This is a self-portrait at age 6 making a grass harp. Sun symbolizes beginning of life, sunset symbolizes the end of life. The pyramid on the right was accidental but is another symbol of end of life.

This is a close-up of a breaking wave after a storm. This primary colors are umber, ivory,slate blue and celadon green. The energy and power of the ocean water is the subject.

I've used giclee, drawing, transfer, pastels for this art piece on paper. Suzanne is recognized Internationally for her sky-writing skills.

Gene Nora Jessen was one of the "Mercury13" women who passed all NASA tests to be an astronaut in the early 1960s, but NASA decided that women couldn't be astronauts. Gene Nora then went to work for Olive Ann Beech at Beechcraft in Wichita. The art p...

Diane Bartels researched and wrote a book, "Sharpie," about Evelyn Sharp, the pioneer aviator from Ord, Nebraska. Diane, like all 99s, encourages women to learn to fly.

I met Sonya at a friend's wedding. Having been told she was a military pilot I sought her out, told her of my art passion for women in aviation, asked her to send me photos of her plane and herself. She did send photos and I have added her to the ser...

Amelia Earhart left a legacy that is part myth and part reality. She inspired generations of women to follow their dream. She believed that adventure was a worthy goal in itself. In some ways she is larger than life, a myth. In other ways she was a w...

One of 3 paintings in this triptych, the painting is 40\" x 20\" with giclee (printed digital images), gold amp metal leaf and acrylic paint. Suzanne Asbury Oliver is a skywriter who owns amp flys the Pepsi Skywriter, a plane once owned amp flown by ...

The main image is a gently breaking wave with a "white cap." Silverpoint is literally drawing with silver on a specially prepared surface. It is a very old medium, used for drawing and many writing jobs prior to the invention of the lead pencil.

This silverpoint drawing (drawn with silver) is a close-up of a breaking waves. There is no sky or beach. Just the water roiling.

Chrystal Cole was the first woman inducted into the Tuskegee Airmen in over 60 years. Bessie Coleman was the first black woman to be a licensed pilot. Bessie went to Paris to obtain her license black people were not taught to fly in the USA, nor were...

Pioneering women like Louise Thaden led the way for fantastic women like Parrty Wagstaff. Patty holds 7 gold medals in arobatic flying and is the Smithsonian Air amp Space Museum next to Amelia Earhart.

Serigraph created for the Atchison Art Association to honor the Centennial of Amelia Earhart's Birth. Reproductions of the serigraph were used as posters amp in advertising the Centennial Festival.