
Hello friends,
I hope you all had great Holidays with family and loved ones. The 2018 is here!
A new year is a fresh start for a new beginning, hope and realization of dreams, may the beginning of this year fill you with love, inspiration and new strength to succeed in what you love.
Today I have a wonderful news!
I am so happy and honored to announce that I am one of the six “Winners” chosen by UntwineAustralia participating to their first word prompt Contest for 2018 @untwine.australia #newbeginnings I have participated on Instagram posting my Watercolor – Graphite painting “Mystical Multitude”.
This Contest was open to writers, artists and photographers, inspired by the combination of Words with Images. I love to write Poetry, Haiku and Short Stories when they are whispered to my soul. As a Visual Artist this time I decided to only post my painting as the speaking image. In art often you no need words the painting will speak to your soul and you will read what you feel into it.
“Mystical Multitude” this is my meaning behind the painting, is inspired by how our emotions are flowing together in our reality, how feelings can transport us in many directions and how much we emotionally change. This portrait shows three different faces of women, but in a mystical and dreamy way it represents one person, the same woman in different moments and emotional state of her life, going through, transformation and changes”.
I felt that this painting was perfect to visually illustrate the prompt word “New Beginnings” and I am so happy that Untwine Australia like it too! ❤

Yesterday I was tagged on Instagram with these two beautiful posts!
Thank you so much Untwine Australia, Untwine.me for loving my Art as much to make me a winner of #newbeginnings
A special thanks goes also to the wonderful Editor in Chief, writer Jennifer Calvert of Ink And Quill
A great start of the year THANK YOU!
This painting is available in Limited Edition Fine Art Signed Prints if anyone is interested just Contact me directly ❤

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Hey, congratulations Carolina, that is fantastic! And a great way to start your year. Well done! ❤ 😀
It is most certainly a very beautiful and soulful image, and as you have said, three images of the one lady with her many parts of who she is within 😀 ❤
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Thank you Mark yes is indeed fantastic! And hey is so cool that my win comes from your Country Australia! 🙂 ❤
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Most certainly, they know classy art when they see it Carolina 😀 ❤
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Thank you is an honor and means a lot to me! 🙂
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Congrats Carolina! A wonderful beginning for the new year. Love the painting and your description and meaning are perfect! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and wish you a great 2018!
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Thank you so much Janell! I am happy that you like the painting. My Holiday was good I hope yours too! ❤
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👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻So Happy for you!! 💖
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Thank you so much Carol! Hugs!<3
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Thank you for always nice information.
Current Japan time is midnight.
New Year’s Day is a very important day for the Japanese people.
In Japanese, New Year is called “oshougatsu”, and the very first day of the year is called “gantan”.
People decorate their houses with special decorations.
“Kadomatsu”, two groups of bamboo to place in front of the entrance; “shimenawa”, a sacred straw rope to protect the door; and “kagamimochi, round, piled up mochi (rice cakes) to appreciate and eat as a token of wellbeing.
Families with young children often send New Year’s Cards with a family photo or a picture of their children.
Ryoma.
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Thank you Ryoma and wish you a happy oshougatsu! Thank you so much for telling us about your culture and how you celebrate the new year in Japan. Thank you!
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Oh, that’s wonderful news, Carolina! Congratulations! I am so happy for you that your talent and work is recognized!
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Thank you so much Erika I am happy too it is a great feeling! ❤
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And you deserve it so very much, Carolina. Enjoy it 💖
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Thank you Erika big hug to you!
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You deserve it, Carolina. Lovely drawing, and congratulations!
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Thank you so much Magny! ❤ ❤ ❤
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