I have just finished updating the Top 101 Artists' Blogs ...it took about 2 days to do it as my computer has been running very slowly...I think I need an upgrade...
I have changed the format of the list to ranking as I have had so many submissions that I thought it would be fairer to list everyone by rank ...
because so many artists are on the same authority I have ranked the blogs in groups
eg top 10 rank ...top 20 rank and so on....

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101 Top Artists' Blogs (About)

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Are you an Artist who blogs?

Do you have your own personal Art Blog?

Have you claimed your blog at Technorati?

If you answered yes to all 3 questions....then please submit your blog in the comments section of this post......

please include the name and URL of your blog ....



Archive

Top 101 Artists' Blogs List (November - 2007)

Top 101 Artists' Blogs - Update 29/12/07


Further information on Technorati Authority and Ranking
by Dorion Carroll at:

Technorati Authority and Rank







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Top 100 Australian Blogs Index
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ATTACK OF THE 6 FOOT CHICKENS
click on the link above to read more about this oil painting...

Check out the rest of the chickens and join in the fun this week @ Wordless Chicken Tuesday with a Side Trimminz of Animal






Number one WCT
Speedy's Wordless Chicken Tuesday reached the front page of Google and guess who is at the top !!! thanks for letting me know Speedy...




This weeks participants: Wordless Chicken Tuesday in Chico, California /Olga the Traveling Bra (LIVE CHICKEN!) Wordless Chicken Tuesday /Auntie Dar's Life (FUNNY) Who I'd Like to Meet / Twist & Skewer (LIL BABY CHICK) Sometimes it's all about Sharing Love / The Painted Viel (SPACE CHICKEN MOVIE) Happy Birthday to "Robert the Redneck Canadian" !!!!! (ADDED BY SPEEDY) Wordless Chicken Tuesday / Laketrees (ARTISTIC) "Chicken Tuesday: Before We Get Famous Everyone Does a Little Porn" / Outta the Coop (HOT!) Chickening Out for a Moment / Are We There Yet? (HAPPY) Breaking Beacon News on Speedy’s Poultry Parody / New England Lighthouse Treasures (WITH SOUND!!!!!) With All The Drama I Almost Forgot Wordless Chicken Tuesday / Can You Be a Part of My Life (Floral)
Roosevelts' One-Legged Rooster / OMYWORD! Did I say that? (UNI LEGGER) Speedy’s Wordless Chicken Tuesday / Terri Terri Quite Contrary (WANTED BY BARNEY FIFE) Hooters, Jolly Roger, Biker Underwear & A Naughty Chicken /Divalicious (NEKID) Wordless Chicken Tuesday / Cuppacinjoe: A Man of The Froth (LIVE FOOTAGE) A Thankyou Wordy Chicken Tuesday and Poetry Props /Observations from the Back 40 (PLEADING) Monday Mimisms with Mimi Queen of Memes ~ Paddles, Pillows, and Latin Magic / I don't think she was in, but there is a chicken clock! Another Wordless Chicken Tuesday! / Julie's Blog (DANCING) Joyfulness / Creative Treasures (MUST SEE) "Wordless Chicken Day" / Blue Ribbon Bloggers (I LOVE THIS!!!) "Roosevelt Rooster's Other Leg Found!" / OMYWORD Did I Say That? (FREAKY FUNNY) Stalking the Chicken / Bloggers Intervention Group (CHEATING) :-) "It's Raining Chickens" / Binding Ink III "the Poetress" (LYRICAL) Wordless Chicken Tuesday: BBQ Spicy Chick-en Breast / Synthetic Life (BIKINI) Green Eggs, No Ham / Drowsey Monkey (NEVER TO LATE)

Thanks to Santa and the voters !!!
Santa's Blog of the Day winners for today are:

Kim from Laketrees
The Original Blue Ribbon Bloggers
Julia Aquino

Last Week I received a letter from André Rieu Productions
with three photographs of the portrait that I presented to Mr Rieu...
They thanked me for the portrait and Mr Rieu very generously signed the photos that I had included with the painting.
I sent the letter and photos off to the framers and they did a wonderful job (in 2 days!)




I am going to give one of the photos to my Mum and the other one to my Sister (also big fans of the famous Musician)

View the Portrait of André Rieu here -
"The Flying Dutchman"




click on the images to zoom

As most Australians are aware Mr André Rieu is coming to Australia this year.

André Rieu.com - The official website: André Rieu

Andre Rieu Fans
Fans & Friends Around The World

My Random Pick from the 101 Top Artists' Blogs List for this week is : # 6

Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature Blog
Artist. Painter. Designer and Photographer. Lover of animals and nature. Leanne's blog is her journal, her art and the daily status of her pursuit of happiness.



Besides being an extremely talented artist Leanne also designs brilliant web sites....it is well worth visiting her latest design...I know I couldn't stop oohing and ahhing to myself when I was over there.
Image Copyright © Leanne Wildermuth, IntricateArt.com

selected by Deborah Paris - A Painting Life who paints the most amazing landscapes.....absolute gems !!!!

You Make My Day Award

I would also like to thank another very gifted artist for passing this catchy award on to me ...
thank you very much Kris @ Art & Clairvoyance
Kris uses a very unusual technique to paint her incredible paintings and her recent body of work really does touch the heart !!





I am passing this award on to these people who simply make my day with their thoughtful comments and feedback ...thank you to :
Lindsay @ Non-Linear-Arts
John @ SELECT.IVE.PAN.CAKES
Durano @ THE SPITTING VESSEL
Eric @ SPEEDCAT HOLLYDALE PAGE

leave your lucky number here for my Random Picks selection

Sue @ Blogging Sueblimely created and handed this special award on to me yesterday....
Thank you very much Sue...




What prompted Sue to create the award was reading that January is National Mentoring Month.in the USA. This is an initiative spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, with the aim of recruiting volunteer mentors to help young people achieve their full potential. The US ‘Thank Your Mentor Day™’ is dedicated to thanking or honoring individuals who have guided us and had a lasting impact on our lives.
Although the Blogging Mentor award is not restricted for use in January’s Mentoring Month, ‘Thank your Mentor Day‘ may be a particularly good time to use it. The date for 2008 is 24th January.

I am going to pass this award on to the people who helped me out with my blogging in many different ways...

Sue @ Blogging Sueblimely
Lynda @ PERIPHERAL VISION - Inner Sights by Lynda Lehmann
Mary Ann @ Maryannaville
Debbie @ New England Lighthouse Treasures
and Jos @ NoDirectOn (not: NoDirection)

Heath Ledger's brilliant career ends in tragedy

Artist captures three sides of Heath Ledger

My enchanting life saga...
Enter the life of whimsical artist and illustrator Debi Hubbs.
Four Fashionable Fowls


Check out Speedy and the featured tutu pics at:
Wordless Chicken Tuesday with TUTU Highlights
Join in the fun and post your chickens !!!

Participants:
Speedy's Wordless Chicken Tuesday Drowsey Monkey What The Cluck?!? Olga the Traveling Bra How Did I Get Classified As A Humor Blog? Twist & Skewer Gosh! Ain't That A Bird! OMYWORD! Did I say That? (WOW!) Chicken Tuesday: Mug Shot Outta the Coop (THE ORIGINAL CHICK) Chicken Tuesday Much of a Muchness (SAD then REALLY FUNNY) To All The Sweet Taters The Painted Veil (STUNNING COMBO POST) Wordless Chicken Tuesday Auntie Dars Life (LIVE ACTION CHICKEN) Speedcat Chicken Autumnal Confessions by Maureen (SARCASTIC) Round Four ~ Won Tons, Manicotti & Haufbrau Haus Beer Garten Divalicious (HUNGRY FOR TACO BELL) Wordless Chicken Tuesday Cuppacinjoe: A Man of the Froth (RUBBER CHICKEN!!) Quirky Meme and Chicken Prison Break Observations from the Back 40: (DANGEROUS) Wordless Chicken Tuesday Beer Church Blog (MANGER) A Disobedient Chicken With Attitude A Nice Place in the Sun (CREATIVE) "Wordless highlight" Amori, Poesie, Arte , Chat by Hanna (SILLY!!!) Slovenia was chicken when was young Buryya (INFORMATIONAL) Lighthouse Angels Among Us New England Lighthouse Treasures (FAMILY)

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

On my blog travels via
Sue @ Blogging Sueblimely
I came across this beaut site
We Blog Cartoons. and had a good laugh at the witty cartoons there...
I posted one at PoeARTica too !!
I was motivated to take a look at my own desk IRL....
what a mess ....because of my arm status my desk looks like a jungle...



click here to see a really tidy desk !!

A big big thank you to Sue @ Blogging Sueblimely who has handed this award on to me from Sandy of Writing in Faith
Sue gave me the award for The 101 Top Artists' List ...thank you Sue !!
I am also taking this opportunity to thank Sue for nominating laketrees in 3 categories for the Blogger's Choice Awards, the most popular user-generated blog voting site on the planet!


Sue has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things blogging as well as being a professional web designer !!..she certainly has a passion for helping bloggers enjoy their blogging and to get the very most out of it.
It doesn't surprise me that Sue has been nominated in 4 categories
Check out Bloggers Choice ...who knows your blog could already be nominated for the 2008 awards...
http://www.bloggerschoiceawards.com/.
It's easy, just click the link, signup, and vote or nominate your favorite sites.


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Blogging In A Land Down Under



Recently I joined the Aussie Bloggers Forum and I met a great bunch of friendly and helpful bloggers...
here's what they have to say in their opening statement...

I know it's Wednesday here in Australia...
but I couldn't resist choosing this arty Chicken
and joining in the fun at :

Speedy Cat's "Wordless Chicken Tuesday"





To participate in Speedcat's "Wordless Chicken Tuesday", post a chicken on your blog. Leave a comment at Speedy's blog that you have done so, and he will add your site / link to his post.
Participants....
Chickens! ... by Julie's Blog Wordless Chicken Tuesday by Robin from Cuppa Joes! Chicken a la King! by Drowsey Monkey Bra-wk! by Olga the Traveling Bra (ohh man!)

click on image to enlarge
I still have a lot of work on this portrait....face, hair, suit (which will probably be white) and hands.....
It's a slow process (couple of hours a day) as I don't want to wreck my good arm...
more x rays and ultrasound on the 22nd January....
so until then I'm having to be careful with my shoulder...


My blog travels:

A young artist with great potential...
Winner of the People's Choice Award:
2006 METRO 5 ART AWARD
CELESTE CHANDLER

The Artist's Magazine Blog
Art News Blog
André Rieu

I have been thinking about redesigning my blog so...
I checked out this blog last week....well worth visiting...with some terrific graphic artists' reviews as well....
Designer's Depot
graphics, arts & everything in between
and links....
34 Places to Get Design Inspiration - Online and Off
Modern Life is a blog about the web - development, design, search engines and statistics. Sometimes controversial, occasionally satirical and usually on the nose.
2007: More Web Design Trends & Cliches
Web 2.0 Colour Palette
..because Web2.0 is the new black

The Band Meme
I was tagged by Carol @ My View of "it" who was tagged
by Mimi the Queen of Memes
Here's how it goes. You are about to have your own band's CD cover. Follow these directions to the letter.
Go to......
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.
2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.
3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together and post the result as a comment in this post. Also, pass it along because it’s more amusing that way.


Here's mine









Visitor Stats for 2006







screen shot of laketrees visitors' stats for 2006 -StatCounter

Good Traffic, Bad Traffic
On relevance and persistence, and what makes a good visitor

GOOGLE PR UPDATE
laketrees has remained at a PR 4 with a PR Prediction of 5

Google Live PageRank

PR prediction + recorder

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my priorities for January have changed because of my shoulder...
it will probably take me 3 weeks to complete the WIP of Alexander (for the 2008 Moran Portrait Prize) - closing date 31st January - as my right arm is starting to feel the strain as well ...
so my other plans including the WIP of Africa and Colin @ Life 's portrait of his beautiful daughter (winner of the Win a Free Portrait for Christmas Competition) will be on temporary hold until next month...
thank you to all who have tagged me as well ...I have not forgotten...
Jos @ NoDirectOn (not: NoDirection) Netster @ oOo netster oOo Sue @ Blogging Sueblimely Lyn @ lynda's loft (love, baby, all love) and Shoshana @ The ARTisT iN YOU Museletter.....
March could well and truly be my Meme month.....
had a little help from my daughter Charlotte

My top picks for 2008 Calendars

Last year my Artist friend Lisa from Copenhagen sent me a calendar for 2008....

here are my picks if you are looking for an Arty Calendar for 2008 ....








Wonderful Calendar Proofs from Zazzle

Artist - Lisa Lorenz







Back by popular demand

Artist - del4yo













Local Calendar
Photographer Steve Parish





I would also like extend a big thank you to all of the artists who are promoting and using the 101 Top Artists' Blogs Badge on their sites....