<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135</id><updated>2011-07-28T08:48:22.416-07:00</updated><category term='encaustic'/><category term='Hibiscus flower'/><category term='Trinity River paintings'/><category term='flamingo'/><category term='blue painting'/><category term='audubon'/><category term='black crows'/><category term='4.25 x 5.75'/><category term='cupcakes challenge'/><category term='Texas Discovery Garden'/><category term='hot wax on board'/><category term='studio artists'/><category term='7x6'/><category term='crows'/><category term='12 x 12 on cradled hard board'/><category term='crow'/><category term='hot wax'/><category term='landscape'/><category term='exhibit'/><category term='5.75 x 7.75 board'/><title type='text'>Encaustic Paintings</title><subtitle type='html'>Painting with Hot Wax</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-158039416779052954</id><published>2010-09-01T11:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T12:01:43.091-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Discovery Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trinity River paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='studio artists'/><title type='text'>Studio Art and Soul at The Texas Discovery Garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6ii5hqWZI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/6fkFee7O2b4/s1600/TDG-postcard-front.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6ii5hqWZI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/6fkFee7O2b4/s320/TDG-postcard-front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512021714389326226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Please join us for the opening reception of "Bringing the Trinity River to Life".  The exhibit will be on view through Dec 31, 2010 at the Texas Discovery Gardens in Fair Park - Dallas, TX&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-158039416779052954?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/158039416779052954/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2010/09/studio-art-and-soul-at-texas-discovery_01.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/158039416779052954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/158039416779052954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2010/09/studio-art-and-soul-at-texas-discovery_01.html' title='Studio Art and Soul at The Texas Discovery Garden'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6ii5hqWZI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/6fkFee7O2b4/s72-c/TDG-postcard-front.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-1596655450707675334</id><published>2010-09-01T11:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T11:57:34.465-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Discovery Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trinity River paintings'/><title type='text'>Shadows on the Trinity River Elm Fork</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6h0ZxLCmI/AAAAAAAAAQI/v1z5V2Geyn0/s1600/KRike_ShadowsAlongtheElmFork.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6h0ZxLCmI/AAAAAAAAAQI/v1z5V2Geyn0/s320/KRike_ShadowsAlongtheElmFork.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512020915590466146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Another encaustic painting on display at the Texas Discovery Garden through Dec. 31, 2010.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-1596655450707675334?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/1596655450707675334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2010/09/shadows-on-trinity-river-elm-fork.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/1596655450707675334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/1596655450707675334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2010/09/shadows-on-trinity-river-elm-fork.html' title='Shadows on the Trinity River Elm Fork'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6h0ZxLCmI/AAAAAAAAAQI/v1z5V2Geyn0/s72-c/KRike_ShadowsAlongtheElmFork.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-1339493863886384667</id><published>2010-09-01T11:49:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-01T11:55:22.696-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas Discovery Garden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trinity River paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibit'/><title type='text'>Encaustic Painting at The Texas Discovery Garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6hI9HpUAI/AAAAAAAAAQA/_Nu8VXiJIWI/s1600/KRike_WalkingAlongtheElmFork.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6hI9HpUAI/AAAAAAAAAQA/_Nu8VXiJIWI/s320/KRike_WalkingAlongtheElmFork.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512020169165721602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;Walking Along the Trinity River Elm Fork- This encaustic painting is on exhibit at the Texas Discovery Garden through Dec. 31, 2010.  Please join us on Sept. 2 for a reception.  6-8.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6gYt_echI/AAAAAAAAAP4/hoyH8Q9J7MU/s1600/TDG-postcard-front.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-1339493863886384667?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/1339493863886384667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2010/09/studio-art-and-soul-at-texas-discovery.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/1339493863886384667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/1339493863886384667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2010/09/studio-art-and-soul-at-texas-discovery.html' title='Encaustic Painting at The Texas Discovery Garden'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/TH6hI9HpUAI/AAAAAAAAAQA/_Nu8VXiJIWI/s72-c/KRike_WalkingAlongtheElmFork.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-8825986536124470673</id><published>2009-10-11T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T05:15:42.864-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='audubon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5.75 x 7.75 board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flamingo'/><title type='text'>Flamingo Encaustic Painting 5.75 x 7.75 Board</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/StH1qH4HafI/AAAAAAAAAMo/ONPOY6CY4kc/s1600-h/flamingo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/StH1qH4HafI/AAAAAAAAAMo/ONPOY6CY4kc/s320/flamingo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391360332956920306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I guess this piece would be considered mixed media.  The flamingo is a John James Audubon print that I transferred to transparent paper and placed it in the wax.  Then I painted the scene around the print.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;$45.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;SOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="9086028" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-8825986536124470673?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/8825986536124470673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/10/flamingo-encaustic-painting-575-x-775.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/8825986536124470673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/8825986536124470673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/10/flamingo-encaustic-painting-575-x-775.html' title='Flamingo Encaustic Painting 5.75 x 7.75 Board'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/StH1qH4HafI/AAAAAAAAAMo/ONPOY6CY4kc/s72-c/flamingo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-7344613984354201077</id><published>2009-09-15T20:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T05:18:26.036-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4.25 x 5.75'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax on board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Abstract Landscape - Encaustic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SrBfa--aU-I/AAAAAAAAALg/FRFhQvBYrp8/s1600-h/P1080017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SrBfa--aU-I/AAAAAAAAALg/FRFhQvBYrp8/s320/P1080017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381906471893750754" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Today was a FUN day at the studio.  Another day that the weather allowed me to open the studio (for ventilation) and heat up the pallet and work with hot wax. I painted a crow... it was a wiper.. or a scraper.  So I picked up another board and just started adding color.  I thought ... "a landscape".  Is it a landscape?  Never-the-less.... I had so much fun watching the wax move around as I hit it with the heat gun.  I almost feel like it really isn't my painting.  I lay out the ground and have &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;some&lt;/span&gt; control with the heat gun.. but not completely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm not sure what to call it.  It is a small... postcard size painting.  4.25 x 5.75 on hardboard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a fun day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$35.00&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="9085941" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" type="image"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-7344613984354201077?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/7344613984354201077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/09/abstract-encaustic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/7344613984354201077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/7344613984354201077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/09/abstract-encaustic.html' title='Abstract Landscape - Encaustic'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SrBfa--aU-I/AAAAAAAAALg/FRFhQvBYrp8/s72-c/P1080017.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-8668555038711130904</id><published>2009-09-14T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T05:16:22.020-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5.75 x 7.75 board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cupcakes challenge'/><title type='text'>Cupcakes With Sprinkles - DSFDF Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sq6XI12mEoI/AAAAAAAAALM/wcbPLxJXd8U/s1600-h/DSFDF_Cupcakes-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sq6XI12mEoI/AAAAAAAAALM/wcbPLxJXd8U/s320/DSFDF_Cupcakes-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381404782905135746" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The weather has finally cooled off enough that I can now open up the studio.  So Sunday I pulled out my encaustic equipment&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;painted the &lt;a href="http://differentstrokesfromdifferentfolks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Different Strokes For Different Folks Challenge&lt;/a&gt; (cupcakes with sprinkles).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now ... understand, I have not painted an encaustic painting for over a year and although I am very happy with this painting it just isn't the best representation of the challenge. I could manipulate the wax to mimic the swirls in the icing.  Which is why I haven't decided if I will submit it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By posting it on my own blog, don't think I am bragging... it is just that I had so much fun getting back into the process I had to share my excitement and the fun that I had.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS.  I decided to submit the image.  It is very generous of Karin Jurick to go to the trouble of posting all our work.  After all, she is a working artist.  How does she do it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PPS.  I now regret making the decision to post this on the DSFD blog.  It didn't get one comment from the other DSFDF folks that visited my blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="cmd" value="_s-xclick" type="hidden"&gt;$45.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="9104801" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;SOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-8668555038711130904?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/8668555038711130904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/09/cupcake-challenge.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/8668555038711130904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/8668555038711130904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/09/cupcake-challenge.html' title='Cupcakes With Sprinkles - DSFDF Challenge'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sq6XI12mEoI/AAAAAAAAALM/wcbPLxJXd8U/s72-c/DSFDF_Cupcakes-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-7795819117830553798</id><published>2009-08-23T05:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T05:16:57.733-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax on board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5.75 x 7.75 board'/><title type='text'>Sunning Crow - Encaustic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SpE7SgLGexI/AAAAAAAAAJc/iTuaJnXclXY/s1600-h/Sunnycrow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SpE7SgLGexI/AAAAAAAAAJc/iTuaJnXclXY/s320/Sunnycrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373141019489893138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Encaustic on 5.75 x 7.75 board.  Unframed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$45.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="9104971" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;SOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-7795819117830553798?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/7795819117830553798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/08/sunning-crow-encaustic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/7795819117830553798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/7795819117830553798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/08/sunning-crow-encaustic.html' title='Sunning Crow - Encaustic'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SpE7SgLGexI/AAAAAAAAAJc/iTuaJnXclXY/s72-c/Sunnycrow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-1546691922221849109</id><published>2009-08-05T05:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T05:18:29.024-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='5.75 x 7.75 board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax'/><title type='text'>Crow on Wire - encaustic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SnmCL6gL1mI/AAAAAAAAAH4/Pi_A3bPjXZw/s1600-h/crow.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SnmCL6gL1mI/AAAAAAAAAH4/Pi_A3bPjXZw/s320/crow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366463572183078498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;5.75 x 7.75 encaustic on board&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;$45.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;input name="hosted_button_id" value="9105024" type="hidden"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;"&gt;SOLD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-1546691922221849109?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/1546691922221849109/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/08/crow-on-wire-encaustic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/1546691922221849109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/1546691922221849109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/08/crow-on-wire-encaustic.html' title='Crow on Wire - encaustic'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SnmCL6gL1mI/AAAAAAAAAH4/Pi_A3bPjXZw/s72-c/crow.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-7914074170459482860</id><published>2009-07-30T14:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T05:45:23.028-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax on board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hibiscus flower'/><title type='text'>Hibiscus - 5.75 x 7.75 Encaustic on Board</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SnIKa751FLI/AAAAAAAAAHg/zt_in2sKDZs/s1600-h/Hibiscus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SnIKa751FLI/AAAAAAAAAHg/zt_in2sKDZs/s320/Hibiscus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364361564024804530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Encaustic hibiscus on 5.75 x 7.75 board.&lt;br /&gt;$45.00&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"&gt;&lt;input src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!" border="0" type="image"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" border="0" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-7914074170459482860?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/7914074170459482860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/07/hibicus-575-x-775-encaustic-on-board.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/7914074170459482860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/7914074170459482860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/07/hibicus-575-x-775-encaustic-on-board.html' title='Hibiscus - 5.75 x 7.75 Encaustic on Board'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SnIKa751FLI/AAAAAAAAAHg/zt_in2sKDZs/s72-c/Hibiscus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-8913769046639103383</id><published>2009-07-26T05:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T05:18:24.816-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7x6'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot wax'/><title type='text'>Sunset Crow - Encaustic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SmxIsAhXGEI/AAAAAAAAAHI/-UV85Bk8l-w/s1600-h/crowencaustic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SmxIsAhXGEI/AAAAAAAAAHI/-UV85Bk8l-w/s320/crowencaustic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362741177182787650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;This is one of those &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;rare&lt;/span&gt; encaustic pieces that took my breath away when I put the heat gun to it.  It isn't often that I can say that I love a piece of art that I have produced, but this piece is one I love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;NFS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-8913769046639103383?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/8913769046639103383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunset.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/8913769046639103383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/8913769046639103383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunset.html' title='Sunset Crow - Encaustic'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/SmxIsAhXGEI/AAAAAAAAAHI/-UV85Bk8l-w/s72-c/crowencaustic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1902325287163972135.post-4098140867594036352</id><published>2009-07-25T05:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T09:19:41.095-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encaustic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black crows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blue painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crows'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='12 x 12 on cradled hard board'/><title type='text'>3 Crows - Encaustic</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Smr23cnsQmI/AAAAAAAAAGs/leMw5IFFVI4/s1600-h/3-crows-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Smr23cnsQmI/AAAAAAAAAGs/leMw5IFFVI4/s320/3-crows-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362369738773906018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;I painted these crows about 2 years ago.  At the time, I really wasn't happy with the painting, but I did keep the crows (I keep most everything... even the flops).  The other day I was going through a stack of paintings and found this painting.  I started to toss it, then I decided that I KINDA like this encaustic.  So I am keeping them proudly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can purchase this from my gallery shopping cart using PayPal.&lt;br /&gt;$150.00 + shipping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://catalog.krikegallery.com/viewProduct.cfm?item_id=735700"&gt;Buy Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1902325287163972135-4098140867594036352?l=paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/feeds/4098140867594036352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/07/3-crows-encaustic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/4098140867594036352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1902325287163972135/posts/default/4098140867594036352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paintinginencaustics.blogspot.com/2009/07/3-crows-encaustic.html' title='3 Crows - Encaustic'/><author><name>Karen Rike</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09065213152284326513</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Sfjs0CbKV6I/AAAAAAAAAEs/uOEVQJOkG_g/S220/Karenheadshot.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_w6q3Xw5vbEU/Smr23cnsQmI/AAAAAAAAAGs/leMw5IFFVI4/s72-c/3-crows-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
