Ethel "SAM" Hanselman

Sam attended a family reunion in Lancaster

on November 18th, 2001 

looking pretty darn good at 82!

A few years later, she attended a mosaic workshop

given by Jackie Lagakos where she made

this seashell frame for a mirror.

Sam in her birthday Fish Necklace

by Emily Cohen, Catfish Studio.

Sam's Little Helper...

Baby Girl, the art cat and faithful companion of Sam.

As of 2016, Baby Girl is still around...

Baby Girl loved getting in the box of
ripped tissue paper while Sam worked
on her latest collage.

...or just hanging out on the dining room table

while Sam decided what she was going to do next.

 Ethel "SAM" Hanselman began painting with tissue paper

at the ripe old age of 88. 

After her passing in 2011, one of her creations

was featured on a 2014 calendar.

Many of the collages here are now in the homes

of Sam's friends but some are still available

both framed and unframed for the asking.

This one is entitled Calvary.

This piece entitled Pterodactyl won her

second place in a county art show in 2010. 

"Reticulated CAT"

Her son Ron named each piece for her.

Emily Cohen, a good friend, framed over twenty

pieces of hers for a debut showing

of her work at ZuZu Gallery in 2009.

"Carnal Knowledge"

A collage made from "All the Trimmings"

"Teddy Bear on the Titanic"

"Up, Up and Away"