![]() There are some that may someday be books of their own, but most of my books start with images. ![]() I made up many stories and images while there, and now I'm putting them in prints that are on my web-site. Living on the tundra literally put the white space all around me that lets my mind drift. I took long walks, traveled by boat and snowmachine, sat for hours ice fishing. But most of all, we had a slower life-style, and without television, I had time to read and daydream. I realized how wonderful trade books were in quality and color compared to the books we were printing ourselves and became determined to learn the whole process and to publish some of the folklore at a major publisher. I learned as I did small story books and the first folklore from the region, and had a chance to make up some stories of my own for readers that were in the Yup'ik language. ![]() They needed an illustrator and there were none around for 4-500 miles so I got the job. Teri: I started illustrating at the Bilingual Education Center. ![]()
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