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, Richard Bach 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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