TURNING PAIN INTO HUMOR

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"An exuberant, engaging memoir: touching and humorous personal stories seamlessly woven with her paintings, foldouts, etchings, sculptures and photography. Beneath the playfulness however, is a mystifying story of the relationship with her father."

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About Tina Collen

I've lived in Boulder, Colorado for many years by way of Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Aspen and have been an artist since I was five and discovered that my fingers could make things.

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