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Born and raised in Pennsylvania, the artist had always nurtured a tremendous feeling of love for the great out-of-doors, her favorite treat being "a walk in the woods" from the time she was old enough to walk. When she arrived in California in 1963, she found what her heart had been searching for. Revelling in the feeling of broad expanse in California's rugged scenery, loving the wildness of the oak trees' willful character, and delighting in the diversity of both vegetation and terrain, she immediately felt a keen closeness to the ranchlands of the state. Taking full advantage of California's abundant supply of sunlight and unprohibitive temperatures, she has from innumerable journeys through areas of oak, redwood, grassland, pine forests, ocean and desert, evolved her personal way of expressing her reverent and joyous responses to these creations and their mercifully approachable, loving Creator.
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