Signed twice, verso, on stretcher 'Marsha Straus' for Marsha Rogow Strauss (American, 1944-2008) and painted circa 1995. A substantial and vibrant oil abstract comprising massed, overlapping and adjacent forms in shades of coral, lilac and indigo. In 1999, Marsha Straus retired from teaching to devote herself full-time to pursuing her art work in various media, including painting and sculpture. Among her recent achievements and exhibitions, was a two-woman show in Pittsburg, California in 2001 and an exhibition, in the same year, at Santa Clara's Triton Museum of Art.