Annie's Arc Mission Statement

I can still remember the cold winter day in Kent, Washington when I bought my first box of white polymer clay --- unaware that years later this very clay would free the artist in me --- allowing my beloved Snail and other animals forms to emerge as if by magic.

I established Annies Arc in the summer of 1999 in order to distribute my Art in a public manner --- aware that purchased art does two things at the same time:

Provides funds that like a patron support the artist.

In a gentle way, by its own purchase, encourages people to take more seriously the message of the art itself.

I have endeavored to create my website in a form that I hope will be a complement to the art I bring forth with clay and pen. . So it is my hope that the website itself will impart peace.

Personal Profile

     Grew up in Holland, Michigan

     Learned to fly at sweet 16

     Lived with the Tlingit people in Alaska

     Commercial salmon fisherman

     Worked with American Indians in DC

     Have three children and six grandchildren

     Graduated from Grand Valley State

     Began free-lance writing in 1987

     Delivered the Holland Sentinel for 10 years