A Moment In My Life

Romanticist and sentimentalist, Mary Ruth Koogler will immortalize an important moment in your life in paint. Each custom-crafted piece captures the essence of an important person, pet or event in your life, portraying memorable items in a unique, handpainted, trompe l'oeil style on a beautiful wooden table. The collection is called "A Moment In My Life."

This six step, French painting technique, trompe l'oeil, is used to create personalized tables that are a tribute to a defining moment or memorable event in your life, or the life of a loved one. These "PERSON TABLES" include your wedding day, graduation, birth of a child, sport tournament win, retirement or job promotion, a moment from your past, in memory of a departed loved one, a special holiday or birthday or the first day of your new home. The highly personal nature of each table makes it a fabulous, one-of-a-kind, lasting gift.

The "PET TABLES" series, called "A Moment In My Dog's Life," portrays items that belong to your dog or cat such as the pet's leash, name tag, favorite treat and toy, and even a framed photo. Since every piece is custom painted for you, you can include any meaningful object you want forever freezing a moment in your cherished pet's life, and creating a tailor-made piece of art and furniture.

Imagine you win an Academy Award or Grammy. You come home late that night and set your items from the evening on a table in your foyer. That night can be forever captured on a stylish, decorative table top with Mary Ruth's trompe l'oeil depiction of the items you placed there. On a similar tabletop, she will paint exact replicas of your Oscar, your tickets for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, your invitation to the party afterwards, your limousine parking pass, program book, your evening bag and jewelry you wore. Your personal items painted to look real, frozen in time forever becomes an instant family heirloom. Memories captured for a lifetime and beyond!

I create unique, personalized, decorative tables with the surface handpainted to depict a special moment in the life of a person or their pet. This painting technique is called "trompe l’oeil," or "fool the eye" in English.	Bel-Air artist, Mary Ruth Koogler shown painting one of her trompe l'oeil tables from her exclusive "A Moment In My Life" collection.
PET TABLE - as shown - 16 inch square top X 25 inches high
Mary Ruth Koogler 716 471.1100 • 716 471.1105 fax email: maryruth@aMomentInMyLife.com


Romantic? Sentimental? Artist, Mary Ruth Koogler creates a way to save your memories forever.
YOUR DOG’S ACTUAL BELONGINGS THE HANDPAINTED REPRODUCTION OF THE SAME ITEMS	Romanticist and sentimentalist, Mary Ruth Koogler will immortalize an important moment in your life in paint. Each custom-crafted piece captures the essence of an important person, pet or event in your life, portraying memorable items in a unique, handpainted, trompe l'oeil style on a beautiful wooden table. The collection is called "A Moment In My Life." This six step, French painting technique, trompe l'oeil, is used to create personalized tables that are a tribute to a defining moment or memorable event in your life, or the life of a loved one. These "PERSON TABLES" include your wedding day, graduation, birth of a child, sport tournament win, retirement or job promotion, a moment from your past, in memory of a departed loved one, a special holiday or birthday or the first day of your new home. The highly personal nature of each table makes it a fabulous, one-of-a-kind, lasting gift. The "PET TABLES" series, called "A Moment In My Dog's Life," portrays items that belong to your dog or cat such as the pet's leash, name tag, favorite treat and toy, and even a framed photo. Since every piece is custom painted for you, you can include any meaningful object you want forever freezing a moment in your cherished pet's life, and creating a tailor-made piece of art and furniture. Imagine you win an Academy Award or Grammy. You come home late that night and set your items from the evening on a table in your foyer. That night can be forever captured on a stylish, decorative table top with Mary Ruth's trompe l'oeil depiction of the items you placed there. On a similar tabletop, she will paint exact replicas of your Oscar, your tickets for the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, your invitation to the party afterwards, your limousine parking pass, program book, your evening bag and jewelry you wore. Your personal items painted to look real, frozen in time forever becomes an instant family heirloom. Memories captured for a lifetime and beyond!


Soon to be seen on Discovery Channel's Christopher Lowell Show	On display exclusively at Pets of Bel-Air 1999 Glen Circle Any-Air, CA 90000 (716) 475-7977 To commission a table, please call 716-471-1100 or email: maryruth@aMomentInMyLife.com

WEDDING		GRADUATION
	wedding invitation		graduation hat w/ tassel
	bridal bouquet		diploma
	pearls		guest tickets
	groom’s boutonniere		announcement
	marriage certificate		program
	photo/photo album		flowers
			award

BIRTH OF A CHILD		SPORT TOURNAMENT WIN
	photo		trophy
	birth certificate		golf tees
	baby hat		golf balls
	favorite toy		gloves
	birth announcement		score card
			country club program book

RETIREMENT or JOB PROMOTION		TYPICAL DAY IN SOMEONE’S LIFE
	photo		newspaper
	invitation to tribute dinner		car / house keys
	job related paperwork		mail
	"gold watch"		briefcase
	product related to job		filofax
	coffee cup		cell phone
	gag item pertaining to joke shared by office		beeper
	travel brochure		trade publication
	travel ticket		laptop computer

FAMILY REUNION		HOLIDAY
A MOMENT FROM YOUR PAST		BIRTHDAY
IN MEMORY OF A DECEASED LOVED ONE		ROMANTIC VACATION