Courage Cards Announces 2008 Fine Art Holiday Greeting Card ...(Tracy Loudonville N.Y. -- Silver Stream ...),Health

"Art is my life and my passion. Painting gives me a tremendous sense of freedom and lets me escape into it. The creative process brings me so much joy and enhances my life," says Tracy. An award-winning artist, Tracy has been painting with watercolor for nearly 15 years. Her artwork, Silver Stream captures winter's beauty at its best -- a peaceful woods where there is a quiet hush and one can hear the sound of snowflakes falling.

Persis Clayton Weirs, Penobscot Bay, Maine -- Christmas Village, an original oil.

Growing up on an island off the Maine coast, Weirs developed her artistic skills through close observation of animals and wildlife that surrounded her home. At 23, she began to paint horses and pet portraits. In the early '80s she turned to wildlife art and began exhibiting in art shows and galleries across the country. As an artist, she hopes to share her respect of wildlife and the environment. "If my paintings can pass on just a fraction of the pleasure I find in nature, then I have succeeded."

Every year Courage Cards conducts a nationwide art search to find artwork for its' annual holiday card collection. If you are interested in submitting artwork, a copy of the Courage Cards Art Search guidelines may be downloaded from the Courage Cards website. The deadline for our 2009 art search is October 31, 2008. For more information on the Courage Cards Art Search, please e-mail artsearch@courage.org or call 763-520-0211.

To view the full 2008 Courage Cards Collection, or purchase Courage Cards visit http://www.couragecards.org. All proceeds from the sale of Courage Cards benefit Courage Center.

About Courage Center

Courage Center is a nonprofit rehabilitation and resource center that advances the lives of children and adults experiencing barriers to
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