As her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, a Chicago-based painter, adamantly starts yet another new work, a portrait of Dmitri Shostakovitch. As she paints and completes the work, V... Read allAs her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, a Chicago-based painter, adamantly starts yet another new work, a portrait of Dmitri Shostakovitch. As she paints and completes the work, Vera, a holocaust survivor, reflects and celebrates on her life and her art.As her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, a Chicago-based painter, adamantly starts yet another new work, a portrait of Dmitri Shostakovitch. As she paints and completes the work, Vera, a holocaust survivor, reflects and celebrates on her life and her art.