Jane Gibout, a native Chicagoan, has lived in the Atlanta area since 1982. She has studied at the University of Wyoming, the American Academy of Art, and with the late Vicki Lackowski, where she was first introduced to the medium of pastel. It is the atmospheric quality of pastel painting that draws her to the medium. The strength of color, its brilliance and permanence are difficult to duplicate in oil or watercolor. This medium allows her to translate beautifully the color and design of the country and village scenes predominant in her body of work. "As a landscape artist, my endeavor is to avoid the sentimental and express visually my own sense and response to each location. The figure-less scenes I paint have the appeal of an empty set into which any number of scenarios can be imagined." Title: Doorway #39 Artist: Jane Gibout Image Size: 11 7/8" x 18" Paper Size: 17" x 23" Paper Type: Somerset Textured Print Edition #: 17/95 Print Type: Equipoise Horn Island Publishing, 2000