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The Struggle to Survive is present in all life. This work depicts that struggle. The fight for a place to survive, to ripen and learn that we all need the same basic things. None is better the other-- whatever the name. The sun shines on all and brings growth, awareness, and happiness even in the midst of over-crowding, strangulation and the beauty of the process.

Dottie grew up in Walton County Georgia surrounded by clear breezes, home-grown vegetables, and fishing. Pine trees were taller than buildings and rain was so fierce it shook the ground. Pigs had names and dogs never needed sleep. A stretch of highway 78 moved like an escalator to an endless floor and Dottie imagined what it would be like to hop on and never get off. Self-taught is an understatement. The process, still, amazes her with its enlightening and unaware arrival at locales unforeseen. Her work is about preserving a silence that not only speaks but is about the interaction between the human experience and the god called Nature. "My landscapes are inspired by the vastness, the beauty and complexity of environments which...