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Show PAGE THE ZEPHYRAPRIL 89 15 kathy cooeey does Why Kathy Cooney find artistic inspiration in a parking aster? What caused her to put pencil to paper to ianortalise an old leather shoe? I a not never take sure, but I 'a awfully glad she did. I'll aeter for granted again. Cooney (she prefers to be identified by her last She aajored in naae) has had an interesting life. of , but in the at Illinois agriculture University 1979 aoved to Skagwayf She spent three Alaska. seasons taking care of Yukon sled dogs and augaented her living as a sign painter. While in Skagway, she exhibited her work at three art shows. Her detailed pencil drawings of ausical instruaent parts - pianos , guitars, coronets - were particularly successful. In 1982, she aoved to a cabin in Dyer, Alaska. a parking Since the cabin laoked electricity, in Alaska and since the sun during the winter itself barely She aonths, she spent a lot of tine in the dark. aore than nade up for her restricted watercolor painting tiae in the suaaer when the sun barely goes down. In 1987, Kathy Cooney cane to Moab, which she points out is auch drier than the Arctic Circle. Cooney and her husband Chuck Schildt are the owners of the new Moab Mercantile and Gallery of Fine Art, located at the Grand Eaporiua. shows -- Engine 55 12 x 16 J.S. Pencil-pri- nt photographic reproductions by rebecca knouff Fan Club 10 x 12 Pencil ltd. edition print |