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		<title>Gifts of Light for Long Winter Nights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 03:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melody Phaneuf is an award-winning Boston Artist, well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. She has exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists in Boston, Ma; North Shore Arts in Gloucester, Ma; and Patricia Hutton Galleries in Doylestown, Pa.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1152&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor Painting in Spring</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/outdoor-painting-in-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:37:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melody The Artist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Landscape Paintings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring Pasture is a recent painting of the magnificent beauty found in Essex County. I love this cultivated wilderness, where birds and rabbits abound.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1128&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Painting Essentials~ Getting Started</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/painting-essentials-getting-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 09:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Still Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stability of still life makes it most suitable for skill development. The acquired skills translate seamlessly to more elusive landscape and portrait painting. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1122&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Painting Journeys~ Drawbridge at Edam</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/painting-journeys-drawbridge-at-edam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melody The Artist</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dutch Landscape Paintings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drawbridge]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[~ Charming drawbridges dot North Holland’s landscape, perfect entries into enchanting villages built on water. I am visually attracted to bridges because they break up the picture plane in ways that one doesn’t ordinarily find in landscape motifs. As a story-telling motif, bridges offer many possibilities. Bridges connect separated realms and can act as portals [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1119&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution of a Still Life Painting</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/evolution-of-a-still-life-painting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melody The Artist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artist Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art instruction Boston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I look for the right balance of unity and variety in shape, size, and texture. The color has to support the intention of the composition and be pleasing to my eye. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1114&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Teaching of Color~</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/the-teaching-of-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Color & Light]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1110&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rites of Spring~</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/rites-of-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melody The Artist</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Color & Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gloucester Landscape Paintings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow Trees by The Sea is a glimpse of Nature waking on a sunny, blue day in Gloucester. Rocks and earth reflect both the warm sun and cool sky, all seems to glitter with the energy of Cape Ann Light.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1106&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inspired by Painting~</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/inspired-by-painting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1102&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Art~ Touring Beacon Hill</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/boston-art-touring-beacon-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1097&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outside The Box</title>
		<link>http://melodytheartist.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/outside-the-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phaneuf ‘s paintings  have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melodytheartist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4509143&amp;post=1093&amp;subd=melodytheartist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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