A Master Gardener and worldwide travel enthusiast, Dr. Martha Stephens has been studying art since retiring from a 30 year practice of psychiatry in 1996. One of her major goals is to capture some fleeting aspect of the mystery and beauty in nature. She has won a juried award each year since 2000 when she began exhibiting. "Now over 2 years from diagnosis, I have focused on short term pleasurable goals such as making more art, spending time with significant others and, in as many ways as possible, living life and enjoying life in the present."