Recently I was asked to donate a painting in support of the 2010 Elizabeth House Benefit Gala, Where Love Embraces Life. Elizabeth House is a women’s residential shelter located in Pasadena which provides housing, food, prenatal health care, job skills training and much more for pregnant, homeless women. The 2010 Elizabeth House Benefit Gala will be on the evening of March 20, 2010 at The University Club of Pasadena. Radio talk show host Mr. Hugh Hewitt is this year’s guest speaker.

The Benefit Gala includes a silent auction where my painting will be auctioned off to the highest bidder. The painting I donated is a 9 x 12 linen on panel oil painting entitled "Vista of Splendor" which is framed and ready for hanging. It is a view of the Main Vista at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino, CA with a view of the San Gabriel Mountains in the background. Since last Fall I have had the wonderful opportunity to sketch, draw and paint at the Huntington Gardens every Tuesday.