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Arts-Galleria.com is a Virtual Gallery offering selected works by world-renowned artists. It specializes in the sale of fine works of art from around the world. It offers collectors, curators, dealers and galleries a wide variety of fine arts, jewelry, and collectibles.

Currently offered are works from the father of Art Deco, Erte, contemporary artists Marc Chagall, Peter Max, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, and Chinese contemporaries Ting Shao Jiang, Lu Hong, and Song Ping. Featured artists include Caryl Picker and Dennis Corrigan.

Arts-Galleria.com also offers a showcase for relatively unknown, but dynamic, artists who are striving to have their visions viewed. A partial selection of some current works offered can be seen in the various galleries.

Many of the pages offer extensive biographies of the artists. Since the site is constantly under construction, some links may not be working properly. If you cannot reach an artist that you want to view, please contact Mary Sullivan Esseff for more information.

DamnYankee, an e-publisher, wants to promote quality literature and to encourage authors who have made the effort to accomplish something as stupendous as a good, original book. DamnYankee's objective is to anticipate the services that will bring authors and readers together through the Internet.

Three Naked Ladies Playing Cellos was published by DamnYankee.com. Released April 2000, this whimsically-titled volume (for all audiences) offers up an "arpeggio" of short stories and related pieces by 16 of today's best authors from coast to coast. Published both as a quality paperback and as an ebook, THREE NAKED LADIES PLAYING CELLOS is the first contemporary anthology released concurrently in both forms by an Internet publisher.

The Anthology was created from the works of sixteen writers affiliated with the website DarkStormy.com. The website is dedicated to the promotion of its experienced writers and has reciprocal links with DamnYankee.com. You will discover some authors' stories and short personal biographies there as well as connections to read more. It also provides a forum so that its member writers may stay in touch and share experiences. Everyone is welcome to come browse to see what the authors have to offer. The Darkstormy authors in the Anthology include: Mary Sullivan Esseff, Douglas C. Smyth, Gabriel Stevens, Terry Burns, Michael Ostlund, Michelle Buckman, Jim Wiley, Lee Smith, Cindy, B. J. Lawry, Jo Ann Yolanda Hernandez, Susan Shell Winston, Pat Brown, David A. Woodbury, Don Windle, Deb Hartrum.

Also available is a Reader's Guide, written by Drs. Peter and Mary Esseff. It can be used in schools or reading groups. You can purchase the Anthology at DamnYankee.com as an e-book or paper edition. The print edition was designed by Mary. Both the Anthology and Reader's Guide are also available at Amazon.com, other on-line stores, or by contacting Mary Sullivan Esseff.

One of the stories in the Anthology is Love Made Visible by Mary Sullivan Esseff. Set in the Lebanese culture in Wilkes-Barre, PA, 9-year old Khalil is called from his bed to help his Pop go to help the priest at their church. Khalil's Pop is the Maronite parish's church curator and cantor. Khalil learns many lessons about his Pop, the church, and life as they trek through a blizzard to answer the parish priest's cry for help. Throughout the story, Khalil runs the gamut of emotions from being ashamed of his Pop to discovering what unconditional love means. He knows the phrase, "love one another", but to a nine-year-old, it was only a saying. He learns something of its true meaning when he sees it expressed by his saintly father. Although fictionalized, it is loosely based on an event in the life of her husband, Peter, as a young boy. Click on the picture of Peter Esseff at age 10 to enlarge it.