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I am a painter, printmaker, illustrator and writer. My images are narrative and stylized yet representational, steeped in color, in dream-like imagined worlds, exploring themes from nature, plants with mystical powers, often layered with personal symbols. Art finds the mystery in the everyday, art can tell a story, be an expression of how I see the world, and can make the mundane magic. Living in Alaska I became aware of an ancient magic dancing in the shadows. The splendor of nature with its many fantastical phenomenons became a perfect backdrop for children’s books. I work in watercolor, lino-block printing and 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 are my way of telling stories with the graphic narrative form, part autobiographical, part fiction through the eyes of a character, Milly. The books are hand-made with carved and printed lino block covers, and hand bound as limited editions.
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