PORTALS OF PEN AND PALETTE

This collection of selected poems and paintings invites the reader on a literary and visual journey which celebrates the mystical magnificence of Nature and the infinite realm of the human spirit.  As author and artist, M. Joan Chard reveals the depth to which her seven years in Japan as both teacher of language and literature and student of Japanese aesthetics have inspired her work.  In word and image she depicts her perception of the natural world and the universal quest for harmony in all our relationships.