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Brad Lethaby sees the world as if it were a symphony. Every piece he paints is an integral part to a universal, yet unfinished score—never ending, and constantly unfolding. To Brad the world is a beautiful piece of music. Brad's passion for artistic harmony is the inspiration for this year's 54 Suite limited edition print "Melody in Earth Tones."

"Melody in Earth Tones" was inspired by Tchaikovsky and emotes the hues and textures of his native Votkinsk. It's a piece Brad was inspired to paint from a visit to the Lake Erie Ballet's performance of The Nutcracker. Brad was commissioned by the Lake Erie Ballet and spent significant amounts of time at their performances. At one performance, the violinist caught Brad's eye and from that one glimpse came "Melody in Earth Tones."

"My paintings revolve around my life, as my life revolves around my painting," says Lethaby. "They are my passion and my spiritual connection to nature and creation. Each new painting is special...from the exciting discovery of a new subject through decisions about surface, composition, drawing, color, and paint application. The process is a journey of learning through enjoyment and turmoil, action and reaction, success and failure, and spontaneity and fear."

54 Suite Participants:

Brad Lethaby
Ed Bernik
Jim Gates
Mark Fainstein Photography
Gohrs Printing
Kada Framing Gallery - #1
Heritage Gallery - #2
For Arts Sake Gallery - #3
U-Frame-It & The Poster Annex - #4

North American Gallery - #5
Parker's Picture Framing Gallery - #6
Erie Art Museum - #7
A.C. Moore Framing - #8
Van Tuil of Meadville - #9
Auer Framing Gallery - #10
Portage Hill Gallery - #11
Frame It at Bush's - #12

2009	Brian D. Payne	Gudgeonville Covered Bridge
2008	James Steadman John Misterovich Tim Morton Dorothy Rockey Art Becker Robert Grubbs	Milkhouse Window Winter Vigil Riverside White Peony These Days Sunset Point
2007	Jack Paluh	Timeless Trail
2006	Mark Bowen	Reflection of a Golden Era
2005	Eugene Iverd	Three Boys Fishing
2004	Erich Dunlap	Morning Surprise
2003	Vitus Kaiser	The Light at Presque Isle
2002	Kim Kloecker	Union Station, Past & Present
2001	Mark Bowen	Downtown Remembered
2000	Dave Tousey	Pride of Erie
1999	Thelma Winter	Hitching a Ride – Chautauqua
1998	Mark Bowen	A Memory in Time - Warner Theatre
1997	Jack Paluh	Watchful Eye - Rabbit & Fox
1996	Mark Lasky	Pymatuning Fishermen - Bald Eagles
1995	Kevin John Jobczynski	Maritime Reflections - Boat
1994	Evelyn Askey	Presque Isle Solitude Morning & Presque Isle Solitude Evening - Kite & Runner
1993	Mary Hamilton	Nature Center at Asbury Woods
1992	Jim Heintz	Erie's Kaleidoscope - Erie Landmarks
1991	Lee Steadman	September Wind - Canadian Geese
1990	John Silk Deckard	Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
1989	Joyce Perowicz	Gallant Entry - Brig Niagara
1988	Joseph Anastasi	The Young Ballerina
1987	Jack Paluh	Silent Wait - Fox
1986	Vitus Kaiser	Wintertime
1985	Jeri Klein (54 Portfolio)	Presque Isle Pair - Geese
1985	Richard Nene	Olympic Gold - Crew Team
1984	Jim Sabol	Coming Home - Lighthouse
1983	---	---
1982	David Seitzinger	Zephyrus
1981	Clair McLain	The Awakening - Farm
1980	Joseph Plavcan	Radiant Beech Tree
1979	Roy Ahlgren	Breeze in Up - Abstract
1978	Matta D	She Shell