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Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce that its February 2012 art exhibition is now posted on their website and is ready to view online. The basis for this month's art exhibition was "All Women" (women only artists) and contained an open subject theme.

An art competition was held in January 2012 which determined and judged the art for this exhibition. The gallery received submissions from 21different countries from around the world and they also received entries from 39 different states. Overall, there were 1,219 entries that were judged for this art competition. Due to the volume of entries, the gallery decided to create 4 media categories and make awards for each, along with an Overall Category which were selected from the 4 media categories.

Congratulations to the artists who have been designated as this month's category winners, along with the winning Special Recognition artists. The gallery commends all of the winning artists for their artistic skill and their creativity, as this online art exhibition is indicative of their creativity.

To proceed to the gallery's "All Women" online juried art exhibition go to this link: http://www.lightspacetime.com/all-women-art-exhibition-february-2012

Each month Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery conducts themed online art competitions for 2D artists. All participating winners of each competition have their artwork exposed and promoted online through the online gallery to thousands of visitors each month. If you know of a talented 2D artist who may benefit from the exposure and the publicity that the gallery can provide to them, please forward this press release to them.

What a winter! After one devastating snowstorm over Holloween weekend, there has been virtually no snow. It has awakened an interest in dried grasses and bare woods which I explored in a series a few years ago called "December without snow". I have three of the new ones up in a new gallery called "Naked Winter" now,with more to come. When the light is muted, there is a tremendous richness of subtle color in the naked meadows and woods, a throbbing warmth made of many related colors. I love it.

On Friday,February 3,2012,I will take part in a Statewide "Juried" Art Competition, held at the Peoria Art Gallery in Peoria, AZ. City Hall. This competition is held in conjunction with the West Valley Art Museum, and will feature artists and photographers from the state of Az.

It is an honor to be part of such a prestigious "Juried" competition. Both of these organizations have shared their passsion for art through their permanent collections, exhibitions and educational programs.

The Peoria City Hall Art Gallery is located at 8401 West Monroe Street, Peoria, AZ. and is currently exhibiting one of West Valley Art Museum's permanent collections called " From The East: Cultural Diversity in Arizona"

This exhibit contains selections from the Museums Ethnic Dress Collection, related Artifacts and Paintings. The gallery is open for viewing Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 10 am-4pm, and Thursday 12 Noon until 6 pm. or by appointment.

A $5 bunch of Sunflowers on a bleak winter day, inspired this sequence of bright sunflower paintings. I painted them in all sorts of projections in all sorts of mediums almost to obsession!

Our friend's dog, Cider, was peeking under a fence trying to get our attention. She brought her stuffed moose with her to up the cuteness factor. Although it didn't get her admission into our picnic, it did get her a candid portrait in Pastels which her owners did snap up. Cider is a Labradoodle with a riot of curly hair. She was a lot of fun to paint! This was one spontaneous painting!

Greetings! I hope this post finds you doing well! I am hosting a show at the Chester library during the month of February. The reception will be this Saturday from 3 until 4:30 in the Maud Hurt Meeting Room at the library. I hope those of you who live in the Richmond/Chesterfield area can stop by and say hi!

Two colorful blue and gold macaws just sitting on a tree branch. What could they be talking about? Without frame

Photographed at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Two colorful blue and gold macaws just sitting on a tree branch. What could they be talking about? Without frame

Well I did it!!! I finished the chalk drawing in 6 hours. we had from 8am-6pm to complete it, I was finished by 3pm, which gave me plenty of time after to talk with the people who came to see the event. Hundreds of people took photos of the drawing and I was interviewed twice by 2 different local stations. Many of our friends came to see it and some hung out with my husband and me all day. I want to thank my husband John again for all his support and I want to thank our friends for their support and let them know they are all loved very much. I really enjoyed doing this. I am definitely doing it again next year.

I have been neglectful of my art sites. I need to be more aggressive in the display and promotion of my work. The companies are there for us to promote, we pay for them but if we don't
use them, we fail as artists.
Stay strong keep the faith, hope and joy for the arts.

I'm really happy! I am a member of the Oak Valley Art Society, at our January meeting I was chosen Artist of the Month for my painting named Strolling. I am also a member of Central California Art Association & Mistlin Gallery and will be showing some of my painting in the Almond Blossom Show from February 14 - March 15 in Modesto Ca.

check out my painting at the link provided

check out my painting at the link provided

This small watercolor was painted as a gift to my brother and sister-in-law as a remembrance of the fabulous trip they took this past summer. The painting was created from vacation photo's they shared.

Such works make wonderful gifts or simply serve as reminders of your own good times.

I am a new member of this site and this is so exciting. I am a portrait and trompe l'oeil painter for the most part. I have a website; www.linsartwork.com and an Etsy shop at www.linsartwork.etsy.com that I sell my note cards, originals and prints on. This weekend I am going to do something new. I will be in the Naples 2012 Chalk Drawing Event on 5th Ave in downtown Naples on Saturday January 28th. I am looking forward to it. The photo attached is the 1st draft of the piece that I will be drawing on the road. I have followed the chalk drawing top dogs; Julian Beever and Kurt Wenner for years and always thought it would be fun to do. well here will be my 1st attempt. Who knows it may be a new avenue for my art. Wish me luck!!! :)

I really enjoy painting abstracts. I don't know that much about them, except to me it becomes an interesting experience. I sat down the other day and just started to paint with my acrylics. I really didn't have anything in mind to paint, but just wanted to put feelings down. I had listened to the song "Wasted Years" and for me it was meaningful. I won't go into it, but I knew someone that drank a lot and really wasted their talent over the years. As I painted on, I began to put all my thoughts down in paint and was amazed at the way I felt about it. When I showed my friends the art,I found that not many good comments came my way, but to me I loved it. It did express the years that one can waste. The mood was there. It is one thing to paint a beautiful painting, but when one isn't uplifting, it is another thing. What do you think? The song "Wasted Years" is a song of a life, living in fear and without love, a life without meaning --but it also tells one to turn around ,God is calling them from those wasted years. So, it is inspiring. I hope you google that song and listen to it. As an artist, I love to try all new things, so abstracts -That's why I paint them. Millie Gift Smith

Showy purple and yellow Cattleya orchid flower at the Utah Society Orchid Show, held at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Thanks for choosing my watercolor, "Hibiscus", as a feature this month.