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LOOKING AHEAD TO CHRISTMAS 
December 2, 2011  

Future's eye sees peaceful fantasy world"

With the holidays upon us, I'd like to imagine a world filled with peace and good will...if everyone does just a few good deeds for others during this time, at least for a while, the world will be a better place for us all!

Winter is fast approaching...I welcome it as I always do. But for those who are less enthusiastic about it, challenge blog 4X4 FRIDAY invited artists to create a piece of art with the theme: WINTER BLESSINGS...I'm hoping that this will work...

Holiday time is often party time. In that spirit, CRAZY AMIGO's challenge was to create party-themed art:

INSPIRATION AVENUE chose a most unusual subject for their art challenge this week... English Literature. In keeping with the holiday spirit of good will to all, I chose Charles Dickens' OLIVER TWIST as my inspiration...

SUNDAY POSTCARD ART chose CANDLES for their weekly theme... I created a piece inspired by and in honor of the female religious community we met in China. There, they light candles to send messages to the spirits...

 I combined the themes of the PAPER TRADERS ART BLOG and TAKE A WORD even though they're totally different. For the PAPER TRADERS BLOG, our task was to create a piece of art about the vintage working woman...and TAKE A WORD's theme was simply, blue! I combined them into a blue working woman piece in the hopes that it'll satisfy both challenges...does it?

I guess it's not surprising that the vintage working woman I selected was a photographer working with a model for a music sheet ...loving photography and music as I do! I really enjoyed doing this one!



Finally, the last challenge has NOTHING to do with the holidays either... Issued by the challenge blog  THINK MONDAY-THINK ATC, another unusual theme request: FURNITURE!!! I remembered that in the capital city of Ethiopia... Addis Ababa... I noticed that many of the furniture shops had their furniture displayed outside, on Mother Earth!! THIS is what it looks like: 

Have fun as you prepare for the holidays...remember those good deeds...and please come back and visit me!

Holiday Hugs,
abbyj