A Self-taught Artist for over 35 years,including Artisan Jewelry Designer.Specializing in Soft Pastels medium,using the "painting technique",applied thick,covering all the canvas/paper surface,same as paint(oil,acrylic).Soft Pastels medium,hold their true color's for hundred's of years,with-out fading,cracking,(must keep behind glass,away from direct sunsight).My studies in Art are non-stop,alway's expanding,exploring and expressing my thought and emotions on canvas,through the wonders of color's.My Art paintings have been in Art Galleries and on Display in various locations through-out the years.Purchased in the United States,Canada,and England. All original Art by Marie A. Dawson of Imaginations Side By Side,copyright July 2001.All rights reserved.Artist holds all rights to any and all reproductions in any form.