Lora Martini is based in the Seattle area. Her work is greatly inspired by the US Northwest landscape. Her specialty is encaustic and oil painting. She displays some of her work at the Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA. Learn more about Lora's work at
www.loramartini.com and about the Parklane gallery at www.parklanegallery.org

Pi Day π (pi) is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π. Pi (π) Day has become an international holiday, celebrated live and online all around the world. 

What is π anyway? Divide any circle’s circumference by its diameter; the answer (whether for a plate or a planet) is always approximately 3.14, a number represented with the Greek letter π. Mathematicians have been calculating π’s digits with more and more accuracy and have discover they go on literally forever, with no pattern.