Teen's art to grace walls of Congress.(Neighbor)

Byline: Ed Fanselow Daily Herald Staff Writer When Hoffman Estates High School art student Renee Kimpel set her portrait of a somber-faced woman to paper, she never imagined that the drawing's subject would someday cast a gaze over the halls of Congress. The colored-pencil drawing - titled "We Will Always Remember" - was intended solely as part of a final exam portfolio for Kimpel's advanced placement drawing class.

But art instructor Cynthia Surtz knew the work was special, and submitted it to this year's Congressional Art Competition sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mark ...

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