Puzzle: The Collector

Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 69cm x 51cm
Artist: James C. Christensen (born September 26, 1942) is an American artist. His main body of work, mostly paintings, is heavily influenced by fantasy themes. Even his small body of religious work shows heavy fantasy influence. Christensen says his inspirations are myths, fables, fantasies, and tales of imagination. [Wiki]
Producer: Ceaco, The Greenwich Workshop – North America’s leading fine art publisher specializing …
Photo: Ottawa Parliament Library, April 25, 2009
Photo: Ottawa Parliament Lantern, April 25, 2009
Beading: Black cord, orange flower pendant and green necklace
Puzzle: Sauvignon Grapes, Napa Valley

Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 73cm x 48.57cm
Producer: Sure-Lox, Puzzlers Collection series
Notes: Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world’s most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spectrum of climates from Canada’s Okanagan Valley to Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley. Cabernet Sauvignon became internationally recognized through its prominence in Bordeaux wines where it is often blended with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. From France, the …
Photo: Ottawa Parliament Library, April 25, 2009
Beading: Round wine charms
Photo: Ottawa Parliament Library Shelves, April 25, 2009
Beading: Blue cord, blue and black pendant necklace
Photo: Ottawa Parliament Ceiling, April 25, 2009
Beading: Wine charms with leaves, set 3
Photo: Ottawa Parliament Lanterns, April 25, 2009
Beading: Blue cord, blue flower pendant necklace
Puzzle: The Dolomites, Italy

Size: 1000 pieces
Dimensions: 51.12cm x 66.52cm
Producer: Hasbro, Milton Bradley puzzles, Big Ben
Notes: The Dolomites are a mountain range in the Alps. They are located for the most part in the province of Belluno, the rest in the provinces of Bolzano-Bozen and Trento (all in north-eastern Italy).
The name “Dolomites” is derived from the famous French mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu who was the first to describe the rock, dolomite, a …