<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714645378588543211</id><updated>2012-01-25T23:50:38.221-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MARK LAVER</title><subtitle type='html'>oil paintings</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marklaver.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1714645378588543211/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marklaver.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mark Laver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340318987437541169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_HDMPYuH619w/SDY25DWe_zI/AAAAAAAAARw/FaSFgTfUbOE/S220/me.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714645378588543211.post-8782845701208746067</id><published>2012-01-15T14:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T20:22:50.958-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MARK LAVER: "In a Flash"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ruraldisasters.blogspot.com" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="198" width="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--_cZsWiDE1c/Txc1cv3B73I/AAAAAAAAA8c/JUdDl46OAXM/s200/Optimized-I-Can%2527t-Say-Why-E.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.winchestergalleriesltd.com/index.php"&gt;Winchester Galleries Modern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;758 Humboldt St., Victoria BC&lt;br /&gt;May 12-June 16, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selected &lt;a href="http://ruraldisasters.blogspot.com/"&gt;Rural Disasters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*OPENING RECEPTION: 2-4pm, Saturday May 12, 2012*&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1714645378588543211-8782845701208746067?l=marklaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marklaver.blogspot.com/feeds/8782845701208746067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1714645378588543211&amp;postID=8782845701208746067' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1714645378588543211/posts/default/8782845701208746067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1714645378588543211/posts/default/8782845701208746067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marklaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcing_15.html' title='MARK LAVER: &quot;In a Flash&quot;'/><author><name>Mark Laver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340318987437541169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_HDMPYuH619w/SDY25DWe_zI/AAAAAAAAARw/FaSFgTfUbOE/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--_cZsWiDE1c/Txc1cv3B73I/AAAAAAAAA8c/JUdDl46OAXM/s72-c/Optimized-I-Can%2527t-Say-Why-E.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714645378588543211.post-3119473919604830723</id><published>2012-01-15T14:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T20:23:48.563-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MARK LAVER: "Shining Examples"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://nightpaintings.blogspot.com" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="152" width="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKRBpvvbXGA/Txc2IxaZmuI/AAAAAAAAA8o/po7IZt70ASc/s200/Easter-Nocturne%252C-Dove-Creek.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://legacygallery.ca/upcoming.htm"&gt;Legacy Art Gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;630 Yates Street, Victoria BC&lt;br /&gt;March 1-31, 2012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selected &lt;a href="http://nightpaintings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Night Paintings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://ruraldisasters.blogspot.com/"&gt; Rural Disasters &lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1714645378588543211-3119473919604830723?l=marklaver.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://marklaver.blogspot.com/feeds/3119473919604830723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1714645378588543211&amp;postID=3119473919604830723' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1714645378588543211/posts/default/3119473919604830723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1714645378588543211/posts/default/3119473919604830723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://marklaver.blogspot.com/2012/01/announcing.html' title='MARK LAVER: &quot;Shining Examples&quot;'/><author><name>Mark Laver</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05340318987437541169</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_HDMPYuH619w/SDY25DWe_zI/AAAAAAAAARw/FaSFgTfUbOE/S220/me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LKRBpvvbXGA/Txc2IxaZmuI/AAAAAAAAA8o/po7IZt70ASc/s72-c/Easter-Nocturne%252C-Dove-Creek.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714645378588543211.post-4323155213302881624</id><published>2012-01-15T01:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T15:20:49.892-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ANNOUNCING:</title><content type='html'>Two of my &lt;a href="http://ruraldisasters.blogspot.com/"&gt; Rural Disaster &lt;/a&gt; paintings on great contemporary novels by Daniel Woodrell, author of &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter's_Bone"&gt;Winter's Bone&lt;/a&gt;, and called "the most overlooked great novelist in America" by &lt;a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/brightest-2010/daniel-woodrell-books-1210"&gt; Esquire&lt;/a&gt; magazine. To be published April 2012 by &lt;a href=" http://littlebrowncatalog.tumblr.com/post/11915899241/woodrell"&gt; Little, Brown an Co.&lt;/a&gt;, New York, NY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xCHa0Y0SLA/TxKh44mZ1GI/AAAAAAAAA7I/CTi1BjxxSUY/s1600/lb%2Bsweet%2Bmister.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" width="264" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0xCHa0Y0SLA/TxKh44mZ1GI/AAAAAAAAA7I/CTi1BjxxSUY/s400/lb%2Bsweet%2Bmister.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Original &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/22/books/mama-s-boy.html"&gt;NY Times &lt;/a&gt; review of Woodrell's "stunningly accomplished seventh novel" The Death of Sweet Mister.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xVPTRiSm4FM/TxKiDQPyZPI/AAAAAAAAA7U/QQpuPHZQF5g/s1600/lb%2Btomato%2Bred.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; 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