<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383</id><updated>2011-05-16T13:08:42.691-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Featured Artist</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383.post-3861636204388837708</id><published>2008-08-04T08:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T08:23:24.347-07:00</updated><title type='text'>No more featured artist for now</title><content type='html'>Through the end of the month I will no longer have featured artists.&lt;br /&gt;Sometime next year I will start again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1323440121992341383-3861636204388837708?l=featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/3861636204388837708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1323440121992341383&amp;postID=3861636204388837708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/3861636204388837708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/3861636204388837708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/2008/08/no-more-featured-artist-for-now.html' title='No more featured artist for now'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383.post-8398737769445949976</id><published>2008-07-02T09:51:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T10:21:25.519-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dan Hardin, artist for July</title><content type='html'>Dan Hardin is the artist for July, a musician from Kentucky. &lt;br /&gt;I love his haunting voice. I chose Only One, a song he wrote. &lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned he is working on a CD.  Check his videos on &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/danielhassixstrings"&gt;youtube&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;His version of Dark Hallow is lovely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-5F9nkEAC_Q&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-5F9nkEAC_Q&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1323440121992341383-8398737769445949976?l=featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/8398737769445949976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1323440121992341383&amp;postID=8398737769445949976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/8398737769445949976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/8398737769445949976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/2008/07/dan-hardin-artist-for-july.html' title='Dan Hardin, artist for July'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383.post-2776369290486217155</id><published>2008-06-07T07:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-07T07:35:15.581-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cathy Nichols, Paintings &amp; Prints</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SEqZLUD2pAI/AAAAAAAAAaU/PKJg-ijTHJw/s1600-h/il_430xN.28478855"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SEqZLUD2pAI/AAAAAAAAAaU/PKJg-ijTHJw/s200/il_430xN.28478855" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209144338649883650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SEqZLVK2SNI/AAAAAAAAAac/Pf_uSI4CK3U/s1600-h/spun.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SEqZLVK2SNI/AAAAAAAAAac/Pf_uSI4CK3U/s200/spun.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209144338947655890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artist for June is Cathy Nichols.  Many of her paintings include trees and are usually outside. I like her use of color and especially like the paintings with lots of light.  More of her work may be viewed on her website, click &lt;a href="http://www.cathynichols.com"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to view more.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1323440121992341383-2776369290486217155?l=featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/2776369290486217155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1323440121992341383&amp;postID=2776369290486217155' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/2776369290486217155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/2776369290486217155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/2008/06/cathy-nichols-paintings-prints.html' title='Cathy Nichols, Paintings &amp; Prints'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SEqZLUD2pAI/AAAAAAAAAaU/PKJg-ijTHJw/s72-c/il_430xN.28478855' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383.post-5126072144047892874</id><published>2008-05-12T07:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T08:10:58.102-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Annette Ellis, May artist of the month</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SChYfifrNrI/AAAAAAAAAYc/Q5IRefVVo50/s1600-h/2396504480_fff68d8304_m.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SChYfifrNrI/AAAAAAAAAYc/Q5IRefVVo50/s320/2396504480_fff68d8304_m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199503068658087602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SChYWifrNqI/AAAAAAAAAYU/DdOmxSv3HI4/s1600-h/1491123386_49ffce2864.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SChYWifrNqI/AAAAAAAAAYU/DdOmxSv3HI4/s320/1491123386_49ffce2864.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199502914039264930" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artist of the month is Annette from across the big pond, England that is.  Her photos have an old world quality. She has many sets of photos on flickr.&lt;br /&gt;Click &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8047619@N08/"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to view more. My favorite's are her cemetery images &lt;br /&gt;of skulls, and churches.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1323440121992341383-5126072144047892874?l=featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/5126072144047892874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1323440121992341383&amp;postID=5126072144047892874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/5126072144047892874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/5126072144047892874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/2008/05/anettes-photos.html' title='Annette Ellis, May artist of the month'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SChYfifrNrI/AAAAAAAAAYc/Q5IRefVVo50/s72-c/2396504480_fff68d8304_m.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383.post-7040957790249675712</id><published>2008-04-03T20:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-03T21:54:05.868-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Melvin McGee, April featured artist</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/R_Ws0OakV4I/AAAAAAAAAVE/uIQCv36OyM0/s1600-h/THe+Different+Hides+We+Wear+ph.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/R_Ws0OakV4I/AAAAAAAAAVE/uIQCv36OyM0/s200/THe+Different+Hides+We+Wear+ph.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185240559209699202" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/R_Ws0uakV5I/AAAAAAAAAVM/qf3SqK9Ysgs/s1600-h/The+Grass+On+The+Other-1+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/R_Ws0uakV5I/AAAAAAAAAVM/qf3SqK9Ysgs/s200/The+Grass+On+The+Other-1+copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185240567799633810" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The artist of the month for April is the imaginative painter Melvin McGee.  Growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin he learned the value of hard work. This hard working painter was a Marine and stationed in Iraq for 5 months in 2003.  While there he longed to be an artist, which he is now pursuing.  This summer he is scheduled for many art shows and an open house in the Fall.  Check his website &lt;a href="http://www.melvinmcgee.com"&gt;http://www.melvinmcgee.com&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1323440121992341383-7040957790249675712?l=featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/7040957790249675712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1323440121992341383&amp;postID=7040957790249675712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/7040957790249675712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/7040957790249675712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/2008/04/artist-of-month-melvin-mcgee.html' title='Melvin McGee, April featured artist'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/R_Ws0OakV4I/AAAAAAAAAVE/uIQCv36OyM0/s72-c/THe+Different+Hides+We+Wear+ph.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323440121992341383.post-713403531192429107</id><published>2008-03-05T10:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-03-05T11:46:27.784-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Amandalynn Jones, Artist of the Month</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Each month I will feature an artist on this blog.  The lovely and talented Amandalynn Jones is the first artist. She is a photographer living in Madison Wisconsin. It is obvious that she loves the earth. Out of all of her images her landscapes are my favorites.  View her website to read more about her and see more of her images. &lt;a href="http://www.imageserenity.com/welcome.html"&gt; http://www.imageserenity.com/welcome.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imageserenity.com/orange/gallery-1/mountain.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://imageserenity.com/orange/gallery-1/mountain.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://imageserenity.com/orange/gallery-1/canyon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://imageserenity.com/orange/gallery-1/canyon.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1323440121992341383-713403531192429107?l=featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/feeds/713403531192429107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1323440121992341383&amp;postID=713403531192429107' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/713403531192429107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1323440121992341383/posts/default/713403531192429107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://featuredartist-sarah.blogspot.com/2008/03/amandalynn-jones-march-featured-artist.html' title='Amandalynn Jones, Artist of the Month'/><author><name>Sarah</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12243108155340987728</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_up4ZL1fO_hU/SKSTgo2VskI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/QrrHHh6Ne6U/s1600-R/IMG_9311.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
