Monday, July 22, 2019

Winning Art Gets Billboard Treatment with Fine Art America and Pixels


I created the above a collage of the 6 images I submitted.
I am not cheating, I promise! I pay for two accounts - one for the "individual" Heather J. Kirk
and one my company Abundant Eight Creative

Each image that gets at least 250 votes
will become a contest finalist.

UPDATE - I did not get enough votes, but still, 150 is a HECK OF A LOT. THANKS TO ALL who voted and all who tried! Heather

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five winning images will appear on billboards throughout Los Angeles!


WHY VOTE FOR ME?

Reason #1:
A portion of my sales always goes to support non-profits somehow related to the location or content of the photo sold.

Reason #2:
My best preparatory efforts met up with TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!
(see after pictures if you actually care about technical difficulties...
OR IF YOU HAVE THEM... then find out what to do to fix them :) )




Vote and Share Please!
I'm seeking 250 votes for each image to be considered as featured art on Billboards in Los Angeles! I am told Facebook is the easiest way to create an account. Then come back to this post to use the 6 SPECIFIC LINKS BELOW. Otherwise you will never find m art!
Blessings! Heather


Kirkjufell and Foss and Midnight Sun and Sky

The first image in the group is of Kirkjufall in Iceland. I HOPE you will vote for all, but it you choose only one, I ma trying to stack votes on the first in the list.

Kirkjufell and Foss and Midnight Sun and Sky by Heather Kirk and AEC - Abundant Eight Creative

This was taken in #Iceland during the #summersolstice in the #LandoftheMidnightSun . Made famous by #GameofThrones in which it is called #ArrowheadMountain. The actual name is #Kirkjufell which means #ChurchMountain, and I like to pretend was named after me, #HeatherKirk 


It is located more specifically in the #SnæfellsnesPeninsula near the town of #Grundarfjörður (Here's those words hashtagged without the squished up and funky letters, lol! #SnaefellsnesPeninsula #Grundarfjorour )

https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=12588739
Lifeguard Call Box Boomer's Beach La Jolla Cove California
Lily Over Los Angeles

White Mare Gallops #1 - Panoramic Brighter



https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=18340725
Bali Typical Offerings #1



https://fineartamerica.com/contests/billboard-contest.html?tab=vote&artworkid=18918423
Sunset in Golden Tones Torrey Pines Natural Preserves #1

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Be blessed My Purposeful People!
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Saturday, June 8, 2019

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A common response to "I've been all over the world," is "Oh! What's your favorite European country?" I found this question quite strange: Ummmm I said the WORLD - think Exotic!
People found my answer strange: Ummmm, I've never been to Europe.

So as of last year, I have now been to Europe AND have done my first ever tour vacation. (As I write that, I thought I'd better check my memory. Wrong, my second.)

I chose to do a 6 day tour of Ireland  through Paddywagon and 2 day trip tours in England for two reasons. 1) SHORT time frame, much of which was taken up just getting there and home. 2) I have driven cars "all over the world" and in CRAZY situations - but never on the 'wrong' (Left) side of the street.

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The first multi-day tour that I originally forgot about, was a Yucatan Mexico tour of Mayan ruins. I chose that for safety reasons of driving in remote areas of the Yucatan as a woman and after a tri to Mexico previously in which it was hard to rent a car with automatic transmission. When I FINALLY got one by saying I couldn't drive a manual car, it died in the middle of nowhere and no one had cables to jump the car, though everyone offered to push start it...

Ultimately though, I like the control of time flexibility and being able to visit the less popular locations, hard to reach spots, or popular places at different times, and avoiding the large buses (and, if you know me I HATE long bathroom lines!).

Therefore I tend to choose booking hotel and air, sometimes a rental car, and doing my own thing. Then here and there getting a great day tour option. Hop on Hop off tours are AWESOME for the combined flexibility and assistance. And they often offer "SKIP THE LINE" passes, a perk that is a  MUST! Otherwise you may end up seeing 1 or 2 things on your bucket list, and a whole lot of tourists standing around complaining...

How I WISH I'd done that in London. So much wasted time and late arrivals from walking and figuring out bus schedules. :( 

One day or short multi-day tours simplify your life in unknown countries even when you want to do much of your vacation your own way.

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So whether I want to visit a Lava Cave in Iceland

two volcanoes hike in arenal
 
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Be blessed My Purposeful People! Heather
Wearable Art - Heather J Kirk's VIDA Collection: http://shopvida.com/collections/heather-j-kirk 
and https://artofwhere.com/artists/heatherjkirk 
Art by Heather J. Kirk http://heather-kirk.pixels.com 
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