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Photographer drawn to nature, survivor of polio and breast cancer, expressing gifts in a spiritual and colorful sense providing healing focus for self as well as viewer.   Background studies from a quaint art studio in small town Tennessee (oils and acrylics), Accounting at Columbia State Community College, Modeling - print and commercial work in the early 80's, and Real-estate investing of older craftsman style homes in the 90's.   Photography is the perfect marriage of nature's endless scenes, aging structures, the wonder of water, and the joy of creating!   Thank you for your support!*** Please...more
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Turkey Trot Contest

November 16th, 2018

Hope you'll come join our latest contest 'Turkey Trot' to feature these wonderfully showy birds! Any medium welcome, Turkeys must be clearly visible. Submissions End / Voting Begins Saturday, September 29th, 2018 - 6:37 AM Eastern US Time htt... 

Majest Monarchs Contest

November 16th, 2018

Hope you'll come join our latest contest 'Majestic Monarchs' to feature your beautifully majestic Monarch Butterfly images! Any medium welcome, subject must be clearly visible. Submissions End / Voting Begins: Friday, November 23rd, 2018 - 6:36 A... 

Two New Contests

September 17th, 2018

I'm sponsoring two new contests! Groovy Butterflies Group - Butterfly Beauty Contest - to showcase your most beautiful Butterflies! Enter your masterpiece @ https://fineartamerica.com/contests/butterfly-beauty.html Poetic Poultry Group - Pure... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF POULTRY AND OTHER FINE BIRDS CONTEST! Congratulations to winners of Poultry and Other Fine Birds Contest! Show your love and support for their outstanding work by congratulating, commenting, liking, favoriting, and s... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, DRAGONFLIES, AND BEES CONTEST! Congratulations to winners of Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies, and Bees Contest! Show your love and support for their outstanding work by congratulating, commenting,... 

Two New Contests

March 19th, 2018

A new contest has started today on Groovy Butterflies Group - butterflies, moths, dragonflies, and bees. Hope everyone will take the opportunity to post their wonderful works @ https://fineartamerica.com/contests/butterflies-moths-dragonflies-and-bee... 

Thank You To Buyers

November 25th, 2017

Thank you to buyer from New York, NY for purchasing "Geese Please - Verse" greeting card on 10/30/2017, to buyer from Philadelphia, PA for purchasing "Bold And Beeautiful" shower curtain on 09/27/2017; to buyer from Basking Ridge, NJ for purchasing "... 

Check out the amazing images from our latest contest "Doves We Love" sponsored by Poetic Poultry Group! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/doves-we-love.html Congratulations to 1st Place Winner Donna Kennedy! http://fineartamerica.com/featured/... 

Check out the amazing images from our latest contest "Bee Sweet" sponsored by Groovy Butterflies Group! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/bee-sweet.html Congratulations to 1st Place Winner Viesturs Larmanis! and 3rd Place Winner Diane Friend! ... 

Winter Songbird Contest

January 7th, 2017

Join our latest Contest to feature beautiful songbirds in wintry settings (not eagles, owls, hawks etc, that will be our focus in a future contest). Contest Link: http://fineartamerica.com/contests/winter-songbird.html Submissions End/Voting ... 

Join our latest Contest to feature larger species of butterflies and moths, join here! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/big-and-beautiful-butterflies-and-moths.html Submissions End / Voting Begins:Saturday, January 14th, 2017 - 10:43 AM Vot... 

Turkey Trot Contest

December 20th, 2016

Not much time left to join the "Turkey Trot" Contest featuring Turkeys only! Submissions End & Voting Begins on Sunday, November 20th, 2016 - 12:02 PM (Eastern US Time)! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/1-turkey-trot.html 

Tiny Wonders Contest

December 20th, 2016

Not much time left to join the "Tiny Wonders" Contest featuring small species of butterflies and moths only! Submissions End & Voting Begins on Sunday, November 20th, 2016 - 10:57 AM (Eastern US Time)! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/tiny-wonders.... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS, BEES, AND DRAGONFLIES OF AUTUMN CONTEST! Show the love and support for fellow artist’s outstanding work by congratulating, sharing, liking and favoriting their winning pieces! Link to Butterf... 

Contest Winners of Autumn Aves

October 29th, 2016

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF THE AUTUMN AVES CONTEST! Show the love and support for fellow artist’s outstanding work by congratulating, sharing, liking and favoriting their winning pieces! Link to Autumn Aves Contest: http://fineartamerica... 

Join the latest contest - Butterflies, Moths, Bees, and Dragonflies of Autumn! Submissions End & Voting Begins: October 26th, 2016 - 9:15 AM (Eastern US Time) Voting Ends: Saturday, October 29th, 2016 - 9:15 AM http://fineartamerica.com/co... 

Join the latestest contest - Autumn Aves! Submissions End & Voting Begins: Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 - 8:59 AM (Eastern US Time) Voting Ends: Saturday, October 29th, 2016 - 8:59 AM http://fineartamerica.com/contests/autumn-aves.html ... 

Congratulations on 1st Place Tie to Stuart Harrison and Inge Riis McDonald! Congratulations on 2nd Place to Karen Cook! Congratulations on 3rd Place Tie to Cyndy Doty and Karen Wiles!  

Congratulations on 1st Place Win to Nava Thompson! Congratulations on 2nd Place Win to Karen Ann! Congratulations on 3rd Place Tie to Lillian Bell and Mariarosa Rockefeller!  

Groovy Butterflies Group http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html WHISPERING WINGS CONTEST! Submissions End & Voting Begins: Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 - 7:18 PM (Eastern US Time) Voting Ends: Saturday, September 3rd, 2016 -... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF FLYING FREE THE BIRDS WE LOVE CONTEST! (Please be sure to check out all the fabulous artists works by clicking on the images tab!) Show your love and support for our fellow artist’s beautiful work by congratulati... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF FLUTTER FOR FREEDOM BUTTERFLIES MOTHS AND BEES CONTEST! (Please be sure to check out all the fabulous artists works by clicking on the images tab!) Show your love and support for our fellow artist’s beautiful wor... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF WINGING IT IN APRIL CONTEST! Show the love and support for your fellow artist’s efforts by congratulating, sharing, liking and favoriting their winning pieces! Thank you all for outstanding images which showcase ... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF MEMORABLE BIRD CONTEST! Show your love and support for our fellow artist’s beautiful work by congratulating, sharing, liking and favoriting their winning pieces! Thank you all for phenomenal images showcasing you... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF MEMORABLE POLLINATORS CONTEST! Show your love and support for our fellow artist’s beautiful work by congratulating, sharing, liking and favoriting their winning pieces! Thank you all for phenomenal images showcas... 

Group Activities

July 1st, 2016

Groovy Butterflies http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html FLUTTER FOR FREEDOM BUTTERFLIES MOTHS AND BEES CONTEST! Submissions End / Voting Begins: Sunday, July 10th, 2016 - 8:08 AM Eastern US Time http://fineartamerica.com... 

CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS OF POETIC PIECES OF APRIL CONTEST! Show the love and support for your fellow artist’s efforts by congratulating, sharing, liking and favoriting their winning pieces! Thank you all for outstanding images which showca... 

Two New Contests

April 1st, 2016

Dear Fellow Artists, NEW CONTEST - WINGING IT IN APRIL! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/winging-it-in-april.html The purpose of this contest is to showcase the incredible beauty of Butterflies, Bees, and Dragonflies in a family friendly ... 

Fixed Website Button

March 28th, 2016

Finally fixed website button, my apologies for any inconveniences ;) 

Happy Easter

March 26th, 2016

May everyone have a Spirit filled weekend and hope you find all those candy filled eggs! ;)))) 

Most Helpful Host Nomination

March 18th, 2016

Thank you to those who nominated me for Most Helpful Host in Groovy Butterflies and Poetic Poultry! I made Runner up, completely humbled and grateful! Come check out our banners! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html?tab=overview... 

Two New Contests

February 26th, 2016

Two new contests underway! If you're an artist come join in and if you're a shopper enjoy browsing! Let's bust these winter blues ;) NEW "Butterflies, Bees, and Beauty" Contest: Started 2/26/2016 - Ends 3/4/2016 http://fineartamerica.com/contest... 

New Contests

January 8th, 2016

Groovy Butterflies http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html NEW Contest: Started 1/8/2016 - Ends 1/15/2016 http://fineartamerica.com/contests/butterfly-bee-mine.html?tab=overview Poetic Poultry http://fineartamerica.com/group... 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope this season of wonder touches your heart with joy and blessings! ;)  

Latest Poetic Poultry "Poultry Perfection" Contest Results ;) Link to Poetic Poultry Group Page: http://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html Link to Poultry Perfection Contest Page: http://fineartamerica.com/contests/poultry-perfecti... 

Latest Groovy Butterflies "Creature Feature" Contest Results :) Link to Groovy Butterflies Group Page: http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html?tab=overview Link to Creature Feature Contest Page: http://fineartamerica.com/c... 

T-Shirt Images

August 30th, 2015

I'll be working on rounding many of the T-Shirt images starting with Images of Fall folder, then do Most Viewed, and go from there. It may take some time to complete all artwork, so if you see something you like - just let me know and I'll customize... 

Freedom and Feather

July 10th, 2015

Had a wonderful celebration of patriotic art in the "Freedoms and Feathers" contest sponsored by Poetic Poultry Group! Many masterpieces available for browsing and/or buying - hope you enjoy! Congratulations to winners! 1st Place goes to Dave F... 

Happy Fathers Day

June 21st, 2015

Happy Father's Day to Dads and Granddads! Hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing day :) Coming July 1st the Poetic Poultry group will be hosting a Freedom and Feathers contest! Looking forward to seeing the beautiful and interesting works! h... 

Wings Over June Contest

June 13th, 2015

This June was made fantastic with all the participants in the Wings Over June Contest! I hope everyone enjoys the talented artist's pieces submitted in the contest images gallery whether you're shopping or browsing - there are many super lovely and o... 

Wishing everyone a safe Memorial Day weekend! In this area of the country it is still called Decoration Day, when fresh wreaths and flags are placed upon graves. It is an amazing sight to see! Nothing sadder than a forgotten grave it is said... if ... 

Happy May Day! With it comes a new contest to showcase Butterfly and Moth artworks :) Last Butterfly contest produced some incredibly beautiful pieces from very talented artists! Hoping that contestants and buyers alike will enjoy this one immensely... 

Happy Easter

April 4th, 2015

Wanted to say Happy Easter to everyone! May your day be ever blessed and the glorious gift of Jesus continue to fill your hearts well beyond. Hope you find all those hidden eggs too :) Blessings, Anita 

Lamb Photo Session

March 13th, 2015

A couple of days ago we visited a farm from roadside. Saw the granddaughter of the gentleman who owns the place walking her dog, and asked if it would be alright to take pictures of new lambs that have come in. Thankfully she said yes! Due to our ... 

I'll be updating several of my earlier photographs due to new software that I picked up during Christmastime. It has been fun and interesting working with new, previous, and even some free online varieties. Spring is around the corner and we'll kic... 

Expression - Whether Grief or Joy

February 23rd, 2015

Our beloved pets went missing early yesterday, I cannot begin to express the grief we feel for two hounds that often rolled in horse manure, deer pee, ate things not fit for human consumption and then thrown them up... sometimes in the house. They'v... 

Chick Days Contest

February 17th, 2015

Congratulations to our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in the 'Chick Days Contest!' Wonderful works! I want to thank everyone for making this fun, I enjoyed the artworks from fun and hilarious to just precious ... sooo much! If you haven't already jo... 

Spring Birds

February 16th, 2015

I'll be updating "Birds" gallery to a more textured, painted, and slightly softened feel - maintaining Spring season's color. Birds to be updated are at the feeder and in the Wisteria vine. Hopefully you will love the changes, and if you've previous...