Mia
Hocking is a resourceful, creative, and enthusiastic professional Oregon artist with
teaching experience. While developing a
passion for mixed media (recycled) visual art, she studied at the Pacific NW
College of Art in Portland,
Oregon, after graduating from Hilhi
with honors in visual arts. Her current work represents core life philosophies
of critical thinking, environmental consciousness, personal journeys and
appreciation of personal expressions.
She has
exhibited her work at the Sequoia Gallery in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Other samples of her creativity may soon be viewed at this website.
Partnering with Lee Cuesta, this book is an achievement in expressing her abstract style with a specific vision and purpose. Look closely for the found objects and recycled materials as you read through this expressive folktale.
Lee
Cuesta is a talented, internationally-recognized writer, public speaker and
author with a long journalistic career.
His first novel was based upon his experiences and research in Mexico, where
he lived for eight years. In Greece, he met
his wife of over 35 years. His articles
have been published in periodicals such as Northwest,
Eternity, World Pulse, Indian Life, Interlit, Prisma, El Faro and Apuntes Pastorales.
His
websites exhibit the breadth of his accomplishments, as well as provide
resources for Baby Boomers, like himself.
They are http://leecuestalive.com/, http://leecuesta.com/, and http://www.leecuestabooks.com/. Sometimes he wears the costume of a Viking. A video of Seven Viking Days, as read by both the illustrator and the author, will soon be available on YouTube.
