{"id":12,"date":"2021-11-03T16:54:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T18:26:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?page_id=12","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m privileged to have an incredibly gifted and accomplished visual artist for a daughter. Natalia and I have collaborated over several projects and her paintings grace five of my book covers as well as throughout our children\u2019s book, <em>Samira, the Singing Salmon.<\/em> I\u2019m continually amazed by Natalia\u2019s ability to take an image dancing in my head and then transform it into a stunning painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?attachment_id=253\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-16-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"253\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-16.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?attachment_id=253\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-16-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-16-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-16-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-16.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?page_id=145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEANNA&#8217;S BIO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-17-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"255\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-17.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?attachment_id=255\" class=\"wp-image-255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-17-1024x493.png 1024w, https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-17-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-17-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/best-selling-author-17.png 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"http:\/\/deannabkawatski.com\/?page_id=146\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NATALIA&#8217;S BIO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m privileged to have an incredibly gifted and accomplished visual artist for a daughter. 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