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Article: Greet expectations Collette King's Christmas dream has come true: The Stetson artist's painting graces the 2007 Blaine House holiday card
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
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- December 22, 2007
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She's making a list, checking it twice. And it would seem
Collette King has been awfully nice.
Santa and Mrs. Claus - played, in this instance, by Gov. John
Baldacci and his wife, Karen - have come to town early this year for
King. The Stetson-based artist has long dreamed of having her work
appear on the Blaine House holiday card, and the Baldaccis have made
that dream a reality.
"I just loved it," Karen Baldacci said of King's snowy portrayal
of the governor's residence in Augusta. "It's a beautiful scene.
It's in keeping with the Blaine House [tradition]."
King is a self-taught artist whose detailed paintings have a
warm, folk-art feel. She's well-known in the Queen City for her ...