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• Featured Avatar for Humor Captured
  by Carrie Glenn

  I just realized “A Fish Out of Water” i…

  I just realized “A Fish Out of Water” is the Humor Captured groups icon! Yeaaah thanks guys…and it just makes me laugh more when people laugh at my piece…it’s contagious! Stop…you’re making my tummy hurt!! LOL / So I wanted to say thanks to Daren Deri and Meg for that. They are all uniquely talented people and I think do a fabulous job on the group / If you haven’t seen this group, stop by and take a look….and join the fun! Thanks everyone! :)

• ?Abstract-Realism?
  by Michelle Wrighton

  I’ve just added a couple more abstract photography images to my portfolio. I was going to add a few more, but then questions formed in m…

  I’ve just added a couple more abstract photography images to my portfolio. I was going to add a few more, but then questions formed in my mind. I create abstract photography and yet draw and paint with a very high degree of realism – photorealism in many cases. What on earth does that say about me as an artist? Or as a person for that matter? Am I just striving for balance in expressing my creativity (being a Libran thats quite possible), or am I just plain weird (quite possible as well)? To be successful as an artist (painter or photographer), those in the know claim that you must specialise, find a niche and develop it. I read a quote today that has resonated with me all day – “Art is not in the eye of the beholder, Art is in the heart of the artist”. Can’t remember who said it though. So. I guess I shall continue to follow my heart, because to do otherwise would be like denying part of me. LOL – maybe I will be a trailblazer in the artworld and create my own Abstract Photography-Realistic Painting niche.

• Urban Landscape Calendar # 1
  by Juilee P Pryor

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• What an Honor to be a Featured Artist in the Abstract Realism Group!
  by Seth Weaver

  I would like to thank all my dear friends and those wonderful addicted browsers that have seen my work “Starry Night in Prague©” that has…

  I would like to thank all my dear friends and those wonderful addicted browsers that have seen my work “Starry Night in Prague©” that has recently surfaced on the featured art section of the Abstract Realism Group page. I appreciate all my dear RB fellow artists that look and comment on my work all the time. Good or bad work, bless you my dear friends for your wonderful support. To my friends around the world have a GREAT WEEK. / All My Best! / Seth Weaver

• House drawing scanned!!
  by olechka

  I finally scanned my drawing of House, and it is now available for purchase as larger prints, as well as cards. The quality of the new sc…

  I finally scanned my drawing of House, and it is now available for purchase as larger prints, as well as cards. The quality of the new scan is MUCH better than the image I had up before, which was taken with a digital camera. / I also got 2 other drawings scanned; you can check them out below: / I would like to thank everyone for all of the kind comments on my artwork :)

• The Photograph: A Poem
  by Erin Kroll

  The Photograph / Erin Kroll / _______ I am just a faded memory / In this room on this wall / Where the old cou…

  The Photograph / Erin Kroll / _______ I am just a faded memory / In this room on this wall / Where the old couple / Waits for the milk to curdle / In sitting tea Once a lady and a gentleman / They wrinkle like leaves / That anticipate autumn / To carry winter quickly / To the windows Along with the contrabands of time I watch them He rarely raises his voice / or face from the articles of / Yesterday’s news She is more refined / Hums the hours away / Knitting wool / Composing into form / At her feet / To warm her generations / To feed her endless tree Somehow I sustain them / Draw them into my / Backwards world of / Silver and fingerprints I am their guardian / Their capsule / A sea-side summer / Of elastic youth / Their moment frozen / in black pastel I am the story they / have to tell but can’t, / but won’t reveal that / In me the milk stays fresh / And tea is rich / as amber hair / Now gray in the / shadow of winter So I hold them / With my perspective / In my realism / Because if winter takes / them this time / I will have no / purpose to smile.

• To 1 on 1 members
  by Linda Bennett

  I have to say that when spending some time clicking thru the artwork from this group, I am totally amazed at how much talent is projected…

  I have to say that when spending some time clicking thru the artwork from this group, I am totally amazed at how much talent is projected here. You all have a great eye for detail and the color choice is amazing. It takes great skill to project a piece of art to the point that it looks real, which many here have done. Truly inspirational!!!

• Feature Thanks!
  by Makeba Kedem-DuBose

  Thanks Abstract Realism Group for featuring “Gathering Series #4” Peace…

  Thanks Abstract Realism Group for featuring “Gathering Series #4” Peace…

• Honored, Thank You Samuel Durkin, at Abstract Realism
  by N Kumar Bellani

  The Essence of Ramsgate, Kent is featured at “Abst…

  The Essence of Ramsgate, Kent is featured at Abstract Realism

• Another Feature in Abstract Realism Group!
  by Makeba Kedem-DuBose

  Thanks Abstract Realism Group for featuring another one of my paintings, “Mother and Child Series: Untitled #4.” Much appreciated! Pe…

  Thanks Abstract Realism Group for featuring another one of my paintings, “Mother and Child Series: Untitled #4.” Much appreciated! Peace, Makeba Kedem-DuBose

• Chicago's South Side Community Art Center: At auction this week
  by Makeba Kedem-DuBose

  Mother and Child Series: By Your Side / A self-portrait of myself with my oldest daughter Iyahna. / Acrylic Artist’s Colors on Canvas / H22”...

  Mother and Child Series: By Your Side / A self-portrait of myself with my oldest daughter Iyahna. / Acrylic Artist’s Colors on Canvas / H22” x W22” / Black Matte Gallery Frame / 2007 / Original: 850.00 At auction this week. Opening bid 700.00 South Side Community Art Center / 43rd Annual Art Auction & Fundraiser / Saturday, May 17, 2008 / 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Parkway Ballroom / 4455 South King Drive / Chicago, Illinois / Silent Auction 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Live Auction 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. / $55 in advance / $65 at door About South Side Community Art Center: Built for grain merchant George Seaverns, Jr., this Georgian Revival-style residence (see Colonial Revival) was converted in 1940 for use by the South Side Community Art Center. The building’s interior, remodeled at that time, is a rare example of New Bauhaus-style design. The art center, which was established as part of the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) Federal Art Project, has been influential in the development of the city’s African-American artists. It is the only continuous survivor of the more than 100 centers established nationwide by the WPA during the 1930s and ‘40s. Center Information: Open: Wed. – Fri. 12pm – 5pm; Sat. 9am – 5pm; Sun. 1pm – 5pm; Closed: Monday and Tuesday Located: 3831 S. Michigan, Chicago, IL For more information call: 773-373-1026 www.southsidecommunityartcentr.com

• Heaven on Earth Now ! “Sunilism” by Artist: Sunil Sharma
  by Sunil Sharma

  Do you know you are a God or Goddess? Here is a big plan to make each person God and Goddess on this planet Earth NOW! For Detai…

  Do you know you are a God or Goddess? Here is a big plan to make each person God and Goddess on this planet Earth NOW! For Details of Heaven on Earth – Core values, please check this art work: / http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil/art/1268533-1-imagine-now-heavenly-earth If you think you are not a God or Goddess, you will become now read on please. This message is called “Sunilism” which can be a relevant new contemporary global religion which has relevant instructions for our day today life and glues all the world religions together. All the religions of the world are great and are hundreds of thousand year old and but times have changed, global problems have changed, people are so busy but highly productive these days; they have got no time to read the holy scriptures and needs simple set of divine instructions for living their day to day busy life. “Sunilism” provides an answer, as it incorporate Body, Mind, Spirit/Live and nature integrated approach and is trying to explore those relevant instructions with help of you and all the people in this direction. Need your input so that we have some relevant & concise instruction in our time NOW! The people following “Sunilism” and of course all other sacred religions will be called as “Sunilist”. I do love all the religions and all people of the Earth equally and treat them as God or Goddess, irrespective of their faith or even Atheist are supreme to me but each and every one has universal need of love, Care, Joy and support. You will find some values of “Sunilism” in the current interview: Here some details of interview with Artist Sunil Sharma: Juilee P Pryor : Writer / Heroine Presents Sunil Sharma Sunil Sharma’s loving art work on Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil This weeks featured artist in the Quorn Group is Sunil Sharma / Please check Sunil’s work in Quorn Group below: / http://www.redbubble.com/fifth-and-a-half —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Heroine presents Sunil Sharma I came across Sunil Sharma last night when I typed “animals mating” into search and was drawn to his painting of giraffes making love, called “Love Time – The Giraffes”. Sunil is the most original and intriguing artist I have ever seen. I hope you enjoy his work as much as I have. Here is his insightful interview Tell us about yourself and your background I am is a self taught, weekend new Oil on Canvas Artist, Lecturer, Scientist and Consultant lives in Sydney , Australia. I hold Ph.D in Physics and Masters in Internetworking from UTS. I have found art to be very refreshing to creativity and have a profound impact on people to convey a message easily and effectively. Describe your artistic journey. How does it affect your life? Well I am a keen observer with high level of imagination, intuition, and excelled in Art work and drawing in my H.SC. But persued the science stream. But I did realise there is something else I want to devote my talent and share with the world to make a positive difference in the life of people. Only 3 years ago, I was given as one of surprise gift as a set of small canvas and set or colors on my birthday and I just painted the first portrait and started from there. I do my day job as a employment consultant helping unemployed people to find work and mentor & as a life coach; to over come their barrier like no family support, lack of education and training, lack of money, no experience, loneliness, loveless life, addictions – Drinking, Gaming, Drugs, mental health etc. I found it challenging and realised that the people are just struggling badly and need sound & holistic support services and strategies to empower them to stand on their own two feet. Other than that, I do spend my evenings, nights & weekend with non-stop painting and I felt great, over the moon, with sheer joy, no stress at all.. What inspires you to paint? Perhaps the helpless people in the society forced me to paint love art. My Love Art work is to enhance love , life and bring back Romance to energise our life and is being used as “ Love- Art- Therapy ( LAT) ” successfully, which transform the people into a heavenly state having sheer Joy, Happiness, Bubbly nature, a great Hope, Confidence and overcome anxiety, depression, helplessness as people view his art work Sunil sees this world as a small village having mutual dependence among the People, Animals, and Nature; and has identified a set of values. Sunil firmly believes that the values like Love, Romance, Respect and Service provides Peace, Energy, Happiness and Divinity, which is enabling him and other people to make this Earth into an Heaven, NOW !. / For Details Please check this art work: / http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil/art/1268533-1-imagine-now-heavenly-earth Love is my main theme of painting as all people, animals and plant on this Earth need Love to make life worth living. So I would only paint the love aspect of life to empower people to excel by having access to my paintings. What is your most favourite piece of artwork that you have done? Tell us about it. There a few but The Beatles & Sisters Australiana 1964 : Nude Divine / It says Imagine NOW Heavenly in all countries on this planet called Earth. The values like if you shower yourself and others with Love, Romance, Respect and Service which results in Peace, Energy, Happiness and Divinity respectively, within you and your environment, which enables You & me and other people to make this Earth into an Heaven, NOW !. Sunil Sharma’s loving art work on Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil In a Nutshell, lets treat ourself and others as God and Goddesses as everyone has a Soul; a divine presence in our bodies and cosmos. As you know It’s very important to have awareness wherever you focus it enlarges or magnifies positive qualities and diminishes negative qualities, so lets goodness come out of us by focussing on good values. What artwork or artists inspire you most on Red Bubble? There are many artists on Red Bubble but I am still new to the site so few which I have visited are : Shanina Conway Oddpixels Deb Gillett What is your favourite quote that inspires you? I am starting my day to work for Divine, Enjoy life – Cherish the experience and feel warmth. Be someone’s role model. Let me give my best shot, NOW! “ / Below are some works of Sunil: Check him on Bubble: Sunil Sharma’s loving art work on Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil / Some art work titles are as below: The Beatles and Sisters Australiana 1964 Love Love time: The Elephants Love time : The King of Kings :White Lions Imagine now Heavenly Earth The lovers…. Kylie and John Lennon / heroine / heroine, about 17 hours ago Sunil you’re a legend, I’m a big fan! / Add your comment as a reply to heroine / justjason / justjason, about 14 hours ago WOW!!Congatulations Sunil!! Incredible works!!! / Add your comment as a reply to justjason / Sunil Sharma / Sunil Sharma, about 11 hours ago Thank you… Dear Heroine….You are ….so good …I do appreciate you as a Artist…and share strength from you and Dear Juilee P Pryor. I know, I am a small part to ignite a spark with Red Bubble Group on the Internet, to spread the message of creating a Heaven inside our heart and light up each other and spread the message to one you love and let them pass it on as a service to mankind. Love, Romance are the source of greatest energy field which drives our day to life and cosmos. See even Moon attract oceans on Earth and revolves around the Earth in about and Earth revolves around the Sun with other planets in our solar system; Further this solar system moves around another Sun and so on in cosmos. So there is a Force of Attraction which is the controlling power to keep everything in order in the Universe, So the Force of attraction is noting but Love and Romance which bind the different people and communities and nations on the Earth. / Thanks you…..once again for the kind opportunity. / Add your comment as a reply to Sunil Sharma / Juilee P Pryor / Juilee P Pryor in reply to Sunil Sharma’s comment, about 11 hours ago our pleasure Sunil…. your work is unique….. and I’ve fixed the interview now…. some was missing before…… now it’s better… / —-——- / So here you go…... Do you love the message “Sunilism”....It will produce a Divine spark within you, even if you are an Atheist it will give you superman or superwomen powers. Yes ..You are a God or Goddess NOW….Take a big breath….focus on yourself…You are a role model…You here to Enjoy, cherish loving experience. You have decided to be a God or Goddess with a flick of finger… Congratulations !

• Heaven on Earth Now ! “Sunilism” by Artist: Sunil Sharma
  by Sunil Sharma

  Do you know you are a God or Goddess? Here is a big plan to make each person God and Goddess on this planet Earth NOW! For Detai…

  Do you know you are a God or Goddess? Here is a big plan to make each person God and Goddess on this planet Earth NOW! For Details of Heaven on Earth – Core values, please check this art work: / http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil/art/1268533-1-imagine-now-heavenly-earth If you think you are not a God or Goddess, you will become now read on please. This message is called “Sunilism” which can be a relevant new contemporary global religion which has relevant instructions for our day today life and glues all the world religions together. All the religions of the world are great and are hundreds of thousand year old and but times have changed, global problems have changed, people are so busy but highly productive these days; they have got no time to read the holy scriptures and needs simple set of divine instructions for living their day to day busy life. “Sunilism” provides an answer, as it incorporate Body, Mind, Spirit/Live and nature integrated approach and is trying to explore those relevant instructions with help of you and all the people in this direction. Need your input so that we have some relevant & concise instruction in our time NOW! The people following “Sunilism” and of course all other sacred religions will be called as “Sunilist”. I do love all the religions and all people of the Earth equally and treat them as God or Goddess, irrespective of their faith or even Atheist are supreme to me but each and every one has universal need of love, Care, Joy and support. You will find some values of “Sunilism” in the current interview: Here some details of interview with Artist Sunil Sharma: Juilee P Pryor : Writer / Heroine Presents Sunil Sharma Sunil Sharma’s loving art work on Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil This weeks featured artist in the Quorn Group is Sunil Sharma / Please check Sunil’s work in Quorn Group below: / http://www.redbubble.com/fifth-and-a-half —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Heroine presents Sunil Sharma I came across Sunil Sharma last night when I typed “animals mating” into search and was drawn to his painting of giraffes making love, called “Love Time – The Giraffes”. Sunil is the most original and intriguing artist I have ever seen. I hope you enjoy his work as much as I have. Here is his insightful interview Tell us about yourself and your background I am is a self taught, weekend new Oil on Canvas Artist, Lecturer, Scientist and Consultant lives in Sydney , Australia. I hold Ph.D in Physics and Masters in Internetworking from UTS. I have found art to be very refreshing to creativity and have a profound impact on people to convey a message easily and effectively. Describe your artistic journey. How does it affect your life? Well I am a keen observer with high level of imagination, intuition, and excelled in Art work and drawing in my H.SC. But persued the science stream. But I did realise there is something else I want to devote my talent and share with the world to make a positive difference in the life of people. Only 3 years ago, I was given as one of surprise gift as a set of small canvas and set or colors on my birthday and I just painted the first portrait and started from there. I do my day job as a employment consultant helping unemployed people to find work and mentor & as a life coach; to over come their barrier like no family support, lack of education and training, lack of money, no experience, loneliness, loveless life, addictions – Drinking, Gaming, Drugs, mental health etc. I found it challenging and realised that the people are just struggling badly and need sound & holistic support services and strategies to empower them to stand on their own two feet. Other than that, I do spend my evenings, nights & weekend with non-stop painting and I felt great, over the moon, with sheer joy, no stress at all.. What inspires you to paint? Perhaps the helpless people in the society forced me to paint love art. My Love Art work is to enhance love , life and bring back Romance to energise our life and is being used as “ Love- Art- Therapy ( LAT) ” successfully, which transform the people into a heavenly state having sheer Joy, Happiness, Bubbly nature, a great Hope, Confidence and overcome anxiety, depression, helplessness as people view his art work Sunil sees this world as a small village having mutual dependence among the People, Animals, and Nature; and has identified a set of values. Sunil firmly believes that the values like Love, Romance, Respect and Service provides Peace, Energy, Happiness and Divinity, which is enabling him and other people to make this Earth into an Heaven, NOW !. / For Details Please check this art work: / http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil/art/1268533-1-imagine-now-heavenly-earth Love is my main theme of painting as all people, animals and plant on this Earth need Love to make life worth living. So I would only paint the love aspect of life to empower people to excel by having access to my paintings. What is your most favourite piece of artwork that you have done? Tell us about it. There a few but The Beatles & Sisters Australiana 1964 : Nude Divine / It says Imagine NOW Heavenly in all countries on this planet called Earth. The values like if you shower yourself and others with Love, Romance, Respect and Service which results in Peace, Energy, Happiness and Divinity respectively, within you and your environment, which enables You & me and other people to make this Earth into an Heaven, NOW !. Sunil Sharma’s loving art work on Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil In a Nutshell, lets treat ourself and others as God and Goddesses as everyone has a Soul; a divine presence in our bodies and cosmos. As you know It’s very important to have awareness wherever you focus it enlarges or magnifies positive qualities and diminishes negative qualities, so lets goodness come out of us by focussing on good values. What artwork or artists inspire you most on Red Bubble? There are many artists on Red Bubble but I am still new to the site so few which I have visited are : Shanina Conway Oddpixels Deb Gillett What is your favourite quote that inspires you? I am starting my day to work for Divine, Enjoy life – Cherish the experience and feel warmth. Be someone’s role model. Let me give my best shot, NOW! “ / Below are some works of Sunil: Check him on Bubble: Sunil Sharma’s loving art work on Red Bubble: http://www.redbubble.com/people/sunil / Some art work titles are as below: The Beatles and Sisters Australiana 1964 Love Love time: The Elephants Love time : The King of Kings :White Lions Imagine now Heavenly Earth The lovers…. Kylie and John Lennon / heroine / heroine, about 17 hours ago Sunil you’re a legend, I’m a big fan! / Add your comment as a reply to heroine / justjason / justjason, about 14 hours ago WOW!!Congatulations Sunil!! Incredible works!!! / Add your comment as a reply to justjason / Sunil Sharma / Sunil Sharma, about 11 hours ago Thank you… Dear Heroine….You are ….so good …I do appreciate you as a Artist…and share strength from you and Dear Juilee P Pryor. I know, I am a small part to ignite a spark with Red Bubble Group on the Internet, to spread the message of creating a Heaven inside our heart and light up each other and spread the message to one you love and let them pass it on as a service to mankind. Love, Romance are the source of greatest energy field which drives our day to life and cosmos. See even Moon attract oceans on Earth and revolves around the Earth in about and Earth revolves around the Sun with other planets in our solar system; Further this solar system moves around another Sun and so on in cosmos. So there is a Force of Attraction which is the controlling power to keep everything in order in the Universe, So the Force of attraction is noting but Love and Romance which bind the different people and communities and nations on the Earth. / Thanks you…..once again for the kind opportunity. / Add your comment as a reply to Sunil Sharma / Juilee P Pryor / Juilee P Pryor in reply to Sunil Sharma’s comment, about 11 hours ago our pleasure Sunil…. your work is unique….. and I’ve fixed the interview now…. some was missing before…… now it’s better… / —-——- / So here you go…... Do you love the message “Sunilism”....It will produce a Divine spark within you, even if you are an Atheist it will give you superman or superwomen powers. Yes ..You are a God or Goddess NOW….Take a big breath….focus on yourself…You are a role model…You here to Enjoy, cherish loving experience. You have decided to be a God or Goddess with a flick of finger… Congratulations !

• A 'proper photographer'
  by BugHunter

  What exactly is a ‘photographer’? It appears with some people that the literal definition is not the accepted one, apparently according …

  What exactly is a ‘photographer’? It appears with some people that the literal definition is not the accepted one, apparently according to the folk that i’ve just been speaking to I’m not a proper photographer and neither is anybody else on this site or any other. Why? Because we’re digital (apart from those of you that scan of course). I was invited to a local photographers meeting today, I decided to go just to see what the club was about, unfortunately I wasn’t exactly happy with my time there. / “I’ve been keen on photography since I was a child”, I said. / “What camera do you have now?” One of them asked. / “A samsung gx-20” I reply. / “Well you’re not a photographer then, there’s no such thing as digital photography, just digital picture making because you all edit them too much” was the reply I recieved. / Now, at that point I explained to these people (worth pointing that all but one had never even used a pc let alone a digital camera, they’re generally 50+ in age on average and don’t use or like pc’s which is fair enough), just because you have a digital camera doesn’t mean that you MUST edit them. My camera is in no way different to the old slr’s they were all sitting there clutching like it was an artificial heart, the difference being I have the fantastic advantage of being able to publish my work to more places in a much faster time. I then also went on to explain that you can tell when a digital image has been tampered with so if it’s realism you want you just learn what to look for. Some of you may know from other comments i’ve made in the past that I pride myself on the fact that I edit no picture whatsoever to enhance what is already there, the only times i do so tend to be for artistic reasons such as my picture of the black and white fly on the leaf. / Despite explaining to these people all of this and also subtely telling them that it’s only because they don’t understand it that they won’t accept it, I’ve officially been told by these ‘experts’ that I and nobody else who owns a digicam be it slr or not can be called a photographer, and as such was made to feel very unwelcome. / Such a shame to meet so many intelligent and creative yet close-minded people.

• ACEO's - artists cards - originals and editions
  by DreddArt

  Some of my most recent ACEO’s / !h…

  Some of my most recent ACEO’s / / / see my portfolio here see my portfolio here

• Elemental Orb of Silent Disposition
  by sabio

  Sand, seeping slowly / through the cavities in my / cranium / Water, smoothly soothing / the loosened screws in my / ...

  Sand, seeping slowly / through the cavities in my / cranium / Water, smoothly soothing / the loosened screws in my / mind / Fire, firmly fusing / my fate to the metal ribcage of my / soul / Earth, tenderly teeming / its eternal energy unto my / being / Color, silently shading / the world in the ever-changing / image / Heart, ambiguously bathing / in the shadowing color of the water / dimly dousing the fires / transcendentally transforming them back / into the seemingly sinking sands of / time