About

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Carol Coogan
Artist, Illustrator, Designer, Writer and Amateur Naturalist.
Creator of the Times Union newspaper column, “Backyard Naturalist.”

Clients Include:
Crane & Co, Llewellyn Publications Worldwide, Chelsea Green, Sunstone Press, Times Union Newspaper, Altamont Enterprise Newspaper, A Gentle Wind Music & Stories for Children, Bailey Arboretum, Pine Hollow Arboretum, Pangaia Magazine, Harcourt Brace, NYS Dept. of Child & Family Services…

Books illustrated:
“Create a Yoga Practice For Kids” (Sunstone 2006)
“Yoga for Teens” (Sunstone 2008)
“Way of Water” (Chelsea Green 2007)
“2008 Magical Almanac” (Llewellyn Worldwide)
“2009 Magical Almanac” (Llewellyn Worldwide)
“2010 Magical Almanac” (Llewellyn Worldwide)
“2011 Magical Almanac” (Llewellyn Worldwide)
“Sabbatts Almanac” (Llewellyn Worldwide)
“The Cauldron of Memory” (Llewellyn Worldwide)

Books written and illustrated: “Backyard Naturalist” Volumes I, II & III.
These compilations of my columns are available at the Book House in Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany NY, and online at www.shop.thetroybookmakers.com.

Artist Statement
“Art is visual poetry to me, a means to communicate that which cannot be articulated by words or a representational photo alone. I primarily use acrylics, marker, and pen & ink, as well as watercolors, collage, mixed and digital media. My styles range widely from realistic to decorative and stylized to colorfully expressionistic. Much of my work is informed by the natural world and a sense of the interconnectedness of all things. I’m also especially fond of using birds in my artwork. They are beautiful creatures, and powerful symbols for perseverance, hope, freedom and rebirth.”