on canvas, image area 12" x 16"....Carmen Letelier's PhotoEmail: c_gloria@msn.comCarmen G. Letelier hails from Santiago, Chile and has lived and worked in Virginia before moving to Florida. Carmen has a Bachelor degree in Design from Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. One of her passions is painting but having a family to raise and working in the airline industry, delayed her ambition. After an early retirement, Carmen went back to her design career and worked briefly in Interior Design and decided it was time to start painting again, so in Northern Virginia she took up the brush and studied at the Loudoun Academy for the Arts where she painted her favorite subject: landscapes in either oils or acrylics. Her work was displayed in several small galleries in Northern Virginia. After moving to Florida she joined the Art Center Manatee and worked with Roy Nichols, studying and painting the Florida landscape. She now paints with Light Chasers: Plein Air Painters of the Sun Coast and continues to enjoy the beauty of the sea shore and landscapes in the different parts of the world she is able to visit. Painting with the Light Chasers group every Thursdays is a joy and presents plenty of challenges to be able to improve one’s skills. Carmen feels that beauty and the appreciation of beauty enhances people’s lives.