Barbara, estoy poniendome al día....espero cumplir con todos, si falta algo ya me dira, no estoy seguro de llevar bien el hilo de lo que se hace aqui.
muchas gracias
saludos y buen dia a todos

About Lincoln...I never bump into him on FAA anymore, but see that he is very active on FB. Perhaps like all of us from time to time, he just needed a change of pace and face(s).
I would prefer that we kept the promotion going and those who need to step back for a while do it. I just stepped back in! I see this morning that we have a new member hitting the promotions hard to get going. My vote is for keeping it on track with whoever is able. My break sure helped me!

Greetings and Good Day to you also Agus!

Denise...I think that we would have a ball shooting together! Will call when I get to the end of the Mother Road!

My post for Monday...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/little-train-that-did-lee-craig.html

@ Group whom ever would like to take a break, by all means do so....when you come back it's the 24 hour rule for the regs...no biggie...but I agree with Denise, if we just stop what we are doing, we will lose out top rating....We are still in slot 3 as far as rating go...and that's pretty darn good as we are a small group compared to the others....

Whom ever would like to take a break, go ahead, state that you are going to do that and when you plan to return....then just drop in when you want to say hello, post a note, tell us what you've been up to chat..if you want to or not...and then come back at the end of your break refreshed and ready to go at it again! How's that?

Denise, thanks for fixing Frank's link..

@Group...PLEASE READ

Since I am going to be traveling for the most part of 3 weeks after Christmas...I would appreciate it if all of you will self monitor so we don't get "slackers" jumping in without doing their bit with no reciprocity and whatever else you think might be needed.... I will be on for the most part, but just in case? So, email me if you think I need to do something about what is going on in my absence...I will not be out that much hopefully...

FYI: for those of you that do not understand what the group rating is about....it's not about my ego, it's about YOU, getting bumped up the ladder in FAA's book, regarding your work being placed on page 3 for example, instead of page 15 in a search? It's about SALES, VOTES and COMMENTS with FAA, that's how their computers and bots determine where you work is placed in the rung....so make sure you comment, vote and post the SM you promoted your fellow artist's work on, in the comment. So it's official....VOTING IS A REQUIREMENT along with the comment and SM promo....most of you have been doing that anyway as well as faving, so I know it's not a big deal...but the Newbies coming in need to follow that. I am adding it into the rules above..

@ Group...If you want to send me your personal email addresses so that I may compile a list for the regs in here, I am happy to do so....I know Douglas did that some time back but I did not receive a copy of that list as promised, don't know if anyone die....Douglas...just saying.... :)

Here's mine for today...Enchanted
#2 in my new Fleur de Lys series for all you Fleur de lysers out there!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fleur-de-lys-silver-and-gold-barbara-chichester.html

I've noticed that people tend to come and go on most threads, kind of an ebb and flow and I guess that is what makes it interesting…Always new art

I will be in and out and will try and post each day….We don't celebrate a traditional holiday… Way to many years working in healthcare made us make up our own traditions for most holidays and true to form my husband is working on Christmas Day.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/summer-home-kandy-hurley.html

Just a quick stop, Barbara this is what Agus said....kind of...used a translator program :)

Good Morning Barbara, I'm catching up .... hope to meet all, if something is missing and tell me, I'm not sure either carry the thread of what is done here.
thank you very much
Greetings and good day to all

Ok caught up to here, be back later if I can make it :)

Happy Monday all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hibiscus-deena-stoddard.html

caught up... Great stuff. I am looking forward to after the holidays when more people are back and posting.. Kandy, It looks like you and I will hold down the fort for Christmas.... I think we should break all of Barbara rules that day. ( the whole "cats away thing").. Like post 5 pictures to the group.. etc....

Enjoy your 3 weeks Barbara you lucky duck... I'm not sure how knowing who the regulars are helps.. I can be slow so please explain....

Merry Christmas to all!!!

Thanks Amy...the trasnslator program I used said something different....eeeek....I think he speaks english anyway....I saw some english comments on some other posts...don't know for sure, but guessing... Anyway, sent him another email to try and explain...if he joins in okay, no problem, but needs to do the SM thing, I think that is what he's not getting and he has them activated on his...????

Kandy, glad you are staying with us!

Enchanted!

Good Evening All!

I caught up again. I hope I'll be able to drop by in the next few days. It's family week. But I try to do my best. I'll come back later. Trying to find something I can post.

Sharing two holiday stories! Thanks!

http://moorezart.wordpress.com/2013/12/23/the-wreath-fairy/

http://moorezart.wordpress.com/2013/12/22/amazing-xmas-party-math-facts/

Hi everyone - I'm not going anywhere special for the holidays, will be around. Just thought everyone else would be taking a break. Glad to keep on here with Denise, Lee and whoever else is around to keep our ratings up. I did take a break from Pinterest promo and Social Media promo because I kept getting skipped over and it was very frustrating. I see this morning that on the social media thing, no one except Robyn has posted in there since my last post many days ago.
Barb I will send you my email address and I think that's a great idea for you to have a list. Safe trip and happy holidays to everyone. maya

Well everyone I'm gonna be here as much as possible. I'm just low on work and I don't think you all want to keep voting on the same pieces. I suppose with just a few of us there won't be much to comment on from anyone. Tomorrow night I am spending Christmas eve at my daughter's boyfriends parents house with all his siblings, grandkids etc. At least my daughter will be there. I'm happy she is in love and I have high hopes for this relationship of hers so I'll do whatever it takes. I hate feeling like the old woman who had no place else to spend Christmas eve so I'm tagging along with her. It is so different then when I had a home and family who I hosted for the holidays to having no place to go. We are going to the Milwaukee area Christmas day to see my son and grandsons. Life is always changing, one has to keep up or fall by the wayside! I'm really going to have to work hard to get work listed but I'll still probably just always be one step ahead - back later.

When in doubt ask Maureen, she's been steadfast here as well as Maya, Kandy, Frank...they know who the regs are...anyway, don't worry about it, have fun and post til you drop, LOL...I'll still be in, but don't know if it will be on a regular basis, like every day 5X's a day!!!

Denise congrats on your Marriage, so happy for you...It's a beautiful thing when you find the one you really want to spend time with and grow old with...good for the two of you and much happiness to you both!!!

Will check on you talented Artistes later!

I'll be around :)

Thanks Barbara that was very sweet of you.. We actually have been together 27 years (ugh) decided to annoy the Duck Dynasty fans..lol

. I am sooooo confused? Maya, I SM all of your post, but I also feel the same about being skipped (and often) on SM by the same people repeatedly... Is there a way to verify who SMs you here on FAA or do you have to go to each SM site? I just keep seeing the same handful of people when I do take the time to look.. I have to admit I am just now catching on to the retweeting and repining thing, but I always SM from here...

Well, since not many people are looking right now and some may find this offensive. BUT, it really isn't because I shot it outside a cathedral in York England.. So, remember, its the Saints name and it is a real sign and it is religious.. .I promise no photoshop! Barbara, I don't deserve a mean email for this because it is...religious....Its in the middle of a tourist center!...Thank God I did not have to do a report on this St. in Catholic school, I was in trouble enough.... ok, enough liability disclaimer:

Nobody here has to SM or even comment if you don't want to...I know not everyone appreciates my humor....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/shrine-of-saint-margaret-clitherow-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

Denise! Guess that I missed something (or else thought it was already a done deal...my bad) Haven't been on FB much lately (if I missed it there) as it is tiring and irritating most of the time! Any-hooo...Congrats...best wishes...hugs!

I'll be here until the weekend...that's when my gang is getting together. Then I'll just take a day off.
I started going thru the image files from 2010 (no that isn't a typo) so there will be some more new stuff soon LOL! Just couldn't get to it when the studio was still open and now it is taking me a while to dig thru it all. Not to mention the mega gb"s that I continue to shoot!

I'll be back on the SM thread as soon as somebody new posts, Maya. Yes we had a couple of skippers there and on the pinterest thread, but oh well...the majority are cool!

Slackers are NOT my competition anyhow...it's the butt-busters that will beat me out!
Denise...now I am googling!

Also, as for the SM promoting...it takes a while for the counters to show on the g+, SU, and P as they go thru a different place (yes, I am sure there is a technical term but can't spout it off right now) to get to us...whereas the likes and faves are instant since they are thru FAA.

Have a great break and visitation with family Barbara.

Everybody...Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and happiness and blessings to all!

Lee

Kinda of looks like I may be the only "guy" left during the holidays, I guess I will be the thorn between all the roses!

Don't fret Steven! Enjoy!! ;)


Holey Moley Denise...That woman died in a way that would make the writers of todays television programs cringe...Sainthood wasn't enough!

Lee, it was in July, I forgot to change my status until yesterday...Romantic eh?

We are your harem Steven....

Now you have me more confused Lee.. Are we supposed to SM on all of the SM sites for each post? I have been only picking one SM site for each post.. My big supporters get a few sites.... Ghad, I haven't even had a drink yet today....

Ill save you the google Lee... I should put it on the page with the picture but, that would be too mature..

Saint Margaret Clitherow is the patron of martyrs, businesswomen, and converts. She was raised Anglican but converted to Catholicism around 1574. Saint Margaret Clitherow was notorious for sheltering priests and permitting Mass to be celebrated on her property. All of her children entered the religious life and she was imprisoned numerous times for her religious activity. St. Margaret Clitherow's feast day is March 26th.


And she was with child with that pressure death!

Ah well congrats late! I got married 40 years ago...but don't really shout it out there much anymore! No...I don't know what that has to do with anything either...perhaps I should have that glass of wine now!

Read about that poor womans death...u-g-l-y...

All I meant about the SM sites was that it takes the counters a while to catch up on FAA since they have to go through their own home bases first.

not to worry about our sm promo or pinterest promo - I guess I was just having my once a year bad mood day and said "screw it" I'll take a break with it for a while. Normally I don't let little things like that bother me and I went back into them both again today.

Maya...:) I've had a few "screw it" moments lately too!

Congrats Denise I must have missed the announcement..


Yikes..I just read the Wikipedia article about poor Margaret

Yikes again, Denise I posted a comment I thought was over here not on your piece. Can you delete that - I can't seem to. I didn't men for it to be out there like that!!!!!

I don't drink! Sometimes I think I should but watched it kill my younger sister slowly …sometimes tho I wish I had a crutch like that. Holidays are hard for me. Denise this is what I posted on your Saints image comments - I thought I was here. Please if possible can you take that comment off there - if not I'll just have to suffer the humiliation!!!…….

….Oh Denise - ya think the nuns would of got it? I suppose - I remember in 6th grade I had to give a talk which I always dreaded and in front of the class instead of the word introduce I said intra-doush and the boys (mostly) in the class and the nun broke out laughing - I was so upset I had no idea what was so funny. Congrats on the marriage! Your obscure unknown saint reminds me that my abusive father in his later years used to send me cards saying he was paying for nuns or monks to pray to St. Dymphna for me - because she was the saint for the mentally ill. He was a real saint himself - when my ex left me in 2006 my dad kept asking me how I was going to support myself "because I had no marketable skills" . Things like that haunt me and will until I start selling more - if I ever do. Be back soon…..

Steven, ....ahem...I'm here ;)

All caught up, wonderful images everyone.

Here is my image for Monday:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/purple-sandpiper-james-petersen.html

I'm a Catholic but am continually shocked and sickened at what the church has done over the centuries supposedly in Christs name! The parish I went to elementary school in had a bad priest. He messed with my younger sister. The church moved him around to 9 parishes in 14 years - we had him for 3 years. He was finally sent to prison about 10 years go as an old man.


As far as listing a bunch, it seems that many groups administrators are taking a break like Barbara and asking that we don't post until the end of January so I guess I will just create, create, create and come Feb I'll have to list a bunch of work.

So this is another re-post for tomorrow
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/golden-girl-maureen-tillman.html

Merry Christmas everyone and God bless us every one!

@Denise - Thanks for catching my back yesterday....I may need you again here...Also, sorry but I didn't feel certain about how to comment on the Saint sign piece, so I voted but left no comment. (I wasn't positive I 'got' it, but I had a good idea).

Here is Tuesday ! Thanks in advance to whomever can re-post it for me... ;)

Http://fineartamerica.com/featured/Pawleys-island-sunrise-watercolor-frank-bright.html

here you go Frank, I'm reposting this for you. And I, too, didn't get the Saint sign piece. Please can someone tell me - I feel really dense, but I just didn't get it. tx. so here is Frank image for Tuesday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pawleys-island-sunrise-watercolor-frank-bright.html

here you go Frank, I'm reposting this for you. And I, too, didn't get the Saint sign piece. Please can someone tell me - I feel really dense, but I just didn't get it. tx. so here is Frank image for Tuesday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pawleys-island-sunrise-watercolor-frank-bright.html

Yeah I said I am going to take a break:) One last post before Christmas and wish you guys a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/peace-jane-see-jane-see.html

Denise...the Duck Dynasty bunch suck....glad you gave em something to talk about...real happy for you!

Lee enjoy your family and holiday too!

Steven...don't worry Frank will be around any minute now....hang on buddy!

Maya...girlfriend...I SM you like crazy..in fact on the pinterest promo...I have you on multiple times in the board...need new work to pin, I've gone through all on the boards you link.

Funny you guys said that cause I was feeling kinda puney....like...how come I hardly get the SM thing going on with my work....who the heck knows how this stuff works...as long as it's fun, then I will keep on keepin on...and it's FUN! I have been really into my Fleur de lis creations...I am dreaming about them....so, I did a few today, they take some time to do....thanks for your nice comments on them...but I warn you...you're encouraging me to do more!

I told you Frank was going to show up any minute....I'm psychic....no more like psychotic! LOL

Maureen...Merry Christmas to you and happy creating...can't wait to see what everyone will have done when we get rockin and a rollin again!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too Jane...enjoy your break...see you when you get back with us!

Okay...I am posting now as I am all caught up with the chit chat and promos...votes too...don't forget to vote, comment, sm and state which one you used to sm in your comment....

Denise, you only have to do one sm per person, but you can do more if you want...one is mandatory...

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!! It's a wonderful time of the year and you all are the best of the best

Okay, here it is ...the Holiday Fleur de Lis...making it's debut on MMI....Merry Christmas everyone! I know I will say it multiple times, why not...finally in the last 10 years or so, I finally got the Christmas spirit...before that, It wasn't my time of year...so...I like saying it...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/holiday-fleur-de-lis-barbara-chichester.html

Looked up Saint Margaret - omg how awful.

@ Maureen, don't feel bad, I've done that a couple of times - forgot where I was posting and blathered a little too much. Christmas can be a very sorrowful time for a lot of people. I worked on the Crisis Line Phones for many years and Christmas was our busiest time of the year - so much loneliness, depression and suicide at this time of the year. As a kid, it was my favorite holiday but not so much anymore. My eldest child, a little boy of 3 passed away of leukemia just before Xmas many years ago so I was never quite able to get all the joy back.

Almost Christmas Eve. I'll be in and out all day tomorrow and also Christmas Day. Here is my image for tomorrow - she is the painting I did as a demo in the class on taught on Saturday.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lady-soo-chi-maya-telford.html

caught up! wow!

Lets see, I'm still here, Frank is still here, and so is James, so we are the Three Musketeers! Or I could say, the Three Artisteers! or something like that.

Denise, congrats! I thought I heard wedding bells,,, well done!

The part that stood out to me about Saint Margret C. is the fact, here we are hundreds of years later, and we (as humans) around the world still kill people, for not believing as they do.We haven't progressed to the point of allowing one to believe what one wants to believe. yes we have made strides in many areas, I hope I said that right,

Gotta get to bed, have to work tomorrow. here's mine for today!

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/rock-of-love-steven-reed.html

Caught up! Sorry Maya, that would have stolen my Christmas spirit too. It's sad and poignant how experiences can steal our innocence and joy out of so much of life never to renew! Maybe we have to remember those childhood Christmases when we were all truly innocent. Wishing all of you peace of heart!

Monday post : http://fineartamerica.com/featured/antique-toy-train-still-life-with-feathers-douglas-moorezart.html

Tuesday post http://fineartamerica.com/featured/stained-glass-forest-no-6-douglas-moorezart.html

You guys are just to innocent for me!!! I was just bring pathetically immature. She was a seriously brave woman, but Frank, Barbara, you got it...lol..

OK back go my mature facab for now on..

.Maureen, there are some terribly bad priest and nuns, but my principle, Sister Francis De Sals saved me...

I think I'll post a Harly next...

Greetings to all and blessings too!

My post for Tuesday...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/kansas-one-tree-hill-square-lee-craig.html

Holy Macro! I am trying to understand what you are all talking about. I hope everything is ok.

I am going to vote and promote now. I am trying to hang around over the Christmas days. Even though our Christmas is going to be a quiet one, we are still together with the family (brothers, nephew, great nephews, niece, mom, aunt, hubby, no dogs no cats unfortunately).

@ Maya, I am promoting everybody diligently. For your pictures I have an extra folder on Pinterest called Maya Telford's Art and I usually promote on FB, g+ and twitter. I don't have Stumble Upon.

For everybody else, I use FB, g+ and a couple of public folders on Pinterest as well as twitter. The public folders on Pin I use because I think most of the postings can go in there and more people can see it. I hope this is ok with everybody.

Except when Douglas promotes my pictures on FB I usually cannot see either if anybody promotes on FB, maybe because I have a personal and my photography account. But I can see how many shares if I look at the SM logos on each picture. Do I make sense? Probably not. I noticed though that when ever I post something on FB it sometimes takes a few days until it comes up. Go figure!!!

Off to voting and promoting now. Might drop in later if I have anything to post. So far I cannot decide what to promote. Arrrgghhhh!

I found a picture that could use some love. We were in New Bedford this September and I really like this cobblestone street. It reminded me of Europe.

@ Douglas, I would like the recipe for the blackberry cake! That looks so yummy!!!!!!!!

I am off for today. It's Christmas Eve here and the my brother will be here soon. Everybody have a wonderful Christmas. Lot's of hugs to all of you!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/new-bedford-sabine-edrissi.html

Nice to see you here Miss Sabine! Yes....you make sense, you always do! Thanks for hangin in... enjoy your family time!

Maya, I sent you an email... hugs

Denise, post the Harley it's smokin!

Steven....that's great...the three Artisteers! Take a bow!

Good morning everyone...will check in later...have lots to do, leaving tomorrow early now...so that's the way it goes when you are retired...you can be flexible....I love that...I am so happy and blessed and I wish the same for all of you!

Thanks for the wonderful comments on my Christmas Fleur!

Later! :)
Enchanted

Sorry everyone for the cut and paste comments, I just wanted to help keep the discussion thread going over the Holiday, no post again today, but soon I'm going to spend a entire day to put something together Lol...

Denise, if we are breaking rules and taking a shot every now and again...I'm in!!! Two of my favorite pass times :)

Merry Christmas everyone...

@Denise -CONGRATULATIONS! I missed that before. When was it and are you still celebrating?
@Barb - safe trip and to everyone else travelling - I wish you safe journeys
@Sabine - you are a PR wonder - you should be in New York on 5th Avenue working for a large PR company!
@Maureen - I have fantastic memories of Christmases past, in Quebec with lots of snow, as a small child within a huge family. I am so lucky to have those - just wonderful
@Steven - that movie "The Three Amigos" comes to mind when I read your post lol lol

Caught up to here - I'll be back later

I wanted to stop by to say a great big HELLO to everyone here on MMI! I hope you are all dong well?

I'm not posting today ~ too much going on with visiting the multitude of families that have arrived in town, devouring delicious dinners & spreading good cheer, but I hope to get back into the swing of things soon. Till then, it's always fun to see your work on my tours of Pinterest, FaceBook, G+ & Twitter - when I come across your images, I always give it a thumbs up even if I don't have time to comment!

Wishing you all the best and hope your enjoying a lovely December holiday no matter how you celebrate!

All the best,
Jo Ann

Mark....

@Jo Ann - Great to see you...I'm glad I caught you popping in ! Happy Holidays to you and your family !

Thanks for re-posting my link Maya...I very much appreciate it. And I always SM your work...I have several Pinterest folders for Fine Art America Art and other folders as well. I decide piece by piece where each should go...but they're there !

I'll return later....I'll probably post later tonight for tomorrow and I'll have to break for a day or two because of work....
Merry, Merry Everyone !

Happy Christmas Eve to those celebrating

@ Denise I had typed a snappy reply then I read about her and my joke kinda fell flat, still kind of makes a case for keeping your maiden name.

As far as promoting I do and will continue to promote on here as well as other threads I try and spread it around so it doesn't look spammy.
I keep adding new boards to my Pinterest account to help define the type of artwork so it isn't all on a board or two. I've also noticed that by adding boards I'm getting more followers

It would be kinds pointless to be on a SM thread and not promote other people I would think that would be a short lived exercise.. Course to err is human so … If I do miss someone from time to time just let me know :)

@ Jo Ann Great to hear from you and I do notice you popping into my orbit from time to time…Thanks for your continued support!

Okay here is my post for today
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pals-kandy-hurley.html

Caught up and finally have something to post, Merry Christmas Jo Ann, missed you :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/stairway-to--amy-denson.html

Glad to see you "pop" in Jo Ann!
Just so you know Denise...I rolled out the quick comeback on the saint and then decided to google her...Just couldn't do it then! (was totally afraid a nun would hunt me down and smack me with a ruler!) Good one Kandy, on the maiden name!

Hope that everyone is having good moments and peaceful times. Blessings and merry wishes to all!

Hey Everybody ! Happy Season to All....And many thanks to whomever can re-link this for me. I have studied up enough to know that an iPad does make a clickable link, so mine is under-performing there for some reason.

FYI, the ArtStudio App is virtually like having Photoshop on your iPad...and for only $4.95 ....this post shows some of what it can do...

Http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-rock-frank-bright.html

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-rock-frank-bright.html reposting Frank's link

So nice to see you posting Jo Ann. Miss you a lot.

Here is my posting for Xmas Day - not a new piece but appropriate for the day. Wishing you all the best of holidays. I'll be around tomorrow too.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/saviour-maya-telford.html

Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays!

Everyone have a safe, blessed day!

mine for today

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/frosty-morning-steven-reed.html?newartwork=true

One of my first and oldest pieces been neglected.







http://fineartamerica.com/featured/peony-love-maureen-tillman.html

Merry Christmas Everybody!

Just stopped by to make sure that I catch up with who ever is posting.

@) Hello Jo Ann nice to see you again. Have a Merry Christmas too and enjoy the time with your family.

@) Barbara have a nice trip!

@ Maya, thank you for the praise. PR is not quite my forte! I am still waiting for a sale of my pictures on FAA. But I am patient. Maybe one day! As long as I can help all of you I will promote like crazy!!!!!

Good Christmas morning to all who happen to stop in! Keeping the thread alive this morning!

Love what you are doing with the new program, Frank!

Beautiful Christmas morning at your place Steven! I saw that you loaded it today!

Wonderfully appropriate and beautiful piece Maya...I was happy to see it again!

A great old fashioned "valentiney" look, Maureen!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/seasons-greetings-lee-craig.html

Happy Christmas

Beautiful art this morning… A gift to view!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/stairway-treasures-kandy-hurley.html

all caught up, but I got an email saying not to post here until January 25th, so not posting unless I am told otherwise.

Wonderful presents this morning, and by presents, I mean opening up your beautiful posts. each one is a gift to the world!

Deena, I think Barbara was referring to not posting images for being featured on MMI, I think it's okay to keep posting in here, someone please correct me if I'm wrong!

Be back in later, to keep opening these wonderful presents again!

peace

I think she only didn't want postings to the group so that she wasn't buried when she returned. My understanding was that she wanted the thread to stay alive....I think she said something like "post away!"

Deena if you refer back to this post… Posted by: Barbara Chichester on 12/23/2013 - 6:39 PM she states she wants us to keep posting :)

Everyone...post em if you got em!!!! Just not to the group for features if you please... til I return...usually get a hundred submissions per day for the group....figure it out....will be "cob webbing" in the corner by the time I finish reviewing them!

So post in Discussion for SM promos and in the other discussions, just not to the group for "Features" Thank you everyone!

We are in Weatherford TX this Christmas evening and will be up and at em tomorrow early to drive in to Memphis TN...love that city! So just checking in for a quick peek...all looks good to me....will do my SM and commenting on all postings and then off to bed.... Hope all of your Christmas wishes came true!

((((Hugs))))) to all! Thank you all for your efforts on the discussion thread...great work! Good Night!

I am wishing that everyone has had a blessed Christmas day. It is still the 25th where I am and I'm about to call it a night as I have been up since very early this morning. I know there aren't many of us on here but am doing my part for keeping the thread up and happening. Here is my post for tomorrow, the 26th. http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-hatshepsut-maya-telford.html

Wow, this thread was much busier than I expected..your beautiful work made this dreadful wait in ER a much nicer experience. I was foolish enough to give a feral cat a pill without wrapping those kung fu legs with razor nails in a blanket....

Well, this was supposed to be under the tree this morning....
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hog-heaven-by-denise-dube-black-and-white-denise-dube.html

omg Denise - hope you are ok? Where did you get scratched? Not too serious I hope.

Lived with cats all my life and I know what those claws can do. A few years back one of mine got herself up on a very tall fridge and started rolling around being cute and then started to fall - dummy here decides to try and save her (I forgot the saying about cats landing on their feet). Anyway my top lip got sliced open as well as one hand. Scars remain. You still gotta love them though lol.

Sorry about your cat confrontation and the outcome, Denise. Been there and that hurts (not to mention what it does to the pride when you get whipped by something so much smaller!)

Mine for today 12-26

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-heat-lee-craig.html

OUCH Denise...that hurt's big time....saw the hand on FB.......that looked nasty, glad you went to get it taken care of....those darn cats....but they're so cute when they want to be prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...... :)

All caught up , Enchanted! I've to got to get going but did a few of these before I left....Getting ready to boot scoot outta Texas.....just wanted to post Fleur de Lis number 3 in series titled " Amethyst Fleur de Lis

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/amethyst-fleur-de-lis-barbara-chichester.html

Thanks for the clarification on the holiday posting schedule...hope everyone is well and warm!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/synergy-deena-stoddard.html

Quickly stopped by to vote and comment. I hope you are all doing well. I need a couple of diet days in order to get over the Christmas dinner! No posting today.

Thanks for the kind words all.. The cat bit through my hand and a tendon.. With the meds I'm on I had to go and get some shots... It was very interesting to see the sub culture that hits the ER after 1:am... Those nurses have to be tough, a big Boorraah to them

From the sunset a few days ago.. Yep it is over 80 degrees here again today...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-on-24-winters-solstice-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

caught up! Take care Denise! Seem to be a lot of cat people (like me) here!

I'm missing 80 degrees, Denise! I will never be warm again! Wanna go back to my valley!

dingfoddy

Ouch…. Denise I had the same thing happen a few years ago its a good thing to get the shots and keep it free of infection.

Lovely lovely work here today, the numbers may be small but the quality of the work is extra large!
This is a favorite of mine
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/journey-into-the-past-kandy-hurley.html

Well, I am supposed to be golfing in the 80 degree weather, but a certain cat took care of that for a few days.....

All caught up :) Here you go just a little experiment :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lilly-amy-denson.html

I'll play! This one is older, came from a vintage photo.






http://fineartamerica.com/featured/aqua-lace-maureen-tillman.html

caught up! Hope everyone is enjoying the Holidays!

I just started my 1st blog, if you have time please check it out!

http://wp.me/4c6hJ

Marvelous work today! Mine for today some of you have seen this one already.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/across-the-valley-steven-reed.html

peace

http://wp.me/4c6hJ

fixing link, i hope

here is my image for Friday - some of you might have seen it before - it is part of the book illustration I am doing http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sacred-dreamer-maya-telford.html

Fridays image..

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/friendships-grow-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html?newartwork=true

Hey ya'll - I'm back again and caught up....

I am at home on my computer so I can post again now !! Thanks Maya for your Posting Help ! I couldn't have done it without you...

Here is a re-post of my former piece 'Sunset Rock'.
I hope you'll agree, this perhaps strikes a better chord...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-sunset-rock-frank-bright.html

@ Steven...went to your gallery as I had already promoted that beautiful piece every way that I could! Went with Miniature Indian Paintbrush...gorgeous! Great first blog! Loved it!


Mine for today...reaching into the Best Friends Collection again...this one has been given no love!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/guess-what-i-heard-lee-craig.html

Happy Friday everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/flamingo-deena-stoddard.html

Deena...g+'d yours too...forgot to say and didn't want to clutter your comments going back to say that!

Steven, congratulations on your blog! You did GREAT!

If you haven't lately, pls drop by and see all your art promoted on

http://facebook.com/artists2c

(along with other artists you may know who are not in this group!)

Today's post: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/forest-sun-moon-douglas-moorezart.html

Hi a todos
mi foto del viernes!!!
espero estar haciendolo bien con el grupo
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/barca-en-la-playa-agus-aldalur.html

Agus...I promoted Mexicana because I had already promoted the one that you posted...beautiful work!

Steven what a great story!

GOTTA SHARE - NEW FEATURED ARTIST, ONE OF OUR OWN!

https://www.facebook.com/Artists2C

We start early as artists! Wyatt, my almost 4 yr old grandson!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152148914667904&set=a.68545347903.69305.760382903&type=1&theater

Caught up! Steven I loved your story too! But I am going to tell you what I tell every new blogger - eye candy! Especially you photographers! You make your own eye candy! If I'm going to a photographer's blog I would expect to see their photos and it's your very own platform to promote your work. Many posts can be just a photo or two - the more often you post the higher up you move in the google search. I know it's just your first posting but even so that story was so great I was eager to see at least one exampe of what your efforts got you that day! Share your eye candy! The stories are great but the photos, especially your photos, are the beauty!

Thanks for the advice Maureen!

Maureen I can't get your link to open

Here is one from my new series Adrinka Symbols from West Africa I have also started a Celtic symbol series. I'll upload a bit at a time. In a few weeks I start the Master Gardeners program. The classes are 2 days a week 4 hour each class, roughly two chapters a week for 12 weeks……So I'm trying to get some art done before the class starts :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/-adinkra-me-ware-mo-kandy-hurley.html

Anyone else working on the Smug Mug migration? Took almost all day yesterday just to create the "About Me" page on the new site.. They are going to be great new sites but wow, what a learning curve to set them up!

Time to catch up...

caught up, here you go :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/midnight-snack-amy-denson.html

Amy...didn't want to clutter your comments about being back again, but promoted on g+ also.

Denise...dropping my smugmug and going with a single page. I found that I didn't need all that after the studio sold! I do feel your pain, though!

I wondered if my link above would work - so I posted it to Artsy Fartsy! My 3 yr old grandson and I created his first painting on his new easel on Christmas! He's a work in progress!

Lee-I would like to drop it but its such a good deal for the price. Especially once the new sites are up and running, lots of control and new features. My clients like going there and I really like the capability of creating separate private accounts for many of them.. However, building this new web site: CRAZY! Its not the simple template anymore.. I think it will take me at least a month to get it up and running...

I did have an issue with them this week.. I found out I sold SIX (6) pieces since October. I didn't click the button that stops it from going through their service. Only way I found out was a lady ordered the wrong one (had a watermark on it)... I am watching those buttons closer when uploading the photos!

Great work all..

I feel like the subject in this picture after hours working Smugmug!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-retired-hinge-denise-dube.html

Caught up! Enchanted

Posting for Saturday. This one is unusual for me. The maidens were extracted from a 19th century painting.




http://fineartamerica.com/featured/doonagore-maidens-maureen-tillman.html

caught up!

Maureen, I added a pic. to the blog, not sure how to post a gallery on there yet, may have to change which theme I'm using for the page, hopefully this weekend.

thanks to everyone who read the blog, I really appreciate your support!

mine for today

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/magical-steven-reed.html

here is my offering for Saturday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-angel-baby-maya-telford.html

Steven and other bloggers - I am posting my blog again. I am really only knowledgable about blogger but if you look down the right side there is a slideshow from FAA and from Red Bubble too, ETSY too if anyone is interested.


http://maureentillman.blogspot.com

Saturday...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hosta-bloom-peek-in-black-and-white-lee-craig.html

Thanks for your comments everyone....

Here is mine for Saturday....It's a bit older but I've been wanting to post this here for a while...

My cousin lives in San Francisco and the house across the street from his always made a huge impression on me.
The house is actually all white, so it was a challenge to do in watercolor...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-neighbors-frank-bright.html

Enchanted!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fleur-de-lis-mystique-barbara-chichester.html

Hello Everybody!

I caught up again. Beautiful artwork.

@Steven, I really liked your blog. It makes me want to go up there. I can only imagine in what kind of shape I would be.
@ Denise, I hope your hand is doing better. This really sounds bad. I know what you mean about the ER after 1 am. I had the pleasure recently with a mighty migraine. I think I was the only one without drugs or alcohol in my blood and I am not in a big town at all, rather provincial. I admire all nurses and doctors for the work they do and the dedication.

I am trying to find some picture now to post. Come back later.

Happy Saturday all!

@Lee, thank you for the promotion!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/squier-strat-deena-stoddard.html

Here is my picture for Saturday.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/before-night-fall-sabine-edrissi.html?newartwork=true

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/emotional-touching-marcello-cicchini.html

Here is mine!!!

Happy Saturday one and all
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/paradiso-kandy-hurley.html

All caught up again :) here's mine

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/battle-ship-amy-denson.html

Saturdays submission...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tootsie-roll-train-denise-dube.html

caught up!

Maureen, thanks for sharing your blog, gave me some ideas, going to tweak my format!

Sabine, amazing capture! Love it!

Denise, hope your hand is doing better!

Mine for Saturday, it is a different pelican, than the one I posted about a week ago that called, "That's Mr Pelican to you", the Mr Pelican had a band on it's leg, and this does not. (that's how I was able to tell they were two different pelicans)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hello-steven-reed.html

For Saturday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-dining-beneath-the-wisteria-douglas-moorezart.html

Hey Everybody -

I am kind of on break today but I thought I'd share my blog with you all. It is about iPad art. I found out through my cousin who lives in San Francisco that an Artist David Hockney has an exhibition at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco and that he has a landscape piece in that collection that was done on an iPad.

It inspired me to write a blog about it...so here it is...Thanks,

http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/ipad-art-is-here-to-staycritics-take-note.html

Happy Sunday everyone!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/rose-red-deena-stoddard.html

Cool Announcement!

What an honor, the facebook page for the European artist Pieter Bruegel featured one of my artworks that is a direct homage the great artist! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pieter-Bruegel-the-Elder/50092128601?ref=stream He featured my work all you have seen before: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-road-to-thanksgiving-douglas-moorezart.html


My post for Sunday: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/road-to-the-moon-douglas-moorezart.html

I wish everybody a wonderful Sunday. Ours here in Germany is almost over. Another 2 weeks and I return to Vancouver after 3 months of being away.

Here is my posting for today. It's a picture I took in September in New York. It could use some love!

@ Frank, I like your blog. It is so true.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/all-the-rooftops-sabine-edrissi.html

Good morning and Happy Sunday to all

Thanks for your blog Frank very interesting read!
I just got an iPad and am looking forward to playing with it…Any suggestions for programs would be appreciated ….The DeYoung is a very special place


Heres mine for today
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-triquetra-celtic-symbol-kandy-hurley.html

Frank! Great article on your FAA blog! Well said! kudos to you!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/white-marcello-cicchini.html
Good morning!!!

Great article post Frank!

This piece is another repost but a favorite image of mine - my psychological self portrait from my childhood. Child abuse steals our most indomitable aspects of our self from us - we need to strive to keep that from happening. I spent much of my art career doing portrait work.These days I am so much happier with my digital art work.



http://fineartamerica.com/featured/inner-child-maureen-tillman.html

This piece is another repost but a favorite image of mine - my psychological self portrait from my childhood. Child abuse steals our most indomitable aspects of our self from us - we need to strive to keep that from happening. I spent much of my art career doing portrait work.These days I am so much happier with my digital art work.


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/indomitable-my-inner-child-maureen-tillman.html

caught up to here :)

Congratulations Douglas :)

I had the honor of being one of the featured artists in two blogs today by Geordie Gardiner
http://african-symbolism.blogspot.co.uk

and a tribute blog for Nelson Mandela
http://nelson-mandelatribute.blogspot.co.uk

Congratulations to Douglas and to Kandy...well done and well deserved, both!

My contribution to the artwalk for Sunday...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-arrives-over-aspen-lee-craig.html

caught up

Kandy, Love the Mandela tribute.. Enjoyed the Blogs Douglas and Frank...

Thanks Steve, I was foolish to attempted bowling with the hand today...lol

Sundays,

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/intensions-unknown-denise-dube.html

Congrats to Kandy and Douglas, way to go!

Denise?? bowling?? (love it)

Maureen, thanks to you, I've changed my theme (format) on my blog, was able to put in a slide show, and some things like that, looks much better I think! Thanks!!!! still need to tweak it some more,,,,,and I guess I better write another blog!! (putting thinking writing cap on)

Mine for this wonderful Sunday: a repeat

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mystic-falls-steven-reed.html

blogging along, hope some of you will follow: http://moorezart.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/a-spontaneous-haiku/

@ Everyone,
Thanks so much for your attention to my blog and Thanks for reading ! I really appreciate your support and I braced myself for a critical onslaught actually.... They'll speak up eventually - they always arrive on time !

@Kandy - I really do love the ArtStudio App and it is Very Much laid out like Photoshop. I almost knew my way around instantly. It is only $4.95 !!

I have also used the Inspire Pro App but I could not find a way to do layered textures like you can in the ArtStudio App. The same limitation seems to apply to the ArtRage3 app.

Below is the link to an iPad Painting Group here on FAA, and it's run by Angela Stanton, an incredible artist in my opinion.
I found it very helpful to look at their paintings - Angela requires artists to list what software App they use in the Description Area, so it's very helpful to look and see what art you LIKE and see what App they used etc....

http://fineartamerica.com/groups/ipad-or-iphone-or-any-touchscreen-painting-.html?tab=overview

@Douglas - Great Blog !! Thanks for responding to mine !

Here is my post for Monday...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-flowers-abstract-frank-bright.html

Monday post http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunrise-sunset-douglas-moorezart.html

Greetings to all....Sorry, so brief...but have very little time and trying to continue to remain in the game with all of you....promoted, voted and commented on all!
Hope everyone is doing well, congrats on the blogs and features, especially to Douglas and Kandy....we have a few more days here and will travel to NY....weather has been gloomy gray....we are enjoying family though, that is the most important thing...

Enchnated: mine for Monday:

The last of my Fleur de lis for now is of a "Mardi Gras" flavor....appropriate I think....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mardi-gras-fleur-de-lis-barbara-chichester.html

Happy Monday, all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/buck-on-a-ridge-deena-stoddard.html

My Monday post for promotion...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/under-sedona-skies-lee-craig.html

Good morning all. I went back my requisite 24 hours to promote you all.
Hope all had a great Holiday and are looking forward to a fabulous new year.

I should be back to regularly promoting everyone here. I just had to take care of a family medical emergency and needed to focus all my energy and time where it was needed. recovery is progressing, so I'm back to work and now I can be back to promoting you all.

wishing for more powder days.

Here is my contribution for today. Really been enjoying the Black and White recently, so I will be sharing a lot of my recent B&W work for you all to promote.
Thank you.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/moving-on-up-james-aiken.html

caught up to here, nothing to post yet :)

Thanks for all the kind comments

@ Frank…. Thanks so much for the info and the price is right! I didn't want to spend a fortune just to play so this is perfect. I will check out the group as well for inspiration!

@Douglas I'm reading and enjoying your blog …But somehow I have forgotten either my user name or password so until I get it straighten out I can't follow:(

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/reflections-of-a-city-kandy-hurley.html

Steven and other bloggers - more tips - I think the most important thing about blogging is that you enjoy it! Don't let it ever become work. A blog does not have to be a great article post everytime. A post can be as simple as one photo alone, or maybe with a quote, or a blog can be just a great quote maybe by someone like Ansel Adams etc. Use the seasons, Fall photos in the Fall etc, maybe with Fall quotes or just alone. One thing I do is when I have the time I compose a number of posts ahead of time - if I'm going to be busy - or just to have a stash of future posts so when I am not feeling inspired I can go to my stash and pull a post to publish.Try to post at least 2-3 times a month, as I said even just a simple photo. It boosts your blog in the google searches. And as I said earlier - eye candy - I always try to have at least 3 photos for each post - either of my work or usually images I have purchased that go along with a certain poem I am using.That's why I have over 13,000 images in my iPhoto library! Either you have to have the rights or it is public domain. My poems are always in the public domain. The fact that I have over 100,000 page views makes me smile! Have fun!

http://MaureenTillman.blogspot.com

Kandy, thanks I'm up to about 20 followers! its a start! slow going so I appreciate it. Perhaps you can just do a diff. account. Sorry that happened.

Douglas don't worry about blog followers, they come slowly but blog readers are more important. Do you have sitemeter or any kind of analytics like google analytics on it to watch your readers grow? I know a lot of people don't want more things coming into their email box so I don't even use an email mailing list. I post my blog occasionally like on here and fb and those who want to read it will. I get most of my activity from google searches on my subject matter, my profiles I do on poets, artists, le belle époque actresses and from certain poets I use like Robert Frost - searching him will bring you to my blog. If you post a quote by Ansel Adams or all the famous ones you are using now - each one of those can be a blog post and it will bring you readers searching those famous people. That's a great draw you have there - use it on your blog. A photo or vintage illustration of the person and a quote and that's your blog post! They make great fillers and then when you want to you can add an original more extensive blog post of your own.

Marueen, like minds!!

I noticed whatever topic I included in a post brought people interested in that topic. For example I mention "hiking" in one post and it brougth two hikes who now follow me! I posted a picture of a cheesecake I made at Xmas and it brought people who like to bake! So I'm slowly figuring it out. And you echo my experience so far and affirm I'm on the right track so THANKS!

Yes there is a sitemeter built into wordpress which gives you more info than you prob. ever want to know. It tells you where people come from to get to your post also! Speaking of which you inspired me to put up a new post since you said I didn't have to write an award winning novel to post something! lol!

New Blog Post from Douglas MooreZart

Seattle + Santa Fe = San Diego http://wp.me/p47ccR-3R

Douglas you know what you are doing on your fb art page can be used as a post on your blog too - you can feature other artists on there too. And yes it is important to use the best keywords in your blog titles to get the folks looking for that thing. And remember to add your blog addy to other sites like your Pinterest profile, WIX profile, any place you can stick it!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pioggia-marcello-cicchini-marcello-cicchini.html
Here is my work for today!

Well check out Maureen leading this parade, You go girl.. I do not blog yet, but I am copying and pasting your advise for when I do. Really really good tips...aaand, thank you so much for catching the spelling error (surprised?) on worst of all the Title to my image.. Thank you so much! I've had an assistant all my Corporate Years and I am so lost now without one.. She was an English major, that was my # 1 requirement! lol But, to top that, when I went bowling, I had my shirt on inside out all day and not one friend told me! Its all Par for the course....

Guys, call me a bonehead, but I cannot find where to comment on your blogs...


Glad you are back James, hoping your family medical issues are not too serious. I too am going back to my B&W roots. I also find it disciplines me for better color work...

chickichickibowwow

By the way... here is my blog : http://TheMarcello.com
or : http://artintheeyes.wordpress.com

:-)

By the way... here is my blog : http://TheMarcello.com
or : http://artintheeyes.wordpress.com

:-)

By the way... here is my blog : http://TheMarcello.com
or : http://artintheeyes.wordpress.com

:-)

By the way... here is my blog : http://TheMarcello.com
or : http://artintheeyes.wordpress.com

:-)

Following you Marcello!

Wow...I haven't even written anything on mine, decided if I'm keeping the name, or have a profile pic and already 4 out of 5 dentists recommend my blog!!! LOL...

WOW Now Marcello knows about eye candy!! Check his out my blogging newbies - see how the images keep you transfixed, on the page and scrolling down!! Well done Marcello! http://themarcello.com

Denise I used to be a proof reader for a printers before spell-check. I don't always say something when I catch a mistake partly because I don't know how they will react or appreciate it … but also and more and more, I think partly because of texting etc. spelling, accepted spelling, "ain't " what it used to be. I think many "misspellings" are intentional - I have even given in a little, very little though, but I'll use "cuz" in place of because mostly cuz I'm lazy! One new thing I hate is with my new MacBookPro - wasn't on my old one but now the computer thinks it knows better than me and it will change a word I type to something similar that it thinks I really want! And even when I change it back it will do it again! Usually on the 3rd time it will let it be. I always have to go back now and make sure my computer isn't mis-proofing my intent! Frustrating!

Just a word of encouragement! I use Blogger so that's the only one I can talk about. I was scared to death years ago to start - I was afraid something would get posted (published) accidentally before I was ready. No problem, even if you did you can immediately take it off - at any time you can delete it. And you can work on your blog set up as long as you want until you are ready to hit "publish" - no hurry. There are hundreds of templates to choose from - we are artists, we are well suited to design our own blogs. Choose a few areas of interest you think you want to write on. It can be just one idea too, but just don't make it a random thing, readers want to know what to expect to find there - mine is art, poetry and vintage images mainly.

Mark me...

think I am caught up the 24 hours - first time I have been away since joining this group. Spent the last day in hospital in emergency with a seized up back - couldn't walk. I am home full of morphine and other nasties and in bed now with my laptop. Trying to get caught up on everything.
@Denise - I couldn't get your link to work so went into your gallery and took "garden steps in Windsor Castle" - wonderful piece
I don't really have anything new - have been working on a couple but haven't been a to paint for the last four days due to back pain. So here is one I think you have probably already seen but hope you will like revisiting
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/messages-maya-telford.html

Maya get your rest - I could keep looking at your goddesses forever - just keep recycling them and we'll all be happy! Get better!

Oh Maya...so sorry. A word of caution that your doctor probably forgot to mention...commenting while "full of morphine" can be hazardous! Just kidding! Don't get yourself a stiff neck too...all that lap-topping in bed!

All caught up, wonderful images everyone.

Here is my image for Monday:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/herring-gull-james-petersen.html

Hey All,

I'm posting early for Tuesday....I'll probably be too busy to post for the next two days...Thanks,

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/country-path-frank-bright.html

caught up! Wonderful walk thru the Art Gallery today!

@Maureen! Thanks for all the tips! I've tweaked my blog a bit, but have wayyyyy to do, still learning how to get all the widgets to work.
@Marcello, nice blog! like Maureen said, lots of eye candy. Well done
@Maya, take care of yourself, that sounds soooooo painful!
@James, hope your wife is doing well, or as well as she can be, your family are in my thoughts, sending positive waves your direction.
@Denise, were you using some of Maya morphine drip, so that you could bowl with your hand? that would explain the inside out shirt. (be there, done that)
@Frank, don't forget to vote for yourself, I was your first vote (like)

mine for today, it's a more of a close up of the Pier Under, so one can see more of the details, and the light at the end of the pier.

peace

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/2-pier-under-ii-steven-reed.html

All caught up :0 Here is my post...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/from-the-void-amy-denson.html

Rest up Maya..Back pain is the worst...

My link didn't work because I corrected the title...

Here it is again

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/intentions-unknown-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

Night all!

Good morning all. Great stroll through the gARTen today with my coffee.
Hope everyone has making sales in the new year as one of their primary resolutions.
Thank you all for your concern and well wishes. Things are improving and becoming easier everyday here. I appreciate your thoughts and vibes.
@Denise - Yea, focusing on my B&W really helps train me to look at composition and tone rather than be blinded by the colors. PLus, i've just always been a B&W photographer at heart.
@Maya - Rest and get better Maya. We will promote any and all of your work wether it be new or previously seen. Just get yourself better then you can create anew.

More powder days are on the way.

Here is my image for promotion today. Hope you enjoy.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/crossed-paths-james-aiken.html

Happy New Year to All!

James...had a couple of "Shots", since I had already fully shared todays post!
Amy g+'d but didn't clutter the comments by adding that since I'd already promoted it this morning on another thread.

My Tuesday offering...
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/oklahoma-farm-bureau-okies-take-a-stand-lee-craig.html

Happy News Years Eve…. Since I'm up before dawn I can pretty much guarantee I won't be awake to see 2014 roll in

Maya…. Ouch sending healing thoughts your way

Weird thing about yesterday image no matter how many times I edit the image it keeps showing up with dust spots, which aren't in my photoshop image…May have to delete it. I even got an email from someone pointing it out..Oh well:)

I'm going to end the year with my Nelson Mandela tribute piece
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/leading-the-way-kandy-hurley.html

Happy Last Day of the Year! Hope 2014 brings the sales fairy to us all!!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunset-silhouette-deena-stoddard.html

Good Morning All! It is already evening and the year 2013 comes to an end soon here in Germany. I hope you all have a wonderful New Year. I wish you all health, happiness, good luck and all the success in the world.

I hope this group will continue for a long time as I really enjoyed everybody and everybody's art. You all helped me to get through a very difficult time with your kind and supportive comments and my wish for the New Year is to be able to reciprocate.

@ Maureen, your blog advises are immensely valuable for me. I haven't started a blog yet as I am still too hesitant. First of all English is only my second language and as a perfectionist it won't be good enough for me. Having worked in publishing I know it would be better to write in my mother tongue, however having lived in Canada for the last 16 years I feel more like writing in English. Oh well, I am sure I will start one day.

@ Maya, get well soon. I can only imagine how painful it is. Take good care of you!

Here is my picture for today. I took it this spring.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/crocosmia-sabine-edrissi.html

Big…. Thank you to Lee… Solved my spot problem:)

FELIZ AŃO A TODOS

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/al-vuelo-agus-aldalur.html?newartwork=true

@EVERYONE I'm giving away a copy of my 2014 calendar! you are all invited to enter! Piece of cake!

https://www.facebook.com/MooreZart/app_512541485429310

@ EVERYONE Happy New Year's and my post!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/anza-borrego-desert-church-no-2-douglas-moorezart.html

Another repost…rather New Yearsy don't ya think?



http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mother-of-the-firmament-maureen-tillman.html

All caught up, wonderful images everyone.

Here is my image for Tuesday:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/walking-james-petersen.html

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-world-marcello-cicchini-marcello-cicchini.html

just finished this one

Thank you Lee and Maureen for you appreciation about my blogs. :-)

I appreciate your calendar Douglas!!!

Happy New Year to everyone!

My last post in here for 2013

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pigeon-point-lighthouse-steven-reed.html

Happy New Year Everyone !!

Here's another iPad Art piece...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/bird-on-a-branch-frank-bright.html

Good Morning! Caught up so far. Return later!

Good morning 2014

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/light-of-buddha-kandy-hurley.html

Happy New Year all!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/american-goldfinch-3-deena-stoddard.html

Feliz Ańo Nuevo a tod@s!!!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pelicano-tomando-el-sol-agus-aldalur.html

Desde hoy para empezar el ańo ya tengo página en facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Agus-Argazkiak/1382969071958826?ref=hl

caught up

All caught up, wonderful images everyone.

Here is my image for Wednesday, continuing with more Purple Sandpiper images.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/purple-sandpiper-2-james-petersen.html

Welcome 2014!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/flatbed-ford-and-winslow-route-66-lee-craig.html

HAPPY DAY ONE!

POST FOR 1-1-14

IMAGE: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/haiku-douglas-moorezart.html

STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE: http://moorezart.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/a-spontaneous-haiku/

Happy New Year everyone - here is a new piece I finished today, Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/nuestra-senora-de-guadalupe-maya-telford.html

Post for 1-2-14 , unable to post tomorrow traveling. :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hazy-pink-dusk-douglas-moorezart.html

Hey All,

Here's my post for Thursday....Thanks!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/butterfly-and-flower-frank-bright.html

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/gliding-marcello-cicchini.html

Hello folks!!!. Amazing day today... Happy new year!!!!

That Patron Silver I got for Christmas was no more by midnight went back two days to catch up...

James- that black and white (tracks) looks like a platinum emulsion, hand applied with a brush... that was beautiful... I think you hit every shade...

Kandy, had the same exact problem also with a dust mark... you have to completely reload the entire picture...I am going through it right now with the many I ":bulk loaded when I first started that have a bold watermark... I loose all my comments... booo I so wish there was a way to just replace the picture..

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/classic-bikes-denise-dube.html

Caught up!

For Thursday 1-2-2014
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/curiosity-on-oklahoma-route-66-lee-craig.html

Buenos dias y felíz 2 dia del ańos a todos!!!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/san-vicente-de-la-barquera-agus-aldalur.html

All caught up with the excellent work being shared in this group.
Hope you all had a safe and fun New Year's Eve, and the New Year has begun well for all.

@Denise - I am really enjoying going back to my photographic roots and shooting B&W. Thank you very much for your compliments.

Powder days are coming to NYC. Up to 8 inches of the fresh white stuff tonight. YES!

Here is another B&W image for you promotion. Hope you enjoy this iconic station as much as the people in the photo.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/in-awe-at-grand-central-james-aiken.html

Happy Thursday, all! This one could use some love...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/so-tired-deena-stoddard.html

Missed posting yesterday, the first day of the year, so here's one for the 2nd day of the new year!.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/denver-skyline-steven-reed.html?newartwork=true

I was thinking about all those who are about to get blasted on the East Coast with snow… Sure they could use a bit of the tropics
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/tropical-bliss-kandy-hurley.html

caught up!

Caught up...for a minute I wasn't sure I would make it Lol

FYI: We are in Vrigina and staying for the night as a blizzard is expected to hit Long Island this evening and tomorrow a.m., so we will wait it out here....also, my laptop went black screen, will not come back on, shut itself down and obviously died.....so suffice to say, will be looking to buy a new laptop and will look at the MAC.....if anyone has any suggestions or advice would appreciate it. I am on the hotel business computers at present....beyond tomorrow, will not know if I can get online until we return to TN. So, it might be a while....please carry on with the discussions if you want this discussion group to continue. I will do my best to do features when I can for MMI. Hope you all had a great start of the New Year! I can't complain, we are safe, together and have been with family, going to visit more....so we are doing well and enjoying the start of 2014! :) If you want to advise me on a laptop that would be geared for our types....please email me here on the site, I'd appreciate input...thanks all and HAPPY 2014!

Be safe everyone on the east coast with that big one coming in...Golf weather here. lol, sorry had to back up Kandy and her tropical picture for you all..

So, Barbara, does that mean we can submit pictures again?

I, insanely am going back to the cliffs in Rancho Palos Verdes at 3am tomorrow morning to try once again to capture a nice blue hour, fell flat (just like me) last time... They have to use those rescue helicopters right? Waste of tax payer money otherwise...

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/eye-of-the-gods-denise-dube.html

Made it back, catching up!

QUESTION: what-does-greek-mythology-and-the-iliad-have-to-do-with-my-garden and art?
ANSWER: If you have time http://wp.me/p47ccR-4G

1-3-14 post http://moorezart.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/what-does-greek-mythology-and-the-iliad-have-to-do-with-my-garden/

oops my post link for my art was missed...here you go, goes with previous post.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/mythology-of-yarrow-douglas-moorezart.html

Barbara, I'm a Mac girl - or old lady… I bought my first MacBookPro in 2007, a 15 in. - then a couple months ago that one died and I got a new MacBookPro but 13 in. since I can't afford any more now. I actually like the 13 in since it is much lighter to carry around. I love my iPhoto library - have over 13,000 images in it.

hoping all stay safe in such bad weather. Thinking in particular of you Barb and trust you arrive safely.

Here is my piece for tomorrow http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-abyss-maya-telford.html

@Barbara - I used to use PCs and was very dedicated to them. But EVERY PC I owned would crash and die every 3-4 years. DOA at Best Buy every time. "Oh the memory must have gotten corrupted..." they would say, etc etc.

It didn't matter that I had plenty of anti-spyware and anti-virus protection. Every 3-4 years, it would always crash and die on me.

This has NEVER happened to me on a Mac. And I've never looked back.

I have a Macbook Pro 15" laptop as my home computer now and I have it hooked up to a larger flatscreen monitor and a keyboard when I am at home. So I have both the comfort of a home computer and the mobility of a laptop if I want it on the road.

Good Luck deciding !!

Here's mine for Friday... (I changed my mind here...)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/country-pond-frank-bright.html

I haven't been listing new work as I wanted to since so many groups have advised against it until later this month -


so here's another repost - may be my most favorite piece of mine -


http://fineartamerica.com/featured/soul-mate-maureen-tillman.html

No little stinkin' snow storm is keeping me away from this group of excellent artists.
I'm in at work during the first decent winter storm of the year. Its snow, glorious snow! But I use public transportation so everyone in this area stay off the roads its not safe to drive.
It's a little cold here in the city, but I personally LOVE this weather. However, my home town up North in Vermont has -20* temps plus a dangerous windchill, without any real snow to make it look nice outside. That is not fun winter weather.

Anyway, I'm still on my B&W kick, so here is another image for your promotion. Thank you all for the amazing comments and support.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/of-steel-and-stone-james-aiken.html

Happy Friday everyone! Bracing for more snow in Missouri this weekend....stay warm out there!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/vintage-woman-in-floral-hat-deena-stoddard.html

Colder than a well diggers butt! Glad that I plowed yesterday before the temp dropped to zero!

My promotion piece for today...still on Route 66, but in Texas now!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/shamrock-texas-on-route-66-lee-craig.html

Hello Everybody, I hope all of you living at the East coast are ok. I've seen the pictures on TV and it doesn't look to inviting at all.

I caught up so for and here is my picture for today. I took this picture in Montreal last September.

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/give-me-a-break-sabine-edrissi.html

Douglas great read!
Barbara …Mac all the way you won't regret it
James stay warm out there!

This is from Florida where I lived for 21 years and used to cross this bridge quite often
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/sunshine-skyway-kandy-hurley.html

Buen viernes a todos!!
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cascadas-de-luz-agus-aldalur.html

caught up!

Hello all and thanks for visiting my blog and being so supportive!

@ WEATHER!! Man oh man you guys back east stay warm. I lived in upstate NY and I know COLD! Not to make anyone jealous, and the reason I moved this way in fact, its very mild here today, about 65 degrees. I paid my dues living in the mountains of New Mexico for several years where its 10 to 16 degrees for many months during the winter (which lasts for nearly 7 months each year!) In fact I just wrote up a blog post all about this very thing - weather in the last three places I've lived! Entitled Seattle + Santa Fe = San Diego!

http://wp.me/p47ccR-3R

@Frank - you are right, Macs go way longer than PCs! BUT my MacBook pro lasted 8 years then kicked the bucket. Constantly had its video card go wonky and lots of dead pixels. Replaced it once for free at the Apple store but 2 years later the video card bit the dust again! So even though its far longer lived than a PC it does have a life expectancy!

@Everyone, last day to enter for a chance to win my calendar giveaway! Nuttn' to loose, go for it! https://www.facebook.com/MooreZart/app_512541485429310

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/cloud-marcello-cicchini.html

here is my piece for today!!! :-)

James, so jealous that you use public trans and can trot around the city during the storm... I love shooting storms of any kind...'

Nice read Douglas

Barbara,- Canon and PC girl here (I hear you all booing).. Love the new "all in ones" from HP... Just got one and LOVE It!! But then again, I buy German cars that break down every month so I may not be the best source.... But seriously, with the rate of technology, do you really want a computer that last more than five years?

Well, I was going to complain, no, not about getting up at 3:am too shoot but that I got clobbered by a rouge wave before I even got my first shot off this morning and froze my butt off the next two hours. Just had to get the right angle.... I fear the raphe of you surviving the storm in the east, so no I am not complaining....But I was "Colder than a well diggers butt" about fell over reading that Lee.....

Here was an easy shot just after the sun came up... I little glow of warmth for all of you under snow....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/golden-sunrise-sails-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

All caught up! Great work all today...as always!
Sorry 'bout your butt Denise...well not a lot. I'm missing my 75 degree weather that I left in Arizona!

I too am a PC kind of gal. My monitor is an NEC as big as my desk and my laptop that I travel with is a Lenovo ThinkPad with almost as big a screen as the one on my desk. Airport security always has some kind of snide remark about it and it's size...but for photography or graphics, it's the bomb!

Oh...and I don't really have that poor of language skills Denise...I dropped a couple of letters in your comment and of course couldn't get it back so that I didn't sound like a hilljack! Done...sheesh!

Dingfoddy!

All caught up...How about a little Sy-Fi for a change :)

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/arch-portal-amy-denson.html

Douglas I'm on my second MacBook Pro - last one lasted 7 years - I've never had trouble with a video card - I don't even know what that is - maybe photographers use that, maybe I'm using it and don't even know it! My images all go into my iPhoto library - over 13000 now. And because it's a Mac - no viruses! The only thing I replaced on the last one was the battery but on the new ones apparently you don't have to do that even anymore. I had cabin fever so bad today I called a cab and went out in 9 degree weather. Monday's high is supposed to be 10-15 BELOW - for the high! I've been preparing / stocking up for a class I am teaching for just 2 hours a week from Sunday - 2 hrs / $75 an hour plus materials - can't beat that. Its a jewelry class - there is supposed to be 3 more, one in Feb / March and April too. It could actually turn into a regular gig I'm thinking. One class will be in collage which is what I really want to teach - classes in my future home someday - this condo complex wouldn't be the best location but if I had to I could do it. These classes are going to be downtown. Tired tonight.

gee my life seems pretty tame compared to everything that this crew gets up to - just morphine and muscle relaxants are all I am dealing with!!
Here is my offering for Saturday http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pachamamma-maya-telford.html

Hey Everybody ! Thanks for the great comments as always.

Here's mine for Saturday... A new watercolor piece....

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/6-San-francisco-bay-frank-bright.html

Maureen, glad your Mac book is doing so well. Let me tell you I also got an IMAC. It lasted 8 years and then the video card started going also. it gets dead pixels or lines through the monitor. not fixable. So between the macbook pro and the Imac it costs me over $5000 bucks 10 years ago! And now both are paper weights. I'm glad yours worked and hope they still do. But that was a lot of money to lay out to have them both go bad on me!!!

Here's my post for Saturdayttp://fineartamerica.com/featured/pacific-crest-trail-douglas-moorezart.html

lets try that again!

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/pacific-crest-trail-douglas-moorezart.html

Lee I also have a small Lenovo think pad.. Probably the best lap top for PC loving photographers..its a workhorse..

Maya, I have had many a day with morphine..I just never learn my lesson..feel better soon..

Saturdays A blue hour shot from yesterdays outing..

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/song-of-the-wave-2-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html

Having tons of issues with FAA tonight..

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/song-of-the-wave-2-by-denise-dube-denise-dube.html