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The Woman with the Elephant Heart

The Woman with the Elephant Heart is the story of Deborah Friedson, CF mother and volunteer's personal journey to healing and self-discovery depicted through paintings she has created. The book entices the reader to feel and relate to the images and writing nestled in the figurative heart. Layers of pencil and paint draw the viewer into the images while the text speaks in a familiar yet, often silent language shared within the hearts of women. This book is a companion for those who feel they are alone in negotiating life’s challenges, offering hope, kinship and comfort. The Woman with the Elephant Heart unveils new insights and discoveries with each reading. To purchase the Woman with the Elephant Heart visit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Marketplace.

In the style of The Woman with the Elephant Heart, a series of paintings have been specially created to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and their research. The series includes four 8 x 10 prints for a purchase price of sixty–five dollars.
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About the author/artist:

Deborah Friedson received a Bachelors of Arts degree in studio art and art education at Wagner College where her focus was printmaking. Her graduate studies at Syracuse University provided the artist with a rich experience in textiles. The artist’s early work combined the techniques of printmaking with woven textiles. Ms. Friedson has exhibited at Greenhut Gallery in Albany, New York, the Schenectady Museum in Schenectady, New York, Shining Through in Delray Beach, Florida and Symmetry Gallery in Saratoga Springs, New York. Her original paintings created for the benefit of cystic fibrosis research are installed at the national offices of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Bethesda, Maryland.

The artist is a member of the Saratoga County Arts Council and a former board member of the Northeast New York Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The mother of two grown sons resides in upstate New York where she lives with her husband and continues to teach art in Niskayuna Central Schools.