“Time Has A Way Of Showing Us What Really Matters.”


Artist Enid Romanek – In Her Own Words.


be an artist,” Enid said. I graduated from Syracuse University cum laude with a BFA in


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So much inspires me in this world, especially around animals. The wish I make silently, and often, is a familiar Buddhist saying, abbreviated to “may you be happy, may you be healthy, may you live in peace.” At 82 I am so very grateful to still be able to do what I love the most and I hope to do it for my forever.


(Above): Our cover artist for this issue, Enid Romanek and her beloved Arty Pi Divine, in a self portrait.


Since 2006, every cover of The New Barker has featured an original work of art by a different artist.


62 THE NEW BARKER ”


illustration and a minor in creative writing. Drawing was always my favorite thing to do. I always carried a sketch book and used it whenever the chance arose. While my children were young, I took a course in writing for


children at the New School for Social Research in New York City and began a brief career writing books and poetry for children. At the time, I had more confidence in my writing than my artwork. My thinking was that if I were published, someone else should illustrate my writing. As it turns out, I was published, first in reading programs and even-


tually by Charles Scribner’s Sons. My biggest success in children’s books was the publication of a picture book titled “Teddy,” which featured my own illustrated etchings. I began drawing while living in Chicago, and that is where my career


as an illustrator began to grow. My community there inspired me to become more involved, which led to pen and ink drawings of the local scene. Pen and ink with watercolor is what I still work in, to this day. I most enjoy depicting the places with which people have a personal connection. After moving to Washington, DC, I began selling my art as a street


vendor, which I loved. I enjoyed meeting people, working next to the other vendors and being part of the scenes I was drawing.


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hen I was just seven years old, my father gave me a match book cover with the picture of a woman and a headline that said “Draw Me.” My illustration duplicated the match book cover. That, combined with my father’s interest and pleasure, convinced me that I was going to


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