Anderson, who outlined the evolution of the Osborn campus over the past 100 years, referencing its historical and natural beauty. Residents and staff were welcomed by Osborn President and CEO Matthew G. Each tree is meticulously mapped and catalogued to keep track of the variety of species. This is the 1,008th tree on The Osborn’s nationally recognized 56-acre arboretum campus. In commemoration, The Osborn community in Rye held a tree planting ceremony on April 28, adding an elegant, eight-foot weeping cherry tree (Prunus pendula). Thus, my work tends to be detailed and complex.Arbor Day is celebrated in the spring – a time for rebirth and renewal. I prefer to use oil paint on smooth surfaces for the flexibility of the paint and its long manipulation time. My other works show my need to delineate faces in paint so as to reveal the underlying emotion of each person. People are also endlessly fascinating to me and I try to capture their expressions in paint. This painting shows that glorious moment when the mountains started to reveal themselves. (More often than not, the view was swathed in fog or mist). Thus, “The Far Distant Alps” a large painting, is the view from a little town in Switzerland where across a large lake the majestic Alps sometimes showed their face. To keep busy, I found myself painting the scenes of the everyday life that I saw around me. While my husband was working in Europe, I was living with him there in a small apartment. Having lived in other countries, I also enjoy painting the landscapes and cityscapes of wherever I find myself. I like to paint people and to also create from the natural world. While I admire more abstract works, I have never been drawn to create them and have instead worked from nature and from the world I see around me. I have created art all my life and have always been interested in more realistic and natural forms and images.

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