CDS Mom and artist extraordinaire, Julie Lansaw, will work with the buyer to create a composition that meets the buyer's desires.  Examples of previous commissions include the depiction of a particular hole at a favorite golf course, a view from a family vacation site, or a landscape that possesses a special meaning to the family.   Julie and the buyers will consult on the appropriate size, colors, frame selection and even the final placement and hanging in the home.

Julie is incredibly talented, as you will see by visiting her online gallery at www.jlealansaw.com and she has taught classes with the Corcoran College of Art for over 15 years.

"I have come home to my paints and brushes after many years spent with dirty hands, smudging and scumbling and rubbing chalk pastels. Color, light, shadow, mood, atmosphere, space, and yet more color all help direct me as I begin to create.

In 'A Thousand Forests', my solo show at the Spectrum Gallery in Washington, DC, the paintings are a reflection of imagery in my life, some real and some imagined. As I pass through the various stages of life, there is a moment for reflection, a grey space, which is located just after closing one door but before opening the next. My paintings are presented for you in hopes that you will linger a bit and savor the grey space a while longer."---Julie Lansaw