Leah Benedict

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="060085a3.jpg"> <div> <B>Ammonoosuc Artists    </B></div> <div> G    A    L    L    E    R    Y</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="061d2e83.jpg"> <div> <B>Featured Artists</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b70118ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Leah Benedict</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Timothy Breen"><U>Timothy Breen</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bob Copeland"><U>Bob Copeland</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sara Foss"><U>Sara Foss</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brenda L.B. Kenney"><U>Brenda L.B. Kenney</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Patricia Klinefelter"><U>Patricia Klinefelter</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peter Slattery"><U>Peter Slattery</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="739" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 147 WIDTH="405"><div> <I><B>Leah Benedict</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="mailto:ragsburdock@hotmail.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:ragsburdock@hotmail.com"><U>ragsburdock@hotmail.com</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="210"><div> <IMG SRC="10c7d8d0.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="108"><div> Leah's work in the gallery.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="725" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1579 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="13f2e5e0.jpg" border=0 width="302" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "The Nature of Women",  Oil on Linen</div> <div> Also available as a print:</div> <div> 12 X 17 unmatted print:  $30.00</div> <div> 20 X 24 matted print:      $60.00</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1475e160.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="278" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "Many Graces",  Oil on Linen</div> <div> Also available as a print:</div> <div> 12 X 17 unmatted print:  $30.00</div> <div> 20 X 24 matted print:      $60.00</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1485ef90.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "Afterglow",   Oil on Linen</div> <div> Also available as a print:</div> <div> 8 X 12 unmatted print:  $28.00</div> <div> 14 X 17 matted print:    $50.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1495ecb0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> "Bumper Crop",   Oil on Linen</div> <div> Also available as a print:</div> <div> 12 X 17 unmatted print:  $30.00</div> <div> 20 X 24 matted print:      $60.00</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Images  ©  Leah Benedict</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="343"><div> <B>Artist's Poem</B></div> <bR> <div> See me here, framed and scribed by name,</div> <div> Moved through buttery whipped paint,</div> <div> seconds captured, </div> <div> my brush marks time</div> <bR> <div> Pine pitch perfume,</div> <div> Rainbow box of pigments,</div> <div> Rise counterfeit of nature,</div> <div> Perfection of the rose</div> <bR> <div> Practiced wisdom,</div> <div> Innocent believer in beauty and light.</div> <bR> <div> Paintings; remembered seplecoeurs of nature;</div> <div> Dawn, dusk churches of my soul</div> <div> Life's record inhabits many walls,</div> <div> close and distant walls.</div> <bR> <div> Pine pitch perfume sustained</div> <div> Bountiful past, fertile future</div> <div> Schooled and fooled,</div> <div> BA in Art</div> <div> PHD in life.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Artist's Specialty</B></div> <bR> <div> Leah also specializes in the restoration of fine art oil paintings.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the Gallery"><U>About the Gallery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Featured Artists"><U>Featured Artists</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Events"><U>News & Events</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Links"><U>Related Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><U>Directions</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ammonoosuc Artists Gallery"><U>HOME</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>