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When I learned my family's oral history about my great great grandmother living at one time in Quebec, and becoming familiar with the Cree Native Americans. The stories I heard about were about how the Cree were very capable people who migrated following the seasons and living off the land. I created this picture of a family encampment with the Native American woman waiting for her man-mate to get back from hunting. She is very capable in her own way - keeping camp- providing well for her family.

Dear Fellow Artists, Friends and World....I had always wanted to work in the book publishing industry. In 1989, my wish became reality by following my heart to work for a company that published scientific magazines, journals, and books, American Institute of Physics, AIP, on Long Island, New York. I learned the business from the ground up. Years later with digital art becoming the main-stay, and laptop computers being the workstations, I took a children's book publishing class to become a self-publisher. In 2010, I started "Holdens Whimsicals" for greeting cards, initially, and then I expanded into book publishing. In 2013, I self-published "Elephoot." The second book,"Elephoot Returns" in 2014 and the third children's book, "Penelope...