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Photographer Lorraine Devon Wilke has curated a gallery of images suggestive of the Autumn and Winter holidays and invites visitors to get the jump on ordering personalized holiday cards for any and all of the many events to celebrate.

While any image in her galleries can be used for ordering cards, her "Holiday Images & Greeting Cards" gallery offers holiday-specific images, some with text on the cover art, allowing the blank inside page to be used for personal holiday messages and family signatures.

There is no more original a holiday card than one created from original art. Enjoy making your holidays a bit more artistic and get your orders in today!

It appears the Holiday Shopping Season has officially commenced...in September!

The print sale of "Great Balls of Macy's," a whimsical holiday themed piece from photographer, Lorraine Devon Wilke, presents a "first on the dance floor" push to art lovers and selective shoppers to begin thinking about both the decorative and gift-giving aspects of the upcoming holidays.

With thoughts of holiday cards, personal gifts in the form of original photography, and decorative images that would enhance any room, residential or business, Devon Wilke's many galleries offer a wide range of images that fit the bill...and the season!

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Photographer and writer, Lorraine Devon Wilke, has launched her new website, www.LorraineDevonWilke.com, updated with the most current news and projects and redesigned with focus on photography chosen from her many galleries to illustrate each page.

Click the link below to visit her site and be sure to click the FAA Galleries button on her Photography page to access her images and galleries at Fine Art America, where details and purchasing options are listed.

"Through the Reeds," a fine art photograph described by the artist as a "view of a quiet lifeguard shack shot through the shoreline reeds that line the pristine beach of Manhattan Beach in southern California," was purchased as a framed and matted large print by a Bethesda, MD buyer.

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In order to build awareness of its growing community of photographers, artists and purchasing public, Fine Art America is creating a new television commercial to celebrate reaching its 100K+ member. Photographers were invited to submit their photographs for consideration, public voting would get them to the juried round (at least 250 votes were needed by May 31st to advance), where 5 will be chosen to be featured in the 30 second commercial.

Over 14,300 photos were submitted for that first round; out of those 14,300, only 151 photographs made the cut, including Devon Wilke's serene image, "Alone On the Deep Blue Sea."

The paneled jury, John Edward Faulkner, Aurelie Jezequel, Craig Matthew, Bob Riha, and selected Fine Art America staff, will select the final five images to appear in the commercial. The decision will be made by late June, with the commercial to begin airing on July 1st.

Stay tuned...!

With FAA Members invited to submit three of their photographs for consideration in the FAA National TV Commercial Contest, Lorraine Devon Wilke has chosen three of her most popular shots out of her galleries of 650+.

Entries must accrue at least 250 votes from site visitors and other members in order to advance to the next level of juried voting. The jury currently consists of independent photographer, John Edward Faulkner, Craig Mathew of Mathew Imaging, Bob Riha of USA Today and FAA Staff. New jurors will be added throughout the month of May.

FAA announced that "Five winners will be chosen to appear in our next FAA TV commercial which is scheduled to begin airing in July 2012. The commercial will air nationwide throughout the United States and is guaranteed to reach a minimum of 10 million viewers during the month of July."

This is an exciting opportunity for Devon Wilke to get her work seen. One of the submitted photos - Alone On the Deep Blue Sea - has...

A Fine Art photography aficionado from Houston, Texas, has just purchased a large print of Lorraine Devon Wilke's dramatic piece, "Knight & Horse in Armor."

This capture of a knight and his horse, both in intricate, very detailed armor, was shot at the Armory Room in the Palacio Real in Madrid, Spain, a repository for ancient and historical military pieces. Her photograph captures one of the more stunning exhibits, catching the dark reds, burnished metal and stark spot lighting of the display to create a very compelling photograph.

With 600+ photographs in a variety of themed galleries, Devon Wilke's photographs continue to be popular with buyers and other artists. Please click the link below to visit her website at Fine Art America.

As art buyers become more aware of the variety of ways in which they can purchase original art and photography for their individual purposes, photographer Lorraine Devon Wilke's work has been chosen by several for both single cards and card box purchases.

Most recently the "Palacio Real," a stunning image of the Palace in Madrid, Spain, was chosen by a card buyer in Eden Prairie, MN. Other photographs such as "Cordoba Flight," "The Willows of Central Park" and "Candle Offerings St. Patrick's Cathedral" have also been purchased by other buyers for individualized and unique greeting cards.

With a gallery of over over 650 photographs, art buyers can find a wide variety of images from which to choose for prints (framed & matted or rolled prints), posters, canvas; and of course, cards.

Click the "read more" button, then "more information" for immediate access to Devon Wilke's site at Fine Art America.

Lorraine Devon Wilke's photograph, "Alone On the Deep Blue Sea," was chosen as the First Place Winner in the "Less Is More" Facebook/Fine Art America Social Media Contest which was adjudicated early today.

The theme mandate was "an image that is beautiful in its simplicity" and Devon Wilke's serene capture of a lone kayaker sliding by on an impossibly still blue sea off Orcas Island in Washington State, embodied the theme exquisitely, as her win confirms.

This particular contest is one of the special Fine Art America contests conducted in collaboration with Facebook; one that comes with cash prizes in the form of FAA gift certificates.

Please visit Ms. Devon Wilke's site for a peruse through her many galleries of other equally excellent work.

A regular contributor the Huffington Post with her own column, photographer Lorraine Devon Wilke's timely and insightful piece titled, "The Power & Poetry of Photography: from UC Davis to Baby's Birthday" was published earlier this week.

A thoughtful analysis not only of the history and impact of the medium in various genres, but the debate surrounding its evolution to digital technology and its ubiquitous power to record and memorialize history.

Click the "more information" link below to access the full article at The Huffington Post.

And please feel free to share your own thoughts and perspective in the comments section below the article.