Exactly seven months ago today, Jane committed herself to a monumental art project that involves the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.  She is creating an oil painting that is 6 feet tall and 20 feet wide.  The image is composed of five panels.  Each panel is 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide.  Since Jane loves working with authenticity, and from a historical point of view, she has the permission of balloonists from around the world to include their balloons in this image.  She also has the permission of celebrated Albuquerque balloonists, or their families, to include their likenesses.  Her plan is to create, on canvas, not only the exciting atmosphere of being on the field at the fiesta today, but to provide the recognizable faces and balloons of the people who blazed the way.

In ten days the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will begin.  Jane will be there.