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Art Challenge #42- 2010 Black Friday Sale

November 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Twas a very Black Friday, post a Thanksgiving feast…So I grabbed my credit card and got online!! I went to the Artist Challenge and did ALL MY HOLIDAY shopping!! WHOOPEE! Dear Wild and Crazy Black Friday Online Shopper! You want it? We’ve got it! Items you see in this gallery are priced for Sale Now! [...]

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Art Challenge #35- Gone with the Wind

July 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments

“What do we care if we were expelled from college, Scarlett? The war is going to start any day now, ……” “Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk’s spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream.” The Members of the Artist Challenge proudly present a wee gallery [...]

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Art Challenge #33- EMBRACE

June 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

“My screams rang out in the ungodly darkness as I was being pulled into a great black mass of bloodly tendrils that embraced…  WHAAAT!!!?? Let’s start over.                          Em·brace [em bráyss]= To hold you lovingly  in my arms. The Members of the Artist Challenge present  CHALLENGE #33- “EMBRACE” Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery, [...]

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Art Challenge #32- A Midsummer Night’s Dream

June 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments

When thou wakest, … Thou takest … True delight … In the sight of thy former lady’s eye: And the country proverb known, That every man should take his own, In your waking shall be shown: Jack shall have Jill; Nought shall go ill; The man shall have his mare again,… and all shall be [...]

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Art Challenge #31- Portrait of an Artist

May 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments

Although portraits are a challenge that every artist does, to create a ‘Portrait of an Artist’ creates a mental fuss. Do we a portray ourselves or portray our brother? And if we don’t flatter will we find angry fervor? Well, accepting this challenge yells out for a visage, So with our brushes we  hold our [...]

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Art Challenge #30- The Floral

May 8th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Way, way out in the garden, in a place where nobody goes with the help of old mother nature a tiny blue flower grows. Absorbed in her wind blown dance only nature’s voice she’ll heed. She’ll live her live in fullness without knowing she’s only a weed Excerpt from — by Robert C. Murray, Ode [...]

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Art Challenge #29- Under the Sea

April 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Can you see me,  my little one- under the sea and beneath the sun? Davy Jones Locker on a mermaid’s bust, inviting the foolish who so unwittingly trust. A sirens’s laughter that turns your head, “Come  join me, dear,  in my watery bed.” Sink down to murky depths with me, amidst the fishes where dead men [...]

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Art Challenge #28- ILLUSION- the AUCTION

April 10th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Ahoy Wandering Art Patrons with Gold in your pockets! Check out our Pirate’s Feast de Resistance! IT’S AN AUCTION! Our theme is Illusions. “Art is but an Illusion, kind Sir?” We have works from the Master Artists around the world for a pittance. MAKE A BID RIGHT HERE AND THE ARTIST WILL RESPOND. For your viewing [...]

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Art Challenge #27- Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

March 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments

So is it true that ‘Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder?’ Let me ask you: Have you ever wondered what he sees in her ..or her in him? And what if you were blind? Would there be no beauty to behold? Could it be that beauty really comes from the heart and soul [...]

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Art Challenge #26- 2010 SUN ART

March 14th, 2010 · 12 Comments

CONGRATULATIONS ! July 17, 2011- RUSTY HARDEN- Rusty’s 2010 sun art “CHESHIRE SUN” aired on CBS Television Show-“Sunday Morning”. The show was dedicated to the love of animals. This is the second time Cheshire Sun has aired nationally on Sunday Morning!! CONGRATULATIONS ! July 10, 2011- DOUG FEAKES- Doug’s 2010 sun art “SAPPHIRE SUN” aired [...]

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