The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: Ripple Blog

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Ripple Blog

This card, A Spoonful of Tragedy, was painted by Sally Taylor, a high school art teacher, illustrator, and artist in East Texas. It is the card I chose after making my donation to help with the Gulf oil spill.

If you haven't been to Kelly Light's RIPPLE BLOG, please make a visit: http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com

Kelly is making an effort to help with the Gulf oil spill. She started this Blog so we can make a simple $10. donation. In return, you can choose a small work of art painted by anyone who would like to take part. The details are all on Kelly's Blog. It is well worth the time to look at all the art cards that have been posted. They are so full of emotion and tell the story of how this tragedy is affecting all of us in some way. Be sure to click on the blog archive at the bottom of Kelly's Blog - she has received hundreds of entries and only the recent ones are showing on the Blog.

In Kelly's words: "Our small actions together will ripple outward."

6 comments:

Deborah said...: I went there the other day and was so overwhelmed with so much beautiful work. What a wonderful thing do to. I couldn't decide what to get, so I must go look again. **head spins and pops off** Deb; June 17, 2010 at 3:21 PM
Anna Rosa Designs said...: Hi Audrey,
What a fantasic cause.
You picture speaks a lot of words.
Hey, great photo's taken recently.
Hugs,
Anna; June 17, 2010 at 5:07 PM
audrey said...: Diva Kreszl said...
thank you so much for sharing this wonderful link, such a worthwhile cause! heading over there right now...

June 17, 2010 2:06 PM; June 17, 2010 at 5:31 PM
Marlene said...: I'm on my way to check it out.; June 17, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Jan said...: Thanks for the link. I shall go.

I see you have posted those old photos in your side bar. You are so bold!!:-); June 17, 2010 at 10:09 PM
Ces Adorio said...: Audrey, you may look at the older entries by scrolling down. There is a link to every post. Also if you click on "older post" you may also be able to see the older posts.; June 19, 2010 at 12:27 AM

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