{"id":159,"date":"2025-01-14T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christidarling.com\/?page_id=159"},"modified":"2026-06-14T01:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:30:53","slug":"maps-and-illustrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/?page_id=159","title":{"rendered":"Art Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ad317e230734&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ad317e230734\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christidarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241202_212904_686-1-1024x712.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241202_212904_686-1-1024x712.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241202_212904_686-1-300x209.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241202_212904_686-1-768x534.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241202_212904_686-1-1536x1068.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241202_212904_686-1.webp 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, 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wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ad317e232176&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ad317e232176\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christidarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_1014-1024x712.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_1014-1024x712.png 1024w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1112-640x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1112-640x1024.png 640w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1112-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1112-768x1229.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_1112-960x1536.png 960w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.christidarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-642x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-642x1024.png 642w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-188x300.png 188w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-768x1226.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-963x1536.png 963w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood-1283x2048.png 1283w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/A-Bond-of-Blood.png 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" 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wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ad317e2338d7&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ad317e2338d7\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCHEA-Holiday-Craft-Fair-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCHEA-Holiday-Craft-Fair-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCHEA-Holiday-Craft-Fair-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCHEA-Holiday-Craft-Fair-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCHEA-Holiday-Craft-Fair-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/www.cldarling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/OCHEA-Holiday-Craft-Fair.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" 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