Category Archives: The Book of Beasts

Dragon

As I was working on the editing of The Book of Beasts, I was also working on some small wood and lino-cuts, wanting to continue my tradition of publishing visual art in my books. The book designer found a real … Continue reading

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Reading of The Book of Beasts

Coming from my recorded interview with Wes Funk on Shaw Cable’s Lit Happens, I must document here that he called me The Lady Gaga of Saskatchewan. Something to write on my tombstone. I must signal my pod-bearers to help get me carried … Continue reading

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Fish, Frying

This fish started out as a lino-cut, but ended up digital. A few years ago, our sabbatical almost over, kicked out of our island rental house for the summer and living in a trailer with a 6 year-old and a … Continue reading

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Magpie

This is a linocut I did to be a glyph in The Book of Beasts. Not completely satisfied with chunks of splintering Douglas fir for woodcuts, I tried artist’s linoleum. Now I think I should have stayed with Douglas fir, … Continue reading

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Le Bestiaire Des Anges

Here it is finally, Lori Saint-Martin and Paul Gagne’s translation of The Book of Beasts, Le Bestiaire des Anges – the beast-book of angels — published by Quebec Amerique. I have longed to hold in my hands and feel the … Continue reading

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Swallow

Here is the little woodcut I did of the swallow (in The Book of Beasts) perhaps my favorite bird. We were getting our house built, Colin bringing scraps of Douglas fir from the building site to burn in the stove. … Continue reading

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