HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2010

2010 the year of the Tiger!

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WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Good Health, Peace, Prosperity

and Joy.

All my best,

CAROL

Merry Christmas .....

Little Angel of Hope

(collection the artist)
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Sending out my apologies for the last post "testing" thought it was going out to just me!
so sorry!
but ...while I have you let me say I really appreciate your being here to see
the new ART I post and follow along with my work in progress over the last few years!
I AM A WORK in PROGRESS, too!
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yesterday I sent out a link that was also a mistake, see what I mean?!...
it was for my artist friend
Melinda Dalke
so I have since corrected it and you really have to see her work so lively and fun!
just a peek:
http://arthelpinganimals.blogspot.com/search/label/Artist%3A%20%20Melinda%20Dalke
she is so committed to helping animals with her wonderful talent!
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Merriest of Holidays and Healtiest of New Years!
see you soon with new work in
2010
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STAY TUNED!
:o)

The Season of Love and Hope...

The Beautiful Ones

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( Sterling and Day-Lee )

oil

Carol Chretien

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I had the great fortune of being able to paint these two wonderful dogs as a surprise Christmas exchange gift for fellow Art Helping Animals artist,

Melinda Dalke.

Sterling and Day-Lee are the much loved family dogs of the Dalke's.

Melinda supplied the reference images for the painting.

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I have also had the great fortune of working with Melinda in the Art Helping Animals fellowship of artists for the past several years.

Melinda's work is incredibly fresh and creative, and highly collected. She works in many different mediums and is a wonderful supporter of helping rescues save Pitbulls with sales of her artwork.

I am the proud collector of several pieces of her work.

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I wanted to share her two gorgeous dogs with you. I think they have so much love for each other and wonderful personalites.

Melinda Dalke lives in Oregon with her husband and is a founding member of

Art Helping Animals.

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YOU CAN SEE SOME OF HER WORK

HERE:

http://arthelpinganimals.blogspot.com/search/label/Artist%3A%20%20Melinda%20Dalke

White Christmas....oh yes, Virginia, we will have one!

Can you SPOT my Lizzie in the photo taken this morning of freshly falling snow?

She is looking up the path in her yard that is her track around her little patch of woods.
She usually flies straight out fromt he back door and does a couple of laps around, prancing and barking just in case there is a squirrel or chip munk lurking around.
Not this morning...she stopped short took a look and came back in. LOL!

Hope the winter snow is making you feel Christmasy but lets hope it clears up a bit so we can finish all our missions this week!

We REALLY do look like the Christmas cards we send with those white winter scenes and the New England feel.

If you are traveling in our area...stay safe...or even better ....stay home!

More to come!

It's a Wonderous Season...

A Christmas Carol...
Christmas is coming,

The geese are getting fat,

Please put a pennyIn the old man's hat.

If you haven't got a penny,A ha'penny will do,

If you haven't got a ha'penny,

Then God bless you.

(my nieces would sing this to me when they were little)

It is a wonderous season...the chance to meet the challenges

with Grace and Giving.

It doesn't have to be much but every kindness is amplified.

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Give what you can to your local or favorite charities

Help a neighbor...

Be an elf...

Light the lives of people you know who need a hand.

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One little gesture of help that you can manage will go a long way

to someone in need.

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Please don't forget the animals who depend on us so desperately.

there has never been such need in shelters

as there is today as so many animals are left behind as families

can no longer afford them or even have homes for them.

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Give thanks for all you have and pay it forward if you can.

Merriest Christmas

Happiest New Year!

PEACE & JOY

CAROL

14 Days of Christmas Gallery...SO FAR!

On the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd DAYS OF CHRISTMAS...

The Artists painted...for the Rescues:

... and on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of CHRISTMAS ...they kept painting and creating...

...then on the 7th, 8th and 9th days of CHRISTMAS...the Art Helping Animals Artists made like busy elves....

& WE ARE NOT DONE YET..... STAY TUNED.... 14 paintings, 14 Days, 14 Rescues

HELPING HOMELESS ANIMALS with FINE ART!

http://arthelpinganimals.blogspot.com

to see the work in detail!

First Look! Coming Soon...

SOLD

"TUCKED IN AND TUCKERED OUT"

New For Willing Hearts Dalmatian

rescue.

A part of our

ART HELPING ANIMALS

14 Days of Christmas painting event.

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14 days, 14 rescues, 14 pieces of ART

All available to add art to your Christmas while helping homeless animals!

This painting is the only Dalmatian Christmas painting I am doing this season.

I will make it available for sale on DEC 12th

on our AHA BLOG

http://www.arthelpinganimals.blogspot.com/

10x10

oil on canvas

20% will go to the rescue!

150.00

MERRY CHRISTMAS to RESCUE!

DALMATIANS FOUR - finis

My work on this commission is done! I hope you got a chance to see the process from start (blank canvas) to finish...you can scroll down and take a trip through "memory lane" if you have not.

I hope the receiver of this Christmas Gift will enjoy it as much as I loved painting it.

I will be making a donation to my 3 favorite DALMATIAN RESCUES from this sale for Christmas.

Willing Hearts Dalmatian Rescue, Save the Dalmatians, (both are Art Helping Animals supported rescues....AND my own favorite gang of spots rescue...Dalmatian Rescue of Tampa Bay!

Happy Christmas in a Merry Spotted Way!

now....on to rescue painting till the end of the year!

STAY TUNED