I know **** all about art, but the wife and I went to the art museum (that is a block away from where we live) and all was going according to plan, which is some Native American Artifacts here,...some uninteresting paintings there. Then we came across an exhibit of Zama Vanessa Helder. She did a lot of water colors of New Deal era projects here in the Inland Northwest.
I was impressed and enjoyed the realism but also the vibrancy of the artwork. Forgive my non-art snob critique.
http://www.northwestmuseum.org/index...s&Artist=98863 
