J Hicks Fine Art » cape cod paintings http://jhicksfineart.com Original Paintings of Beautiful Places Tue, 22 May 2012 16:40:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Best Wishes for a Happy New Year! http://jhicksfineart.com/blog/2008-travel/best-wishes-for-a-happy-new-year http://jhicksfineart.com/blog/2008-travel/best-wishes-for-a-happy-new-year#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:10:00 +0000 jhicks http://jhicksfineart.com/uncategorized/best-wishes-for-a-happy-new-year After spending a wonderful Christmas with family I am anxiously looking forward to a fresh new year and a chance to paint some of the wonderful scenes collected during my 2008 Pacific Coast travel adventure with my husband, Larry. I recorded the adventure here on the Blog as we leisurely made our way down that incredibly beautiful Coastal Highway. Please join me in the Spring of 2009 when we again hope to travel looking for new and beautiful places to paint. We are still in the planning stages but hope to travel to Santa Fe, head across the country to Pennsylvania, then down to the Florida Gulf Coast.

Happy New Year to everyone!

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Visit my Blog to read more about my work and travel in search of Beautiful Places to Paint.

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