My “Raven Series” began as book illustrations created for an Alaskan Native writer. I have continued to explore the raven as a subject. I am intrigued by their intelligence and the rich mythology associated with them
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| A DIVE INTO A SHALLOW POOL
It is amazing how actions early in life can create a chain of events that can forever change life’s direction. My life has been a series of these events.
At sixteen I broke my neck in a diving accident. As awful as the accident was, I did physically recover and that event changed my life. About a month before the accident my mother had bought me a Scrimshaw Kit during a vacation on Nantucket Island, MA. Believe it or not, that little kit did change my life. I had always loved to draw and the scrimshaw was a wonderful distraction during and after my recovery It also proved to be important latter in my career. Through scrimshaw I learned patience, drawing skills, it improved my self esteem, and it would also allow me to pay my way through college. When I was 17 my parents allowed me to spend the summer on Nantucket where I scrimshawed and took commissions. I was one of the youngest persons doing it in the country and my work was featured in a couple books on scrimshaw. I continued... |
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