I’d like to thank you, generous blogger friends, for jaw dropping inspiration, remarkable beauty and good-natured fun.
Your generosity renews me every day of the year.
For You
December 30, 2012
Art/Illustration/Inspiration
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- perception.Pause Series
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- photo of turtle
- learning to paint with watercolor
- photos of cats. digital photo
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- two minutes
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- photos of birds
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- Karen McRae
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- digital finish
- giant ears
- white gouache
- smoke
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- wood sculptures
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- christmas eve
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- beast
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- tenacity
- illustration of girl jumping
- winter birds
- golden bird
- bird on feeder
- bird eating
- Four Seasons
- The Four Seasons
- digital prints
- portrait of young woman
- watercolor of young woman in costume
- faerie
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- imagery
- Seasons Greetings
- Christmas morning
- tree branch
- gray
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- blogger friends
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- snow covered trees
- grey squirrel
- wet squirrel
- squirrel feeding
- winter bird
- branches in snow
- architecture
- great swamp
- basking ridge new jersey
- ice formations
- ice constructions
- photos of ice
- vein-like ice
- watercolor of a dancer
- little dancer
- nuthatch
- bird feeding
- nuthatch with seed
- sunflower seed
- watercolor paint
- The Lecture
- starling
- starling in the snow
- dream
- figure from a dream
- realm of fantasy
- tiny lines
- ice on branches
- watercolor fantasy
- Surprise Lake
- pine cones
- winter scene
- surreal painting
- Bird Girl
- giraffes
- watercolor giraffes
- watercolor and alcohol
- blue watercolor
- watercolor face
- new series
- a vision
- oil portrait of four children
- portraits of children
- portrait of siblings
- Isopropyl alcohol
- wind blowing blue jay
- portraiture
- black and white digital painting
- portait of an elderly woman
- swamp The Great Swamp
- watercolor birds
- birds in tree
- end of winter
- watercolor portrait of young man
- black and white painting
- bird-children series
- adolescence
- grackle
- black and white photograph
- icy swamp
- light snow
- figure of child
- spring in the swamp
- the swamp
- KIVA
- greeting cards
- small business loans
- Nonprofit organization
- moss island
- monochromatic painting
- finch
- finch at feeder
- finch smiling
- watercolor robin
- robins
- robing red breast
- bird figures
- dolls house
- woodpile
- bird people
- Settle+Chase
- light
- bird figure
- goose
- goose on nest
- goose fluffing the nest
- The Great Swarmp
- painted turtle swimming
- blue
- blueish
- coloring emotion
- bear
- chill in the air
- blog break
- robin in nest
- nesting bird
- robin red breast
- northern water snake
- tadpoles
- fantasy images
- watercolor palette
- watercolor images
- little magic
- animals
- a secret
- dove
Comments on: "For You" (22)
I enjoy all your ice photos you’ve posted in January, but this photo is really special and it’s fun that you happened to post it on my birthday.
It’s definitely my pleasure to blog with you. 
Happy New Year! Wishing you much happiness and creativity!
Angels, Muses and The Sun be with you dear Elena, you are so nice, Thank you, love, nia
…and may the coming year bring you inspiration and all things that make life worth living. One of my resolutions is inspired by you, sketch more, draw more, paint more, thank you
cheers elena!
Happy new year Elena! Thank you for all the encouragement with my painting and for all your lovely art and photography.
Happy new year Elena!
Thank you, Elena, for the wonderful blog, filled with grace and joy. Happy New Year.
Elena, thank you for your amazing inspiration! All the best for 2013.
Love your snow leaves!
What a lovely image with which to end the year. And – thank YOU for your inspiration and support. Wishing you and yours all the best in this up and coming new year!
Thanks all!
Thank you, Elena! Have a great 2013!
i like your photo
Thanks!
Thank you so much, dear Elena!
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Lovely picture!
Happy New Year!!
Love the snow! Cheers to you in the new year and I look forward to seeing what you have for us in the coming year!!!
A happy and creative 2013 to you too,Elena.
Right back at you! Your art inspires, and thank you for sharing it!
Beautiful photo. Happy New Year, Elena
OOO that’s pretty and feels nice! Thank you!
You are very welcome. Thanks Elisa!