{"id":2006,"date":"2010-04-13T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/original-art-fight-against-cancer-im-in\/"},"modified":"2010-04-13T14:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T14:24:00","slug":"original-art-fight-against-cancer-im-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessafrancis.com\/staging\/2010\/04\/original-art-fight-against-cancer-im-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Art + Fight Against Cancer \u2013 I\u2019m in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a bad blogger.  It\u2019s been a week since my last post.  Life (work, family) gets in the way sometimes but is my priority, a flu knocked me out for a couple of days and the weather has been so beautiful that it has been difficult to stay inside.  I need a laptop so that I can blog on the go!<\/p>\n<p>On to something way more important.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattleblancart.com\/index.php\">Matt Leblanc<\/a> is an abstract painter based in New Brunswick, Canada and he is on a mission to raise $25,000 for cancer research in six months.  He is painting and selling 200 beautiful paintings \u2013 that\u2019s one a day during his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattleblancart.com\/artforlife_about.php\">Art for Life Campaign<\/a>.  $150 for a 24\u201d x 24\u201d original piece of art \u2013 I\u2019m in and hope you are too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/S8R-qcrc1uI\/AAAAAAAACBk\/onXqMDH4OL8\/s1600-h\/mattleblanc%5B3%5D.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mattleblanc\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: inline; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px\" height=\"248\" alt=\"mattleblanc\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/S8R-rPemqcI\/AAAAAAAACBo\/_OhrE8VrcB0\/mattleblanc_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800\" width=\"247\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can read more about his campaign on his site or over at Design Ties where Kelly and Victoria are hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/design-ties.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/empowering-giveaway-to-help-fight.html\">giveaway<\/a> to help Matt spread the word about his campaign.  You can win an original painting \u2013 how amazing is that!<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of talented artists, I want to send a belated thank you to Nancy over at <a href=\"http:\/\/marcusdesigninc.blogspot.com\/\">Marcus Design<\/a> for awarding me the Beautiful Blog award.  Nancy is a scientist by day as well as a decorator and a very talented artist.  Check out her blog to view her art, see the transformation of her home and view inspirational images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/S8R-rve6KwI\/AAAAAAAACBs\/cj9KV3aBArY\/s1600-h\/beautiful_blogaward2%5B2%5D.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"beautiful_blogaward2\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px\" height=\"204\" alt=\"beautiful_blogaward2\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAHoAAAB6CAQAAADaUI9vAAAAi0lEQVR42u3PAQEAAAABIP6fNkQ9qDlUaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWlpaWnpFwODAQB7gWIzIgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/S8R-sXz-gFI\/AAAAAAAACBw\/y9u1uQ9ElyE\/beautiful_blogaward2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"204\" border=\"0\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"beautiful_blogaward2\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FLOAT: none; MARGIN-LEFT: auto; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: auto; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px\" height=\"204\" alt=\"beautiful_blogaward2\" src=\"http:\/\/lh4.ggpht.com\/_Pp-4J9vThO8\/S8R-sXz-gFI\/AAAAAAAACBw\/y9u1uQ9ElyE\/beautiful_blogaward2_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"204\" border=\"0\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a bad blogger. 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