Rapidan Trail.

Watercolor on Paper.

Matted and framed. Outer frame size 17″h x 19-3/4″w (image 9″h x 12″w, with 2-1/2″ mat all around). Frame is made out of wood; antique silver color with a line of gold on the inner edge of the molding.

Retail value = $350.

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About the Artist:

Elena was born in Havana, Cuba, and came to the U.S. in 1961 as a result of Castro’s revolution, living in New Mexico with a foster family until her own family was able to leave. A resident of the Washington area for over 50 years, she studied architecture at Catholic University, gaining her first exposure to the arts working at Walter Hopps’ Washington Gallery of Modern Art. She started painting in 1970 and studied at the Corcoran School of Art, and later botanical art at Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration, earning a Certificate in 2015. After retiring, she is currently a full-time artist and teaches botanical art.