Heron by Trudy Ahbel-Dallas (oil) $1,550

Trudy says, “I was born in Austria in 1925, the hard time between WW1 and WW2.My parents lived with my grandmother in a house built in the 1840s. My grandfather was a physician, the chief of the hospital. He was my inspiration to become a physician.  These were the war years of my youth, and no doubt influenced the rest of my life and art.  I managed to get my medical doctorate in 1949. Married and had 2 children. After succeeding to come to the US in1956 I had to repeat exams for MD, internship and residency again.  I worked for the VA for 25 years, art only a dream or doodling while on the phone. There were many good times, all of us loved the ocean, sailing was the means to relax and enjoy totally different challenges. We explored the west coast, Canada, US and Mexico to Alaska.”

“I’d like to improve- make more “original” paintings  during my 99th year.”