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Gerlyn Friesenhahn, a New Braunfels, Texas native, has taken her passion for the sciences of biology and medicine by becoming a visual artist creating landscape and still life paintings utilizing oil paints as her medium.

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landscapes

Using scenes of the Texas Hill Country, historical landmarks and rural imagery she tries to capture aesthetic beauty and a feeling of tranquility.

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animals

Texas wildlife and rural farm animals provide inspiration with natural settings that illuminate warm light, conveying nostalgia for a simpler life.

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STILL LIFES

Still life paintings showcase the unique stylistic brushwork, falling in the spectrum between impressionism & realism with attempts to create paintings separate from photorealism.