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MICHIGAN-BORN SARA GWENDOLYN FROSTIC (1906 - 2001)

Michigan-born, Sara Gwendolyn Frostic was regarded as one of America's foremost nature-inspired fine artists; also a writer, naturalist, and a Michigan Hall of Fame inductee. One of nine children, Gwen was stricken with polio at an early age. Gwen not only survived, but she overcame the doctor's prognosis that she would never walk, talk, or write. As a single woman in her fifties, Gwen moved to a northern woods of Michigan to observe, study, research, and sketch her native woods in all their wondrous detail. Carefully carving the designs of nature into linoleum blocks, Gwen then used 19th century Heidelberg letter presses to bring her images alive.

Gwen not only became a very successful entrepreneur, but an accomplished artist, poet, educator, and philosopher. Known for her simple lines and delicate colors, this inspiring artist continued to produce new work well into her nineties.

"My aim is to bring you the wind in the trees or the very first violet of spring, a bit of serenity that exists in this world. Man must live with nature and cannot separate himself from it...he is an integral part of the whole." (Gwen Frostic)

Photo Credit and Copyright Gwen Frostic