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Kathy Tanaka's "COVID Amid Chaos" was voted the favorite in Art Challenge 1. She took a beautiful photo of our hills studded with poppies and wrote an inspirational poem. It was later published in the San Francisco Chronicle.
![](images/art-challenge-1/Farewell to A Glacier by Alice Glazer.jpg)
Farewell to a Glacier
by Alice Glazer
![](images/art-challenge-1/Elephant, Alligators and a Turtle by Janet Stevenson.jpeg)
Elephant, Alligators and a Turtle
by Janet Stevenson
![](images/art-challenge-1/Fleurs by Suzanne Shehadeh.jpg)
Fleurs
by Suzanne Shehadeh
![](images/art-challenge-1/Xanders Giraffe by Diane Finley.png)
Xander's Giraffe
by Diane Finley
![](images/art-challenge-1/Bird with Yellow Feet by Pam Thompson.jpg)
Bird with Yellow Feet
by Pamela Thompson
![](images/art-challenge-1/Barn on the Hill by Betty Stednitz-1.jpg)
Barn on the Hill
by Betty Stednitz
Poppies on Our Hills
Photo taken March 17, 2020 on our hills
by Kathy Tanaka
Amid Chaos
Covid 19 Quarantine
Keep Family Close
Amid Chaos Poppies Bloom
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Carmel Beach
by Terri Ford
Old Tree by the Lake
by Barbara Gottesman
![](images/art-challenge-1/Red Owl by Bonnie Ashhurst.jpeg)
Owl on a Log
by Bonnie Ashurst
![](images/art-challenge-1/View from the Gate by Michael Sunzeri.jpg)
View from the Old Gate
by Michael Sunzeri
![](images/art-challenge-1/Rabbit by Sharman Watkins.jpg)
Rabbit
by Sharman Watkins
![](images/art-challenge-1/Milky Way at Covict Lake, Mammoth Lakes by Ernie Murata.jpg)
Milky Way at Convict Lake, Mammoth Lakes
by Ernie Murata
Hole 18 Pond March 2020
Acrylic on paper
by Reine Fedor
![](images/art-challenge-1/My Lemon Tree March 2020 by Reine Fedor.jpg)
My Lemon Tree March 2020
Acrylic on paper
by Reine Fedor
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Breathe
Hustle bustle everywhere
Till the world stood still
Clouds part, skies clear, air gleams … Breathe
By Kathy Tanaka
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Tree and Wall in Ta Prohm, Cambodia
January 2020
by Joel Pollack
![](images/art-challenge-1/Landscape with Peacock College by Barb Gottesman.jpg)
Landscape with Peacock and Blackbirds
March 2020 Collage
by Barb Gottesman
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Got Wheels, Will Ride
by Sharman Watkins
Autumnal Mother Nature
March 2020 Collage
by Bonnie Ashurst
Time of Quarantine Hydrangeas
Photograph
by Pam Oliver Lyons
Painting at Hakone
Watercolor
by Barbara Gottesman
![](images/art-challenge-1/Winter Night by Lucy Pousho.jpg)
Winter Night
Watercolor
by Lucy Pousho
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