{"product_id":"9781932043846","title":"A Look at Latvia and Lithuania","description":"Essays on Baltic history, heritage, and a salute to the Heifer International project.\u003cbr\u003ePastels by Marcia Wegman, award winning artist.\u003cp\u003eAbout the Artist\u003cbr\u003eMarcia Wegman is a professional artist living in Iowa City, Iowa, where she received an MFA in printmaking from the University of Iowa. She paints,\u003cbr\u003eexhibits, and sells pastel landscapes, pastel portraits, and abstract acrylic paintings.\u003cbr\u003eMarcia has won competitions with the pastel landscapes in Iowa and in several art magazines, and is a signature member of the Pastel Society of\u003cbr\u003eAmerica. International Artist magazine just announced she is one of ten finalists in their annual competition for the third time.\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Writer\u003cbr\u003eD. W. Wright is an editor, writer, and consultant to non-profit organizations and private collectors, and spent many years in museum work in\u003cbr\u003eNew York City. He now lives with his spouse, Jeanne, in Decorah, Iowa, his hometown.\u003cbr\u003eArtist's Note\u003cbr\u003eThe pastel paintings I chose to do of the Heifer trip are not totally representative of the whole experience. I took many photos, but chose which I\u003cbr\u003ewould use as references to paint from solely on their artistic possibilities, rather than a record of my travels in Latvia and Lithuania. There are several paintings from one farm visit with many others unrecorded. There are no paintings of the many beautiful national parks, castles, and historic places that we saw.\u003cbr\u003e- Marcia Wegman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penfield Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040191693040,"sku":"9781932043846","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932043846_p0.jpg?v=1763639501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932043846","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}