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Jenny Kroik is a New York City-based painter and illustrator. She finds much of her inspiration in the city and its people. Jenny has a BFA in illustration from the Art Institute of Boston, and an MFA in painting from the Uni versity of Oregon. Kroik has created 3 covers for the New Yorker Magazine. Her other clients include the Washington Post, The LA times, Random House Publishing Group and more. Jenny also teaches art at various universities and art centers around the city.

1) What led you to become an illustrator? I love drawing and telling stories. I wasn’t sure what
“illustration” was when I was young,
and when I was picking my major in college I looked at
the student work at the illustration
department, and felt a connection. I also studied fine art, and I see connections between all art forms. What I love about illustration is to have my work reproduced and have it serve a purpose, like accompanying a text etc.

2) What challenges did you have in this job? It’s an ever-changing field, so the biggest challenge is figuring out where the work is. Illustrators are constantly searching to see where illustration is going, and there are many times where it’s hard to know what to do next!

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WATER ELEMENT. MYTHOLOGICAL DEITIES OF WATER

Water is the essential element for life and a key pillar of all human cultures. In almost all cultures, water is perceived as a female element and this gender key is shared with our planet Earth, the only known one covered mostly with water.

In most of the world's creation myths, water represents the source of life, energy and divine fertility of the earth and living beings.

It also charges water with great significance within the various religions as they use it in initiation or baptismal rites. Within this context, it encompasses the meanings of purification, renewal, fertility, liberation and abundance.

The human being projects into the water the realization of his fears, but also of his hopes, the promise of life and the threat of death.

We are going to undertake a journey through the continents and their seven seas to get to know the different deities and myths that arise around water.
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Congratulations to Doug Dabbs from United States
Books Category


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