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Vandra enjoys working with computer art. She has a program whereby she can draw with a stylus on a mat, similar to a mouse pad, and the drawing is transferred to the computer. One day, her son, Isaac was moping around the house with a cat in his arms and a stocking cap pulled down almost to his eyes. Vandra captured his mood in a few lines on the computer.

Isaac - Computer Art by Vandra Pentecost Linder

Many of Vandra's paintings have a story behind them. The inspiration for Nepali Dream Dance came from a visit to Nepal shortly after the death of her father. Her first day was sunny and beautiful. She was able to photograph a funeral stupa in the mountains above her hotel. That night she had a dream that her father came and took her out into the universe where they danced. She could feel him holding her and hear music. She awoke the next morning to the feeling of being caressed. When she looked outside four inches of snow covered ground from a storm the night before and grey replaced the sun of the previous day. The combination of events and feelings come together in Vandra's art. It includes an image of Vandra sitting on a rock in the mountains, the funeral stupa, and the stars of the universe as a backdrop as she and her father dance.

Nepali Dream Dance - 10 x 8 - Computer Art by Vandra Pentecost Linder

Although Vandra was not active in fine art circles while raising her family, she has been very involved in art. Each year, the Art Center puts on a celebration of El Dia de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead. Vandra has designed three alters including an alter hanging. The hanging shown here is of painted Thai silk and was an award winner at the 2004 Indiana State Fair. In 2003 she designed a car, Celestial CARavan, for the 500 Festival Art in Motion. She has also designed ads and covers for various publications, and designed and installed murals in a number of public schools.

Thangka -36 x 24 - painting on Thai Silk by Vandra Pentecost Linder

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