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Water Mask (The Alaska Literary Series)
In Water Mask, Monica Devine skis woodland trails with her baby on her back, navigates sea ice with Beaufort Sea whalers and whirls two thousand feet above the tundra with a rookie bush pilot. She negotiates the death of her father, and the near loss of her family's cabin on the Copper River. Reflections on family, place, memory, work, perception and art are woven into a seductive tapestry...in a land that both beguiles and rejects.
Doodle Mind and Writing
24 x 24 acrylic The idea for this painting originated in Italy; after observing a tiled, stylized cross in a church, the shape reminded me of Native American capes ...
Read More It All Happens in a Flash
Have you ever found yourself walking down the street, lost in thought when suddenly you notice a flash of perception, such as seeing a reflection in a plate glass window...and ...
Read More Be Dare and Bare
In our backyard shop-artroom, I am working on a mosaic for our Copper River cabin; a stylized salmon spawning scene that is played out year after year when the reds run aplenty, and ...
Read More It’s Never Just Rain
Far off. In a field, I am running toward a river. My dog flailing at my side. Camera slung around my neck; snow crunching under my boots, patches of ...
Read More To Be Present with Suffering
"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool." (chinua ...
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