Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “Birch and Wildflowers,” 1970s. Pen and ink on paper. Produced for the Rainy Lake Chronicle. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan in her studio, 1985. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan painting “Mary Dobbs Schlick,” 1985. Schlick was an expert on Pacific Northwest basketry.) Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan making a silk screen, 1980s. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan working in studio (with palette), 1980s. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan working at her kiln, 1980s. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “Lifeline,”1969. Oil on canvas. 44 x 60. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan with painting “Lifeline,” 1969. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s oil-on-canvas painting of Norval Morrisseau, an Anishinaabe artist known as the “Picasso of the North.” Oil on canvas, 1969. 20 x 16. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s “School Bus,” 1964. Oil on canvas. 48 x 40. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.