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Aboriginal Ochre

The Aboriginal Ochre Wars There was a time when all of Australia was a network of trading posts. And good ochre was one of the most prized items to trade. “Wilga Mia” in Western Australia is one of the most sacred ochre mines on the continent. If viagra online canada you want to collect any […]

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Customize your Greeting Card Art Purchase

Details, or Pin It here                         About my greeting cards online:Awkwardly cropped image on card5″ x 7″ coated w/UV protect…

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Visual Elixir, Anyone? A Feast for the Eyes…Drink In Sandi Whetzel’s Sensual Wine Art at Umpqua Valley Arts Summer Festival

Through the Eyes of a Child©Sandi Whetzel and Ruby Red©Sandi Whetzel, Details and PIN them from this site:Sandi Whetzel’s sensual wine images are elevating her artistic status to a “Go To” Sensual Wine Artist. The image on the left, one of Whetzel’s ea…

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Sandi Whetzel’s Wine-Inspired Art: A Visual Elixir of Seductive Twists on Wine

Wine on the Vine ©Sandi Whetzel  For Details, click (Please PIN THIS IMAGE FROM THE SITE ABOVE, NOT FROM HERE, to properly link it back to that source) The Pacific Northwest’s regard for wine inspires me to celebrate the wine experience in my cont…

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Current Painting Still at my Easel … A PEEK AT MY PAINTING IN PROGRESS/Artist Confessions

Ruby Red Original, Sold–(Prints Available) Her Popularity Became the Inspiration for a Sequel ArtworkRuby Red was practically snatched off my easel by a recent client.  The popularity of this painting inspired me to create a sequel painting — A …

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New Art Venue Joins First Friday ArtWalk LineUp in Ashland, OR March 7, 2014

Strawberry Flapjack 20×20 acrylic ©Sandi Whetzel Ticor Title Insurance proudly introduces their expansive business quarters during their debut as a First Friday Artwalk destination in Ashland, OR.  Adorned with Sandi Whetzel’s vibrant, contem…

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Get an Up-Close, Intimate View of My Art:Wine Art Prints on Smart Phone Covers, Too!

Romance on the Vine 22×28 acrylic ©Sandi WhetzelFull-Resolution of cropped “Romance on the Vine”Get an up-close-and-personal view of the gold leafed, metallic sheen and texture in this original painting. I professionally scanned this original to repro…

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What’s in YOUR Goblet? Going with the wine flow…Sandi Whetzel’s Recent Wine Art Fantasy

Ruby Red 11×14 acrylic ©Sandi WhetzelI was fascinated by an idea to paint a woman’s face nestled inside a wine goblet, but I was undecided about how to incorporate that idea into a winning painting– I like my art to be sensual or whimsical, but not ca…

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Henry Goes Wine: THE GRAPE ESCAPE Has Something for Everyone!

Virtue in the Vines 16×16 acrylic ©Sandi WhetzelHenry Estate Winery has pulled out all the stops this year to make HENRY GOES WINE: the Grape Escape the place to be, Saturday, August 17, 2013.  See sensual art and awesome wine shirts designed by A…

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Passion Morphs into Virtue: Artist, Sandi Whetzel’s Recent Painting

Virtue in the Vines 16×16 acrylic ©Sandi WhetzelDuring one of my “all-things-wine” modes of thought, I saw a simple line-drawing — an eyebrow, eye, nose and lips bordered on the right side by a large comma-shaped line defining a woman’s cheek and chin…

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