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This montage of iconic Burlington College buildings has been given as a gift to the College in thanks for their many contributions to the physical and human cultural heritages of Burlington. The buildings included here, clockwise from left to right, are the Miller Information Commons, Perry Hall, Bader Hall, the Center for Communication and Creative Media, and the S.D. Ireland Family Center for Global Business and Technology. The campus is so rich architecturally that there may be more paintings to come.

Amanda Amend captures the mystery behind the everyday in luminous watercolor. Often described as atmospheric and ethereal, the subtle qualities of her work are balanced by a powerful, disciplined use of color, values, and compositional choices that reflect unique perspectives. The artist recently discovered her passion for watercolor, and she is largely self-taught. Her educational background is in music and linguistics rather than in studio arts, however those disciplines have given her the analytical and practice-oriented frameworks from which to master watercolor's difficult techniques. Further, the structures of language and music provide a conceptual basis for understanding visual composition, and these careers have taken her...