"Grandma's Attic" This oil painting is one of five paintings that won People's Choice Award consecutive years at the Prairie Skies Art Show & Auction that was held at the Ramada Inn, Bismarck, ND. The Art Show & Auction was started by a wonderful promoter of the arts, Nola Helm, (a former Bowman native) for the ND Nurses Association. It was a great show, with a quick draw, artist's exhibit rooms, and a live auction. We met so many people through that show that we still keep in touch with today. Nola went on to do another similar art show in Nevada, which I also participated in. The idea for the painting came from memories I had of being at my grandmother's home in Minnesota. First of all, the raggedy ann dolls were borrowed to me from a good friend who collected them, they were wonderful to work with, where you sat them, they stayed! I propped them on an old trunk that belonged to Rob's great aunt Nita and sat them up against an o
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