The winning bidder will take home a framed original pastel painting by Esther Engelman. The painting is titled "Japanese Bridge" and is 12" X 16'. 

Esther Engelman, born in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in Southern California where she attended Chouinard Art Institute.  She is known for her beautiful seasonal landscapes, seascapes, winter scenes, and gardens in both oil and pastel and mediums.  During her long career and extensive world travels, many of her subjects reflect impressions of such locales as Ireland, Scotland, England, Italy, France, Holland, Canada and the United States, notably the East and the West coasts. 

Her work has been exhibited at museums such as The Bowers Museum where she became a two-time award winner at the Annual “Sights of Santa Ana” Exhibition, Carnegie Museum, Pacific Asia Museum, Fredrick R. Weisman Museum, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Phippen Museum, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Muchenthaler Cultural Center.