The Bert and Jim Wildlife Gallery
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| Pigs, Mouse and Fox: Though beautiful to look at, the real beauty of this pencil drawing is in its deep symbolism. At first we notice two pigs (one in blue with hat and one wearing orange dress.) But, when looking more closely we see that the mouse (at right) is wearing a mask ("so bees don't bite you") and carrying a box of tissues for the fox (who has a cold and looks like an orange flag.) The fox is also wearing a yellow dress. Only the pig in blue is a boy; the other three have bows in their hair. |
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| The Happy Cat: Amanda's most famous piece, this unsigned crayon drawing contains the letters C-A-T in the artist's own hand. |
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| Mommy and Baby Unicorn: An annotation on the back dates this piece as having been completed on March 12, 2000. It also indicates that Tired (the baby) and Hungry (the mother) are going to take a bath in the rain. |
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| The Mother's Day Bunny: Done for her mom's fourth Mother's Day, Amanda asked her dad to draw the outline of the "4th", but did everything else here herself, including the words "Mother's Day" which run down the rabbit's side. |
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| Pink Bunny: Crayon and pen on pink construction paper. (Dated 5/2000.) |
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| Cubist Horse: This simple drawing (dark blue crayon) skillfully combines aspects of impressionism, cubism and the optical game-playing of M.C. Escher. |
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| Mother and Baby Duck: The bright colors of oil pastels enhance this emotional image of a mother duck teaching her baby to swim. |