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57    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Woodland Gesture, </I>oil on canvas, 60” x 48”</SPAN></P>
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59    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Radiant Forest</I>, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 36” x 36”. Collection Toni Yuille</SPAN></P>
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61    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Tell Me a Story,</I> oil and gold leaf on canvas, 36” x 36”. Private collection </SPAN></P>
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65    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Bavarian Birch,</I> oil and gold leaf on canvas, 36” x 36” </SPAN></P>
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67    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Spoken Birch, </I>mixed media on panel, 36” x 24”&nbsp;Private Collection</SPAN></P>
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69    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Staccato Birch</I>, oil and gold leaf on canvas, 16” x 16”</SPAN></P>
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71    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Winter Birch, </I>oil on canvas, 28” x 22’</SPAN></P>
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73    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Birch Path,</I> oil and gold leaf on canvas, 36” x 48”. </SPAN></P>
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81    <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family: 'AvantGarde Bk BT', sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><I>Intimate Forest,</I> oil and mixed media on canvas, 30” x 44”. Private collection.</SPAN></P>
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