am often asked “What stories are behind your images?” The first thing that comes to mind is folk tales. One of my first memories as a little child is of my Grandmother telling me a folk tale story called “The Rosy Apple and The Silver Bowl.” This way I became acquainted with folk tales before I could read.
     After learning to read, I started hunting for folktale books wherever I could. It was never enough. The magic
of the fairytale world was so captivating that when I didn’t

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