Wes & Rachelle Siegrist

"When I look at your artwork I form a picture in my mind and that word is elegant. Meeting the artists is a special honor that many others are not privy to and I use that knowledge when looking at their beautiful creations. "The Pigeon Hole" stimulates so many thoughts but ultimately you turned something old and worn into a jewel." ~ Jane Weinke, Curator of Collections at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin. (Rachelle's painting was purchased for the Museum's Permanent Collection)

The Itty Bitty Art Kit, which features two of Rachelle's miniature paintings, may be purchased at Scholastic Book Fairs.

"Miniature paintings are hard to judge because they inevitably do not make the same immediate impression as larger works of art. It is easy to breeze by without really stopping to look closely. Sometimes, a closer inspection goes un-rewarded because the artist has spent so much energy on painting small, that he or she has failed to give much thought to the overall composition. This is not the case with Siegrist's painting "The Flirt", which is amazing because it is so small, yet so well done. The color and composition are surprising and definitely reward a closer look." ~ Dr. Adam Duncan Harris, Curator of Art at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.