May 12, 1921- May 27, 2009 "Mammy"

My Grandmother, My Mother, My Sister, My Child, My Friend, My World

Thank you for giving me roots & wings.

 I keep with me your sense of humor, your enduring spirit and undying love. 

My artistic kindreds are Georgia O'keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Henri Matisse, Willem Dekooning, Zigmunds Priede, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Stevie Nicks, U2, Michael Fatali, and Dana Schutz.  

 Occasionally, I get a birdseye view of true greatness, and the sky opens wide for outstretched wings

Latvian American mixed media Artist/Master Printermaker/Professor

Zigmunds Priede "Zig" in his studio at the farm, 2008

Priede with his students at JCCC. 2008

Penny Thieme Photo

Dana Schutz poses with The Oppenheimers in front of her 

painting, Surgery at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary

Art Gala in 2007

Lee Denim Day, 2007/Photo by P. Thieme-Custer

Billy Ray Cyrus, takes time from his busy touring and filming schedule to

lend his voice to Breast Cancer Awareness.

 "A Comfort Fit" Billy Ray speaks candidly about his music,

family and the fight against Breast Cancer during an

interview at Lee Jean's Headquarters, 2007

P. Thieme Photo

Nov.  13, 1911-Oct. 06, 2006

John Jordan "Buck"  O'Neil at Breakfast with Champions,

an anual event benefitting the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, 2005

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