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Luxurious soft fleece blankets are now available for purchase in two sizes.

Happy New Year 2017 to everyone at FAA! I wish you a happy, healthy, and successful new year ahead!

Flower is a joyful woman who loves art, flowers and gardens. You will always find her in the garden planting more flowers. People stop by and compliment how beautiful the flowers are in her garden.

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." ~ Washington Irving

Samantha, always wanted to visit Venice, the beautiful city of romance and adventure. On her birthday she decided to go alone. When she arrived, she fell in love with Venice. She visited many shops and treated herself to some exquisite pieces of jewelry. After a few weeks of fun and meeting new friends, she was invited to a Masked Ball. With much excitement, she accepted the invitation.

Samantha, arrived at the ball wearing a lovely deep blue satin gown with multicolored rhinestones and a peacock feathers mask. She looked stunning. The music was playing a happy tune, everyone was unrecognizable behind their masks. Samantha, noticed a dark haired man, dressed in a Black Phantom of the Opera Costume, staring and watching her every move. Finally, he came close to her and extended his hand to dance with him. She accepted, he was a good dancer she thought, but not one word was exchanged between them while they danced. When the music stopped, he kissed her hand and said "Grazie Bella" and left before midnight, so he would not have to reveal his identity.

After the Masked Ball, Samantha was thinking about the mysterious man she danced with at the ball. Who was he, she wondered. The next day, she went to the gondola, the gondolier was friendly and smiling at her. He was exceptionally handsome and there was something familiar about him.......

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You Are Special is new Natalie Holland creation. Painted with acrylics on watercolor paper. You don't have to wait until the holidays to tell someone they are special and how much they mean to you. Tell them now with these pink roses.

This "Special Daughter" heart with roses is a perfect gift to give to your beautiful daughter whether she is a little girl or a grown-up woman. She will always be your special daughter and hold a special place in your heart. Your daughter will treasure your gift forever.

Retirement is when you stop living at work and start working at living. So relax and enjoy doing what you like to do, whether it's playing golf everyday or going to the moon!

The garden is a beautiful escape from the fast pace of our daily life. This is one part of my garden where I go to relax and reconnect with nature. Every year the garden looks different. In this one, I have an old green chair that I painted with Black Eyed Susans, they are hardy perennials and drought tolerant flower plants. Another beautiful plant is the Phlox which comes in pink or white and smells like honey. My favorite is the Cat Whiskers plant with tall large pink blooms also called Pink Cleome, Spider Wisp or Spider Flower. Spider flowers are very easy to grow and the flowers have protruding hairs that look like the whiskers of a cat.

Spring is in the air. This Spring Floral Bouquet is available as framed prints, phone cases, canvas prints, throw pillows, greeting cards, acrylic prints, metal prints, posters and more. Browse through my collection of 1,179 images at

http://natalie-holland.artistwebsites.com/

More of my favorite quotes......

"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it." ~ John Lennon

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. ~ Oscar Wilde

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything you will be happiest. ~ Chinmoy

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.~ Rabbi Abraham Heschel

Age is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years. ~ Martha Graham

I am pleased to offer for purchase Throw Pillows in different sizes and designs. You can click and drag over the image to reposition the image if desired. Click the link to view my collection. Thank you!

I am pleased to offer for purchase Throw Pillows in different sizes and designs. You can click and drag over the image to reposition the image if desired. Click the link to view my collection.

I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together. ~
Julia Roberts

Good looks fade but a good heart keeps you beautiful forever. ~ Unknown

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. ~
Henri Nouwen

Love is not about how much you say 'I Love You,' but how much you prove that it's true. ~ Unknown



Happy Valentine's Day! :)

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. ~
Thomas Jefferson

"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back." ~ Harvey MacKay

" If you want to kill any idea in the world, get a committee working on it." ~ Charles F. Kettering

Missing someone is your heart's way of reminding you that you love them. - Unknown.

True love doesn't mean being inseparable; it means being separated and nothing changes. ~ Uknown.

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. ~
Frederick Buechner

The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? ~ J.B. Priestley

Exotic Dreams is a collection of alluring paintings by Natalie Holland and thought-provoking introspective poems by Thao Chuong.

Exotic Dreams | Make Your Own Book

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike. ~
Margot Fonteyn

All marriages are happy. It's the living together afterward that causes all the trouble. ~ Raymond Hull

Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the trouble makers, the round pegs in the square holes.....the ones who see things differently - they're not fond of rules..... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things..... They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do. ~ Steve Jobs

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY TO EVERYONE!!! :)

Secret Garden Angel

There is a hidden secret garden deep inside the forest
Where many beautiful fragrant flowers grow
Where birds sing their songs
The sound of happiness is here

The sun rays dazzle just for an instant
The steps of the angel touch lightly on the ground
She has a loving gaze
And soft feathered wings

At the sound of her voice
All creatures from the forest rush to her side
She sings songs with a message of love
When she is finished
With her soft breath upon their faces
She says good bye

As she flies away with the blowing wind
She sings......
Fill your hearts with love and joy.

Natalie Holland
(c) 3-29-12

Prison Camp

He is in the prison camp on a hill
Where terrible things occur
They will kill him but not today

He survived another day
He is physically, mentally, and psychologically weak
But nobody cares

His family and many others died
He survived

He values life immensely
He has hope
He is free

Natalie Holland (c) 3-22-12

The World's Largest Fine Art Show starts today March 22-25 in NYC

http://artexponewyork.com/

Rose

Cold, cold is my Rose
Like the ice in the frozen lake on a cold winter night
I loved my Rose
When her thorns didn't prick
To me she was a beautiful flower

As I lay here alone in the dark
I see images of my Rose
Kissing someone else's lips tonight
And I remember when it was all good and sweet

I get up, pack my things, and head outside
The cool wind blowing on my face
The moon shining from above makes this a special night
I see my Rose in the distance running down the road
Waving and calling out my name

I don't want to hear her voice anymore
I don't answer or wave
I don't shed a tear
I get into my car and drive off as fast as I can
I pause slightly on the road, to get one last glimpse of my Rose.

Natalie Holland (c) 3-21-12

The International Artexpo NYC is on March 22-25. This is the world's largest Fine Art Trade Show. If you live near this area this is a must see show. Below is a link for more information on the show.

http://artexponewyork.com/show-information/about/

I enjoy reading and collecting quotes. I will be adding my favorite quotes to my blog, and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. :)

Favorite Quotes:

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. ~ Edward de Bono


I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~ Pablo Picasso


Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. ~ Simone Weil

Why torture yourself when life'll do it for you? ~Author Unknown

Some men see things as they are and ask 'why' ? Others dream of things that never were and ask 'why not' ? ~ George Bernard Shaw

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. ~ Bill Cosby