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I am a painter, printmaker, illustrator and writer. As a painter my images are narrative, and stylized yet representational, steeped in color, in dream-like imagined worlds, exploring themes from nature, plants with mystical powers, and layered with personal symbols.
Art finds the mystery in the everyday and can make the mundane magic. Living in Alaska with the splendor of nature and its many fantastical phenomenons became a perfect backdrop for writing and illustrating children’s books. I also make hand-made books. As a kid I created comic strips of everyday occurrences in rural Pennsylvania, from praying mantis and water moccasins to adventures in the woods. Autobio comix tell stories with a graphic narrative form, part autobiographical, part fiction through the eyes of my character, Milly. The books are hand-made with lino block printed covers, and hand bound as limited editions.
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