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(sideways self portrait w/ arms raised in joy)

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I held my first pencil in an old house with five grandmas and a magical

garden where stray cats sunned themselves with the laundry,

and mischievous dwarves came out to play

at the stroke of 6 in the evening. 

 

There, my imagination and love for drawing began and steadily grew

with the sweet bat-bitten guavas, star apples,

and fragrant tropical flowers and plants. 

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Many years later, animals and plants are still the stars of my work!

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thank you for visiting

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I hope my drawings bring you as much joy I get in creating them. 

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My drawings can be found

in news articles,

in an iphone/ipad game,

in a language instructional book,

and in homes and offices on planet earth

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 #toniricaart on the gram

 

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Small Brick Hime somewhere in the CO Front Range