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Introducing the “JoyEful Party Animals™“ Adventures 2018 Calendar©!
Join the year long celebration of adventures with the JoyEful Party Animals ™ Each month features a JoyEful Party Animal painting. The printer just delivered these to me. I’m excited with the high quality of the image reproduction and high gloss card stock.
They are available on my website Joyesart.com under Limited Edition Books, Prints & Novelties. http://joye.fineartstudioonline.com/workszoom/2561654

“Three Tini Olives” © is a 3x3 original oil painting. It comes with mini easel. The shipping is free in the US. I have a series mini paintings on my easel which will be available for the holiday gift season. Check my website under the section “New Joyeful Party Animals © and Available Work”. I will post them as they are finished. The mini paintings usually go pretty fast. If you want one, I recommend you purchase it quickly online.

“Tini Olives” © is a 3x3 original oil painting. It comes with mini easel. The shipping is free in the US. I have a series mini paintings on my easel which will be available for the holiday gift season. Check my website under the section “New Joyeful Party Animals © and Available Work”. I will post them as they are finished. The mini paintings usually go pretty fast. If you want one, I recommend you purchase it quickly online.

Cheers! "JoyEful Party Animals" TM Drink Coasters!
Just in time for the holidays! Cheers! "JoyEful Party Animals" TM Drink Coasters! You can purchase a set of 4 of several designs. The coasters come in two versions. One style is pulp board - reusable bar coasters. The second group are glossy, corkbacked photo coasters. Any set will be a great addition to the signed collectors bar book, "JoyEful Party Animals - The Celebration Begins"
The coasters are available on my website Joyesart.com under limited edition books,prints and novelties.

Each JoyEful Party Animal has a personality which evolves throughout the painting process. This one waited until the very end to fully develop. The Christmas season is almost here and I was thinking about the humble role a donkey played in the Christmas story. A donkey was there for the birth and crusifixion of Christ. There is a wonderful legend why there is a cross on the back of donkeys. Here is a poem which tells the story.
Legend of the Donkey's Cross

" Bring me the colt of a donkey,"
was the Master's request.
A young donkey was brought to Jesus
to carry Him into Jerusalem.
A week later Jesus was ordered
to be crucified.
The little donkey so loved the Lord
that he wanted to help Him carry the cross.
But, alas, he was pushed away.
The sad little donkey waited to say
goodbye until nearly all had left.
As he turned to leave, the shadow of
the cross fell upon the
back and shoulders of
the little donkey.
And there it has remained,
a tribute to the loyalty
and love of the humblest of
Gods creatures.

by Mary Singer