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	<description>of Celtic Artist Brenda D. Baker</description>
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		<title>Dragonfly Dance</title>
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This dragonfly painting (darner), is from a photo taken in my garden in Florida. The plant it rests on is commonly called horse tail, which is indeed a favorite perch of dragonflies. I took a much needed hiatus this summer and in that time frame made a trip to visit friends and family in Florida. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=359</link>
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		<title>Kemp&#8217;s Ridley Sea Turtle: Sketch</title>
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It took an amazing amount of photos to study and source from to create the image in my mind., But here he is. I was motivated largely by the BP Oil &#8216;Spill&#8217; to paint this. I love sea turtles and the beautiful sparkling Emerald Coast of Florida where I grew up.
I have seen so many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=352</link>
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		<title>Dawn Rises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The sky has broken
in one breath &#8230;.. soft
softly it reaches out
and ever so softly touches,
ever gently it awakens
and stirs all stillness.
Dawn rises.    In her mist
she seals the mystery.
E&#8217;er closely to her breasts
she cages in her hand
a singing bird whose frail voice
laments the dreaming
of deep night and lost stars.
Onward her foot presses
into the resolute hours.
Her eyes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=341</link>
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		<title>Building an Artist Community Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not only am I starting to connect to the local artist community and groups; but I am still a newbie in this town, still acclimating, and still feeling on the outskirts a little. I always feel a little awkward showing up somewhere unannounced and alone, but it was well worth making another step forward. So off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=333</link>
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		<title>Kreativ Blogger Award &#8211; Paying it Forward</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was nominated by Tara Reed!
Totally unexpected and quite a sweet surprise. It was a busy week and I didn&#8217;t even find out about it till preparing for the &#8220;Ask Mary Englebreit&#8221; on the 17th. That was a great call on Art Licensing! I hope to write more on that in a few days. 
I met [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=273</link>
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		<title>Murdhuacha of the Kelp Forests – Final</title>
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See concept sketch and development phases

Literary Sketch
She knows the seal peoples coming and going. She watches the battles that brew between a race of the sea and a race of the land. Polution is bearing a heavy toll on the creatures of the sea, as the creatures suffer the magic is turning darker. The gentle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=253</link>
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		<title>Fantail Goldfish Painting from Life Sketch</title>
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I forget how challenging depicting white can be with watercolor and to shade with out loosing vibrance. This was one of my favorite fish. I sat by my pond working on sketching him out from life. Sketching from life produces a very different form than from a photo.
Sketching wildlife can be challenging as you can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=228</link>
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		<title>Creative Flow vs Deviation</title>
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&#8220;Endless source, endless river.
River of no shape, river of no water.
Drifting invisibly from place to place . . . it never ends,and it never fails.&#8221;
-Tao Te Ching




As an artist I have a natural tendency to follow the whims of inspiration. At times, I even have a tendency to avoid work, even creative work, if I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=223</link>
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		<title>Celtic Lion Knotwork</title>
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I am very happy with the beast. Though, I am still slightly uncertain about the wing; but I could change it later. This is one side of a winged lion whose paws are holding a banner. This original knotwork lion is for the top of a manuscript.
Knotwork is a form of meditation for me. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://artandillumination.com/?p=180</link>
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