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Three commenters that submit 500th, 750th and 1,000th comment on this blog will receive an original photo print by award-winning artist photographer Ruth Read.

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Power of art

Ancient Art: Pictures of Prehistoric Man

by Doroteja on August 10, 2009

in Power of art

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!This is the first post in the Ancient Art series. I thought it would be good to start in the earliest of art history- prehistory. Though the objects our earliest ancestors made were perhaps made for different purposes than we [...]

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Willard Wigan – microscopic art

by Daria on August 6, 2009

in Power of art

Microscopic art creator Willard Wigan has immortalized the Obama family in the eye of a needle and Muhammad Ali on the head of a match. In producing micro sculptures so incredibly small, he works under a microscope and employs ingenious tools, such as a fly’s hair or an ex-girlfriend’s eyelash for paintbrushes.

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Here is another wonderful and inspirational story of an artist. Her name is McKenzie, and I hope you enjoy her story as much as I did.
My Winding Road
by McKenzie
I have achieved much notoriety and attention in the past few months in my artistic career. It hasn’t always been that way. . .
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New Post Series: Ancient Art

by Doroteja on July 31, 2009

in Power of art

I’ve decide to begin a new post series about ancient art. Together we’ll revisit the amazing creative beginnings of our ancestors. It should be an interesting journey. I hope to show you things you’ve never seen before.
We will begin the series with Pictures of Prehistoric Man: Prehistoric Art. After that we’ll see the [...]

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Power of Art Story by Ruth Read

by Daria on July 23, 2009

in Power of art

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Following is the Power of Art story, written by Ruth Read and some of her beautiful tropical flower paintings.
When I first started to paint I was asked to paint a client’s dog. This was a gorgeous dog that I saw at least once a week.
I did not have any experience painting animals so I went [...]

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