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Creativity! Beauty! Connection! Inspiration! & Fun!
And many ways to acquire art - just for you!Everyone needs a little of this in life! With gloomy news all around us,
its time to create a little fun!
Join me, as an online friend.
We'll connect with others and you'll be updated by a short email every week or so about:
the latest art & studio news,
receive informative & interesting newsletters periodically,
opportunities for regular online contests, drawings, and give-aways,
and get sneak peeks at what's new from my easel!
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Our group is fun and will inspire your own creativity ~ all while staying connected!
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Thanks for joining us! Please feel free to download the stylized image of one of my coneflower paintings
shown above to use as your computer desktop.
download directions:
Click on the image and it will come up as full size (it is made to fit the screen of your computer)
For a PC, Right click on the image and “save as”. Save it where you wish on
your own computer and name it appropriately.
For a Mac, you must use the menu - File > "Save as". Save the image where you wish on your computer
and name it appropriately
- For a PC, right click on your current desktop and select “properties”.
Click on the desktop tab and then browse to find the image you just saved.
Select it and you are done.
- For a Mac, choose Apple Menu > System Preferences. Click on desktop
and screen saver. Open the desktop pane and click desktop.
Choose the image you just downloaded.
That’s it! You should have a new desktop now!
Upcoming Exhibit
September 20, 2009 - 9:30 am
Evangel Baptist Church
1900 Manchester Rd - Wheaton, IL
"Lessons from Matthew 6"

Read Helen's newsletters - which feature various interesting information such as:
new's from Helen's studio & life, art in the news, quirky notes and tidbits, spotlight on a great artist,
images of her latest work, promotions from Helen's studio, and a surprise of some sort!
They come by email with dependable variability, but usually every few months!
Latest Newsletter - October 2009
Previous Newsletters:
June 2009 July/August 2009
Recently Published Articles on Art and Creativity
Staying Creative in Difficult Times
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