Jo Daviess Courthouse Reproduction by Alda Kaufman Type_Steel Leandra began selling her artwork

Leandra began selling her artwork at the age of ten

Many details are eliminated but I use texture to help define the form and give depth to the surface

Each work uses recycled paper

It is often a wonderful mystery as where the piece begins or ends

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Jo Daviess Courthouse Reproduction by Alda Kaufman Type_Steel Leandra began selling her artworkThis piece features the Jo Daviess County Courthouse in Galena, Illinois. Size: matted to 11" x 14". This is a reproduction of an original watercolor by Alda Kaufman of Dubuque, Iowa. Born of Latvian parents in Munich, Germany, Alda Kirulis Kaufman immigrated to the United States in 1951. A long time resident of Dubuque, Kaufman studied watercolor painting under numerous nationally known artists and is a signature member of the Iowa Watercolor Society