Winners for December 2012 - Mushrooms

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If you're new to Nibblefest, please check our rules and upcoming themes on the right of this page. We`re always happy to see new participators!

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A link to all the Nibblefest auctions will also be posted here on the blog.

Good luck everyone!

December's Nibblefest Art Contest Theme: "Mushrooms"

   
Ah, mushrooms....

 

"The Mouse Picnic", by Nibblefest artist Patricia Ann Rizzo

With their shapely outlines and often eye-catching hues, not to mention their perplexing ability to seemingly sometimes spring up overnight, mushrooms have long traditionally held sway in human folklore and imagination.  So why is it we often find ourselves so fascinated with the fungus amongst us...?

Might it be because they can be just so delectably delicious....?   

"Mushroom" Still Life by Nibblefest artist Christine Streimer (of CES)

 Or..., because they can also be so disastrously deadly:

"Swirly Fungus", Nature Photography by Nibblefest artist Windi Rosson

(As the old saying goes: "ALL mushrooms are edible.  Once.")

"Mushroom Garden", Mini Sculpture by Nibblefest artist Anna Vanover

Is it because their voluptuous shapes can remind us of familiar everyday objects...?


Like, say... umbrellas?

Rat Art by Nibblefest artist Kathy Clemente

Or perhaps what calls to mind a comfy cushion, upon which to sit a spell...?

"Alice and the Caterpillar", Pyrography by Nibblefest artist, Lynn Dobbins (of Lynn D Art)

Commonly mistaken for 'plants', scientifically-speaking 'shrooms are NOT beings of the plant world.  In fact, on a molecular level, fungal DNA is in many ways more like the DNA of humans, than of plants:

"Mr. Mushy Makes a Friend", an ACEO by Nibblefest artist Patience (Art of Patience)

So, while the following quote by Tumerica may ring true:
 

"....Frustration is the compost from which the Mushrooms of Creativity grow...."

you may be rest assured that our intrepidly creative, hardworking Nibblefest Art Contest artists WONT find themselves frustrated by this month's 'Mushroom' theme...!

"Hi", by Nibblefest artist Vicky Knowles (of Wibbley World)

Wont you consider joining us for this month's Nibblefest Art Contest?   
When, starting on December 20th, artists near and far will gather via Ebay to explore and present their own unique, one-of-a-kind interpretations of the theme,

"Mushrooms"*.

.............

(Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC), the fun and friendly, monthly-themed art competition that begins on the 20th of each month, and is open to all.  Hosted via Ebay, all Nibblefest art entries start at just .99 cents -- 

fun for artists AND collectors....!  

To view upcoming monthly themes, see this post.  For complete rules please visit our NFAC Facebook Page, 
or check out the information on the side of this blog....)


(*Please note: All art by Nibblefest artists featured in this blog post are past portfolio works, not current NFAC entries.)

 

Award Winners for November 2012

Current Nibblefest Auctions!

Nibblefest Starts in just 5 days!!

Nibblefest starts in just 5 days! Can't wait to see everyone's Nature-themed entries!

If you're new to Nibblefest, please check our rules and upcoming themes on the right of this blog. We`re always happy to see new participators!

If you are on Facebook, please remember to post your Nibblefest auction links on our Nibblefest page.

A link to all the Nibblefest auctions will also be posted here on the blog.

Good luck everyone!

November's Nibblefest Theme: 'Nature'....

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. 

It will never fail you." 
~Frank Lloyd Wright

"Earth Girl", by Nibblefest Artist Lisa Wheeler (of Nature Spirit Art).....

"In all things of nature 
there is something of the marvelous."   
~Aristotle


 

From the birds....:

"Gray Bird", by Nibblefest Artist Nina Kuriloff

"Robin's Blue Eggs" (18 x 24), by Nibblefest Artist Torrie Smiley

"Goldfinch and Coneflowers", by Nibblefest Artist Fran Brooks

...to the bees...:

An ACEO, by Nibblefest Artist Anna Vanover

...and all the innumerable wondrous creatures 

of every kind in between....:

"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin."

~William Shakespeare

"Green Frog", by Nibblefest Artist Deborah K. Gryka (of Tadpole Lake Art)

"Fox", by Nibblefest Artist Deb Harvey

'White Winter Hare', by Nibblefest Artist Lisa Isabella Russo

...to be found in all our wild and glorious places,  
the world over:

"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty, 
if only we have the eyes to see them...."
~John Ruskin

An untitled seascape, by Nibblefest Artist Windi Rosson (of Winjimir Studio)

 "Bamboo Forest", a pendant by Nibblefest Artist Laura Milnor (of  ZenBreeze Art Gallery)

"Leaf Series", by Nibblefest Artist Diane Ursin

Nature sustains us.



"As a man moves away from nature, 
his heart becomes hard...."
~Lakota Tribe Proverb


Please consider joining us for this month's Nibblefest Art Contest, when, starting on November 20th, artists near and far will gather via Ebay to explore and present their own unique interpretations of the theme,

"Nature".

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, 

he finds it attached 
to the rest of the world." 

 ~John Muir

(Nibblefest Art Contest (NFAC), the fun and friendly, monthly-themed art competition that begins on the 20th of each month, and is open to all.  Hosted via Ebay, all Nibblefest art entries start at just .99 cents -- 
fun for artists AND collectors....!  

To view upcoming monthly themes, see this post.  For complete rules please visit our NFAC Facebook Page, 
or check out the information on the side of this blog....)

 

Award Winners for October 2012 - Fantasy

Nibblefest's Halloween Highlights!

Nibblefest's Halloween Highlights

Since it is October and Halloween is just around the corner, we wanted to take a moment to highlight Nibblefest's Halloween-related entries for those artists that dared to tie this month's Fantasy theme with Halloween! 

by Noelle Hunt

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by Deborah K. Gryka

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by Kathy Manuel

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by Deborah K. Gryka

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by Sue Taylor Perez

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by Christine E. Striemer

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There's Something for Everyone! 

If you're more into monkeys, mushrooms, unicorns, mythology, frogs, Shakespeare, deer, birds, boats, portraits, mermaids, dolphins, horses, cats, fairies, trees, snails, turtles, hearts, moons, flowers, Elvis, Stonehenge, dogs, fish, or butterflies please check out our other Nibblefest auctions!