about the contributors

MARISA ANNE is an artist living in Los Angeles. She began Creative Thursday with an intent to be more creative one day a week. Now Creative Thursday has become home to a family of friends, many of whom wear hats, hold hands, and encourage you to follow your dreams too. www.creativethursday.com Email: marisa@creativethursday.com

PETRA OVERBEEK BLOEM was introduced to sumi-e in the 1980s. She writes, “I was fascinated; the power of a single brushstroke is overwhelming. To paint with ink and Chinese brush on rice paper gives me energy, strength, and joy. I started to paint in the old Eastern tradition, but being a Western woman in this day and age, I had to find my own way. The technique stayed the same, but growing up and ...

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