Our cover this issue, entitled "Celebration of LIfe," is by internationally-known oil painter Sandra Bierman.  Bierman, who paints from her imagination rather than models or photographs, says "My paintings are about love and hope, and the celebration of the middle of life as perceived by a woman.  They communicate my own yearning for tranquility and inner healing." Visit her website to see more images and her biography: www.sandrabierman.com.