Tammi Brazee, a graduate of CSU, studied both science and visual art and as a result explores the boundaries between concrete reality and the whimsy of an intuitive, creative mind. This triptych was commissioned based on her Clusters & Nodes series which explores family portraits. For The Elizabeth, Tammi sourced an historic photograph of the Humansville Cowboy Band. To give the work a more unusual feel, she stretched plaid and striped fabric on panels to use as her canvas. The patterns subtly come through the painting like a ghost from the past.