The Artist Challenge

“Do you remember me? You walked in to my life,
And then you walked out..
But you will always be with me.
You will always be a precious memory and I will always remember you.”

The Members of The Artist Challenge Present Gallery #54-
“REMEMBER ME”

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery, contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work. Prints are also available on many of the pieces shown in the gallery.

Warning: The Artist Challenge is a website for Mature Audience. Some images may not be suitable for children or those sensitive to adult subject matter. Viewers visit The Challenge at their own discretion and responsibility. The Artist Challenge bares no liability.

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“Blessings on him who invented sleep, the mantle that covers all human thoughts, the food that satisfies hunger, the drink that slakes thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and lastly the common currency that buys all things, the balance and weight that equalizes the shepherd and the king, the simpleton and the sage.”

The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes (1605 and 1615)

The Members of The Artist Challenge Present Gallery #53-
“QUIXOTIC”

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery, contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work. Prints are also available on many of the pieces shown in the gallery.

Warning:  The Artist Challenge is a website for Mature Audience. Some images may not be suitable for children or those sensitive to adult subject matter. Viewers visit The Challenge at their own discretion and responsibility. The Artist Challenge bares no liability.

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There is no theme to our collection
But it’s done for you with much affection.

Random thoughts. Diverse vision.
Art from the soul is the artist’s mission.

A ‘No Theme- Theme’ is all we mean.
An insightful gathering that dares to be seen.

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!

The Members of The Artist Challenge Present Gallery #52-
“2011 NO THEME- THEME”

In this gallery, the artists can show anything they’d like. WHAT THEY’VE DONE is create an outstanding collection of GIFT IDEAS FOR FATHER’S DAY AT AFFORDABLE PRICING. Touch Down on each painting and you’ll see what we mean by a No Theme-Theme!

Attention Dear Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery, contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work.
Prints are also available on many of the pieces shown in the gallery and lots more great gift ideas for Dad!

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“Will you walk into my parlor?”
said the spider to the fly;
“Tis the prettiest little parlor that you ever did spy.
The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,
And I have many curious things to show ..when you are there.“

“Oh no, no!” said the little fly,
“to ask me is in vain;
For who goes up your winding stair
can never come down again.”
Walk Into My Parlor by Mary Hewitt (1829)

Members of the Artist Challenge present a frightfully delightful little gallery we call-
“MYTHS, LEGENDS AND OTHER WORLDLY”

  Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work.
(Prints are also available on many of the original works.)

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This Gallery is  SO MUCH FUN! Thank you ALL for participating especially on a holiday weekend. Welcome to our new members and have a wonderful and safe Memorial Day.
Vikki/aka the Pub Wench

My heart to yours, Sailors and Wenches.

All the names I know from nurse:
Gardener’s garters, Shepherd’s purse,
Bachelor’s buttons, Lady’s smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.

Fairy places, fairy things,
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames–
These must all be fairy names!

The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Members of The Artist Challenge Proudly Present Gallery 50
“THE FLOWER SHOW”

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work.
(Prints are also available on many of the original works.)

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How absolutely gorgeous is this collection? Wheeeeeeeewhoooo! You take my breath away! Good Luck with your Spring Sales you wild and rascally artists.

My pirate heart to yours.
Vikki

“April love is for the very young.
Every star’s a wishing star that shines for you.
April love is all the seven wonders.
One little kiss can tell you this is true.

Sometimes an April day will suddenly bring showers;
Rain to grow the flowers for her first bouquet.
But April love can slip right through your fingers.
So if she’s the one ..don’t let her run away.”

1957 “April Love” lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

The Members of The Artist Challenge Present Gallery 49
“APRIL LOVE”

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work.
(Prints are also available on many of the original works.)

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We’ve had blistering winter and spring fever is in full flurry – hitting all of us hard this year. It’s SO difficult to spend these beautiful spring days working.

We had a guest with us this week that said he just didn’t see art patrons or collectors in the brick n’ mortar galleries anymore.  He said THEY JUST AREN’T BUYING ORIGINAL ART from traditional galleries and many are going out of business. HE’S RIGHT. It’s happening everywhere. But contrary to his claim, patrons haven’t disappeared into some ominous black hole never to found again.  THEY ARE ALL ONLINE TODAY. (Last week I acquired a new commission, sold an original on Monday and then sold 4 more originals and a giclee on Friday. I have never been busier.)

We’d like to remind all of you with the greatest respect, short of the Holiday months, April, May and June are the biggest ART sales months of year. Now is the time for all of us to get new work posted, not just on the Challenge, but on our websites and blogs.

For those that submitted to our little ‘April Love’ gallery we’ll be giving you a free credit for any future recompense theme on the Challenge.

Our next Spring theme is “Flower Show’. Please join us.   Go to the Upcoming Theme Page for details.

Best wishes for a very prosperous 2011 Spring and always know- my heart to yours.
Vikki North

“Pablo Picasso surprised a burglar in his home. The intruder got away, but Picasso told the police he could do a rough sketch of what he looked like. On the basis of his drawing, the police arrested a washing machine.”

“The person who can bring the spirit of laughter into a room is indeed blessed.”
Bennett Alfred Cerf

With a Chuckle and Smile the Members of The Artist Challenge Present a Funny Little Gallery we call~

“THE JOKE”

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work. (Prints are also available on many of the original works.)

AND CONSIDERING THIS GALLERY WAS JUST FOR FUN- BE SURE AND CHECK OUT THE ARTISTS PRICES! They’re a steal!

The work in The Artist Challenge is created for a mature audience. Some pieces may not suitable for children or those sensitive to adult subject matter. Viewers visit our site at their own discretion.

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“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.”
Karl Barth
“If its sanity you are after there is no recipe like laughter.”
Henry Elliot
“He who has achieved success has worked well and laughed often.”
Elbert Hubbard
“If you’re not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.”
Martin Luther
“The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.”
Shirley MacLaine

All quotes are from  http://www.quoteworld.org/

Although with thee! Tender is the night…
…here there is no light,
Save what from heaven is with the breezes blown
Through verdurous glooms and winding mossy ways..

~John Keats /May 1819

For all the lovers of the world and for all their nights to come…
The Members of The Artist Challenge present Gallery 47

TENDER IS THE NIGHT

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work. (Prints are also available on many of the original works.)

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Into each life some rain must fall.
Grey skies are going to clear up…
He became a lightening rod for party criticism.
It’s gonna’ be clear skies from now on!
The boss thundered into the room.
It was a whirlwind romance!
It’s been a little chilly around the office.
She was unsure if her relationship could weather the storm.

Weather has always been a metaphor for life. Even the Bible uses ‘the calm before the storm’ as an analogy for the end of time. But to the artist… weather is something quite different. We know that anyone who only sees the calm before a storm as just a warning, has never stuck around long enough to dance in the rain.

The Members of The Artist Challenge present- Gallery #46
THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work. (Prints are also available on many of the original works.)

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We understand that dreams are just our ‘thoughts’  abstracted and enhanced. It’s also been said for many centuries that artists dip their brushes in dreams and bring them to the canvas. If that’s true -

“Anyone who says you can’t see a thought simply doesn’t know art and never dreamed.”
~variation on a quote by Wynetka Ann Reynolds

The MEMBERS OF THE ARTIST CHALLENGE PRESENT 
Theme Gallery 45
“WHAT DREAMS MAY COME”

Attention Patrons: To purchase artwork in this gallery- contact the artist direct at their website link listed with their work.

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