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Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?: No

Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:: I'm an artist and oil painter, with an interesting background in fine arts, public relations, marketing and communications!

For fifteen years I've worked in public relations and marketing, in addition to being a free-lance artist. It's amazing how my fine arts background plays into public relations! All the visuals!

Part of my experience includes communications manager for a Northwest port where wind turbine components are imported from Asia. I learned so much about wind energy. I visited wind farms, attended wind energy conferences and trade shows, and met people involved in the wind energy industry. It was fascinating.

In fact, it made such an impact on me that I've taken this experience and translated it into a series of oil paintings about wind turbines. I call it "Power of the Wind." I complete my paintings in my home art studio in Kalama, Washington. I use my own photos, together with pictures and stories gathered from magazines and newspapers, as my reference. I try to tell a story in each of my paintings about wind turbines interacting with the natural environment.

I don't just paint wind turbines, I paint many other subjects as well, like florals and figures, but the momentum for my wind paintings has continued to grow for several years. The minute I finish a painting, I have ten new ideas!

You can see my wind paintings, and other works on my website at http://www.mariewise.com. I also blog about my paintings at http://mariesartjourney.blogspot.com.

Please take a moment to visit my PickensPlan Photos, where I have original photos of wind turbines that I've taken in and around the Northwest, and the oil paintings I've created from them. Enjoy!

What excites you about this campaign?: It lets ordinary people, like you and I, communicate about wind energy and how it impacts our lives.

What do you want to do to help?: Continue to learn, every day of my life.

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LCC Welding Technology Students Work on Wind Turbines in Texas

See pictures of students from Lower Columbia College's Welding Technology program working on wind turbines at a wind farm in Texas:

Welding Technology Students Working on Wind Turbines

Posted on August 6, 2009 at 4:43pm —

Announcing my New Book: Power of the Wind

Dear Wind Energy Friends,

Sorry I haven't been active lately. I've been extremely busy painting and self-publishing my new book: Power of the Wind.

Check it out on my blog where you can preview and purchase or go directly to the publisher by clicking the link below.

For all my wind energy contacts who haven't been able to purchase a painting due to our tight economic times, con… Continue

Posted on July 12, 2009 at 10:23am —

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At 7:43am on November 22, 2008, Jerry Carrow said…: Thank you Marie for sharing your photos and paintings. They are brilliant.

At 2:18am on November 1, 2008, mike braaten said…: marie thanks for joining the cowlitz county group , where just a handful of people trying to make a difference. thanks mike

At 11:47am on October 21, 2008, Kathy Lee Hart said…: Thanks for the request - I accept! Plenty to be done - and we're doing it.

At 8:15pm on October 19, 2008, Ron Morrison said…: I live in the Puget Sound country. We have ocean waves off our west coast and large wind blown waves in our Straits of Juane De Fuca and Puget Sound. However, I hear no mention in Picken's Plan of utilitizing technology to harness this wave power or tidal currents to produce electric power. On this matter I hear that the tidal currents under the Narrows Bridge are sufficent to power half of the city of Tacoma, Wash.Why don't we ask Mr Pickens to help us out by also proposing(in his plan) developement of this source of "green power"?.

At 9:45pm on September 12, 2008, Monte Smith said…: Hi Marie,

I found you on dan burbank's page. I just finished watching your slide show. Wow! And with that..I have this to say...

I want to invite you to check out the Artists Round-up group.

Because I knew of no other way to do this I decided to do it as a group although it, at least in it's beginning stages, is really more of a roster for artists to sign in and make themselves known to each other and to all those who are now and will be involved in the Pickens Plan. It is possible though, and not unexpected, that it perhaps will sooner or later evolve into being, doing and having as a genuine group.

I both invite and encourage you to at least go and check it out. Once you see it you'll know what to do.

http://push.pickensplan.com/group/artistsroundup

Thanks.

Monte

p.s. your feedback is always welcome.

At 4:59pm on September 8, 2008, James Artuso said…: Hello,
Just wanted to take a second of your time to invite you to view the solar solution equivalent of the PickensPlan.

www.powur.com/homeenergy1
click View Our Mission and if interested click the back arrow to Become an Ecopreneur.

Also you can see what we offer home owners - www.glenburniesolar.com

Thank You For Your Time

At 9:31am on September 3, 2008, dan said…: Marie,
I hope you check out the Art group. I think they could benefit from your input. I will check out your site later. Thanks for sharing.

At 7:50pm on September 1, 2008, Wind4me.com said…: Marie.......plain and simple, MY SITE need s your art and pictures
can I get you invovled in my education/marketing/stock picking site in exchange for some of your pic's???
can I SELL your Painting online for you???? Please, I will BEG if I have to............Keith
www.Wind4me.com

At 12:21pm on August 27, 2008, dan said…: Love your art. It is wonderful. Are you painting or are these digital pieces? I play with painter and love it. wish I had more time for feed my muse.

Have you hooked up with
Art Resource Group

I know that they are always working on new bits and could use new people to do new work for us.
Just a thought.

dan

At 1:29am on August 22, 2008, Ron Morrison said…: I have been through your area in years past. As you know we have periods when it is cold and/or wet but there is no wind (in Western Washington and often this is during a period of darkness). To offset our energy needs during these periods we will need hydropower (very effienciently used) and other sources of energy such as natural gas, coal, wood chips, or oil. Wave and tidal generated power might also be available but speaking on a quantifiable basis I do not think these sources will every of themselves be enough for our western washington population on cold winter's night. So, I never studied calculus, but, I do not think with our growing pop we can be energy independent. We can only reduce our dependence in favor of more jobs here for American citizens which is, I believe, very worthwhile.