<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/eaf2b15c-d296-4fbe-868a-b336ef277f0a/A599B663-DD11-4E26-8076-67823FF6C323/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ca.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=1277.32&.intl=ca" href="http://ca.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=1277.32&.intl=ca" style="font-size: 11px;">ca.mg2.mail.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ca.mg2.mail.yahoo.com/dc/blank.html?bn=1277.32&.intl=ca"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><TABLE cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left"><TBODY><TR><TD><IMG align="left" alt="" src="http://www.absolutearts.com/newsletter/2009/03/2009-03-26-10029.jpg" /> </TD><TD width="8"> </TD></TR><TR><TD><IMG height="6" src="http://www.absolutearts.com/newsletter/graphics/whitepix.gif" /></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>Affordable Luxury : Childrens Portraits Are The New Status Symbol</B> <FONT size="1">Boston Home Magazine, Boston, MA USA United States of America</FONT> <P><FONT face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="1"> With challenging economic times persisting, people are spending more time at home and are looking for affordable luxuries. Portraiture, especially portraits of children is 'The New Status Symbol', according to Boston Home Magazine. Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is one of three portrait artists showcased in Boston Home's article, Different Strokes. Each artist created their interpretation of two brothers, children of senior editor of Boston Home Magazine, Julie Suratt. Phaneuf is delighted at the new trend. 'Traditionally, portraits have been created to mark a moment in time and create family heirlooms, but I love that people are now using them as conversation pieces for at-home events,' says Phaneuf. Melody Phaneuf has been a Portfolio Member at absolutearts.com since 2002. - <A href="http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2009/03/26/35466.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Read Indepth Article</A> at <A href="http://www.absolutearts.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.absolutearts.com</A> </FONT> </P></TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A599B663-DD11-4E26-8076-67823FF6C323/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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