In this painting, talented artist Roberta Gottesman uses vibrant, colorful acrylic on canvas to capture a realistic pose. Roberta Gottesman retired from careers as a children's legal rights attorney and publisher of local books, to find that she had always harbored a secret desire to become an artist. She has studied at the Art Students' League in Alexandria, the Art Students' League in New York City, the Cape Cod School of Impressionist Art, and the Smithsonian. Her work has been shown at the Glen Echo Exhibition, the King Street Gallery in Alexandria, and in Soho in New York City. She is a Post-Impressionist with Expressionist leanings who loves the color purple.