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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#006633" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040d6c00ddvuru.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="088b7f90.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0066FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Treasured Moments</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Treasured Moments"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>About Us</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Art Work"><U>Our Art Work</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Events"><U>News and Events</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some of Our Favorite Spots"><U>Some of Our Favorite Spots</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> About Us</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="068a2010.jpg" border=0 width="418" height="257" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I><B>Heide Ussery Truax</B></I> was born in Gerlingen near Stuttgart, Germany. She demonstrated talent at an early age and was doing commissions in her teens. She moved to Atlanta in her late teens. Heide has studied with various artists as well as renowned TV artists Lowell Speers, Robert Warren, Sterling Edwards and Norma Poulos. Her <I><B>award winning</B></I><I> </I>art leans toward impressionism while still maintaining realistic feature. Heide also sculpts some beautiful eggs. There she is, at home behind our display, waiting for one of the local shows to open.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="089f1700.jpg" border=0 width="241" height="368" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I><B>Stephen P. Truax</B></I><I> </I>was born in Montreal Canada and moved to Atlanta in the 80's. A wonderful marriage has resulted. Their mutual interest in the arts has created beautiful times together in their travels, both for the sake of visiting family and pursuing the knowledge of their chosen field.</div> <div> There he is at right, hard at work (yeh right), demonstrating Emu egg carving at an outdoor show. Steve has won <I><B>numerous awards</B></I><I> </I>for his painting, wood carving as well as egg sculpture. His art is realistic, while not photographic. He has appeared several times on<B> television</B> demonstrating his egg carving. Included here is an appearance on the <B>DIY (Do It Yourself) channel</B>. He loves to paint portraits of animals (people too).Steve has also studied with the artists named above, as well as with master carver Keith Hone in Utah and Las Vegas and Bill Janney in Sarasota, Florida. </div> <bR> <div> Steve is the past president of Clayton Art Alliance and is currently Vice-President of The Artists Guild of Clayton County. He is also a member of the National Wood Carver's Association. Both hold memberships in  the Fayetteville Society of Fine Arts, The Eggers Guild of Georgia, the International Egg Art Guild, Visual Artists Collective and the Southern Crescent Alliance of Visual Artists (SCAVA) </div> <div>       Heide and Steve recently won seven ribbons between them in a single art show.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>