Shannon Cartwright
Galleries Featuring
Shannon Cartwright Prints
Scanlon Gallery - Ketchikan Alaska
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There are more than one million
books in print illustrated by Shannon Cartwright. She came to Alaska in 1972 after graduating
from college. After working a year in the field of advertising in Ann Arbor, Michigan she was
drawn north by the stories she had heard as a child from her grandmother, Esther Scheubel, a famous
public health nurse who spent 14 years in the Alaska "bush".
Cartwright expresses her love of Alaska through
the numerous children's books she has illustrated to date. Her books
provide a colorful and entertaining story line and, at the same time, teach kids
about Alaska: the land the people and the wildlife. Cartwright is uniquely
qualified for the job.
For the last 25+ years she has lived in
Alaska, most of which have been spent living in the "bush" - far off the road
system. She and her husband and their two dogs travel between their three cabins, depending on
the seasons, by hiking and skiing, hauling their supplies in by packhorses or snow
machine. She thrives on living a simple life - hauling water by backpack, heating and cooking
with wood, and lighting her work area with solar energy. "Everything takes
longer", she says, "like having to ski 14 miles just to pick up the mail, but it's fun and
sometimes challenging! |
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