Sylvie (3 page)
In fact, Sylvie didn’t feel like Sylvie at all.
She looked at herself.
Then she looked at her family.
Sylvie decided to go back to eating little pink shrimp…
… with a little dessert.
Jennifer Sattler
has a studio in the woods behind her house where she paints endearing creatures like Sylvie while her daughters create their own works of art on the floor. Before starting a family, Jennifer received her BFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire and her MFA from Indiana University’s Hope School of Fine Arts. She has taught painting and drawing and exhibited extensively, winning an NEA grant in 1996. She is now a full-time mom living in Greenfield, New York, with her husband, Paul, their daughters, Mayzie and Lilia, and two dogs, Bella and Henry.