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Last day is today to vote for my images in the California Billboard Contest. Everyone can vote.

The direct links to my 3 images are

Where Did Van Go? fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=6407691

Crossing the Line fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=10040629

Moving On fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=1735117

I need 250 votes to advance to the next round and there are thousands of images in this contest. Only FAA members can vote. Vote today!
Thanks so much.
Sincerely,
Karen Francis

I've uploaded some new art works recently, and moved a perennial favorite "Summer" to the first spot to reflect the season. Those of you interested in sculpture, may wish to check out a new revised video I uploaded to the Art Promotions YouTube channel blessings427 about the landmark Dixon Gallery and Gardens in Memphis, TN. In this video, the Rodin sculpture "The Three Shades" is examined more with a computer narrator added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCzyfe0q2h8&t=2s or does this work better? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCzyfe0q2h8&t=2s Your views count so much in the first days after an upload to help a video get included in the ones that YouTube circulates further.

I've uploaded some new Digital Art on the subject of Tea that I created recently. There are four tea posters uploaded here. Which do you like best? I
composed some still lifes, set the lighting, and photographed the objects (some collected on travels). Then I uploaded the digital photographs, transferred them into some online software, then manipulated the pictures into this arrangement and applied various special effects. After saving the files and downloading them to my computer. I then uploaded them to fineartamerica.

The emphasis is on the various types of tea such as white, green, black, so these posters might work well on a kitchen wall.
Some teas are supposed to be very good for health, having more antioxidants and less caffeine than other popular drinks. White tea is even included in a book about cancer fighting diet, noted as a detriment to cancer.

These images are available through fineartamerica and pixels .com and may be ordered online. It comes with a 30 day money back satisfaction guaran TEE. You can purchase this work as a tote bag, throw pillow, and all the other custom printed items such as wall art, spiral notebooks, framed prints, canvas prints, ceramics, fan, plate, towels, wood, acrylic, iPhone cases, tote bags, greeting cards, travel, still life, mugs, t-shirts, and more from publisher fineartamerica. If you do not see some of the products mentioned, when you click on the image, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see others there. Or visit Pixels.com, a sister site of Fine Art America.

I was inspired to create art about Tea after noticing a Kentucky artist had recently organized a contest on fineartamerica on this subject.
#art #tea

I've added a new artwork, Happy Mother's Day, to Fine Art America. It is a modified digital photograph I made and rendered via digital art software by through the application of multiple filters and effects. I think it is ideal for stationery products and it is available as a customizable greeting card, poster or other forms of wall art and art products offered by Fine Art America such as Spiral Notebooks, Tote Bags, Throw Pillows, Pouches, Battery Chargers, Phone Cases, Mugs and more. Positioning of the image and whether or not to include the Mother's Day greeting is up to the buyer depending on the positioning on some products, and it is produced custom only when an order is received. Items are shipped promptly and come with a 30 day money back satisfaction guarantee. Order online. Any fine art america watermark you may see, will NOT be on the finished product. Happy Mother's Day!

I've uploaded a couple of new images to fineartamerica. Both are landscapes. One is a scene in Memphis I painted during the nineties focused on the Tom Lee Memorial Monument, an obelisk down by the banks of the Mississippi River. The obelisk built in 1954 in Memphis, Tennessee, memorializes the heroic acts of one Tom Lee who in 1925 saved the lives of 32 people, pulling them from the Mississippi River though he couldn’t even swim himself.

The granite obelisk was installed in the Riverfront Park two years after his death from cancer. In 2017 the memorial was knocked down by a storm. It has since been repaired. The park is named Tom Lee Park in his honor and that is where the Memphis In May celebration is traditionally held each year in May. This year the Memphis in May Festival is honoring Memphis instead of a foreign country, since it is the 200th Anniversary of the start of the city.
This print is from a photograph of the original painting and is annotated with the words "“Tom Lee Monument” by Karen Francis for the 200th anniversary of Memphis, TN, 2019.”

The original oil on canvas set in Tom Lee Park is no longer available, but the image is now offered for the first time as the various art products that Fine Art America produces: mugs, tote bags, throw pillows, towels, poster, art prints, wall art, canvas prints, framed prints, greeting cards, spiral notebooks and more. As always, each print comes with a 30 day money back satisfaction guarantee from faa.

The other landscape, Train in the Desert, is a pastel, cheerful image developed from my travels in the Southwest, particularly New Mexico and Arizona in recent years.

(Memphis) Christian Brothers University in Memphis hosts now three art exhibitions on the subject of migration and inclusion among diverse cultures. The traveling Yancy Villa-Calvo: Barrier Free participatory installation is THIS WEEK ONLY March 25-29 in the Buckman Quad. More details at: www.barrierfreeart.org
Also, in the Beverly + Sam Ross Gallery (downstairs in the Plough Library) is an exhibition of Migration Now-- somewhat radical woodblock poster prints addressing migrant issues. And in the gallery foyer, find a presentation of impressive works by American Vanessa Gonzalez. Free admission.
The statement provided at the exhibit about Migration Now includes the following: "In addition to the members of Justseeds (like Mexican Anarchist block-print and muralist, Santiago Armengod, Bay-Area Xicana activist and printmaker, Melanie Cervantes, curator and propagandist, Josh MacPhee, and Indigenist University of Michigan professor, Dylan Miner), participating artists include former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, Emory Douglas, Undocumented DREAM Act agitators, Julio Salgado and Felipe Baeza, organizers, street-art provocateurs, and culture workers from across North America. More than half of the participating artists are members of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative."
Vanessa Gonzalez exhibition of Mi Casa es Your House "is a printmaker that uses a lot of mix media in her art work. She was born in Laredo Texas, and raised in Leon Mexico. Gonzalez was always exposed to Latino art and culture, which inspired her . . . Vanessa is currently living in Memphis TN where she earned her Masters Degree in Fine Arts at Memphis College of Art and is an Elementary School Art teacher at a charter school. Vanessa's work has been exhibited not only in the United States but also internationally in Mexico, Australia and Germany."

Realism piped and music played. Joie de Vivre is renamed Joy of Life. This oil painting depicts six musical instruments in a representational style. It was selected for a group Artists Link Exhibition at Theatre Memphis for the month of March, 2019. (Special Deal: ***The price of $2400. will be reduced by $500. for the buyer of the original framed painting who holds or purchases a subscription to Theatre Memphis during March.***To purchase, contact Theatre Memphis at 901.682.8323. The professional theater is located at 630 Perkins Exd with a website at www.theatrememphis.org. The production of 1776 runs Mar 8-31, 2019. )

Online, Fine Art America continues to offer art prints and art products such as tote bags (for your music supplies), throw pillows (for your studio), customized cards (to announce your recitals and music events) and much more. Products ordered through Fine Art America come with a 30 day money back satisfaction guarantee.

Hi, Everyone Wishing you a wonderful Christmas with all the joys of the season. I posted a couple of new videos over on my youtube channel blessings427. One is called "Away in 100 Managers" about an exhibition going on near Memphis in Collierville, TN with mangers and nativities from around the world. The other is called "The Holly and the Ivy" and it is a music video. Have a Happy New Year. --Karen

I have one painting, "After the Ride", an original oil landscape,framed, in this group exhibition at the Jewish Community Center Shainberg Gallery 6560 Poplar in Memphis, TN. "After the Ride" is on exhibit at the Shainberg Gallery until Dec 28, 2018. The Shainberg Gallery is located in the Jewish Community Center at 6560 Poplar Avenue, a block west of Kirby on the north side of the street, in Memphis, TN, near Poplar Pines. It's open to the public seven days a week and there is an area for lunch or snacks between 11 and 7, most weekdays. Upon entering, the front desk staff is requiring your identification be shown (which they then copy or scan into their security system) by those who are not members of the JCC gym, already. This is a group exhibition with work by about 29 other artists as well. (The photo is of the JCC building.) The Shainberg Gallery, or JCC, takes 40% of the price of any item sold from the exhibition.

A new product to carry our art designs is now available: Wall Tapestries. So, if the original image on file with fineartamerica is large enough, the art may be bought in this format. There are three sizes available, 50 x 61 inches, 68 x 80", and 88 x 104". The description reads that the wall tapestry is made of a lightweight microfibre with hemmed edges for secure hanging with nails or tacks, and are machine washable. The Tapestry ships within one or two days.

When you click the image to enlarge it, you can see the various product offerings, such as the blanket, towels, clothing, etc.