Janice E. Kirk, artist, and author, is an award-winning poet, published author, and illustrator of six books, including: Opening the Book of Nature series: The Road to Beaver Park, Painting, Perception, and Pilgrimage (Resource Publications, 2016). Cherish the Earth: The Environment and Scripture, by Janice E. Kirk and Donald R. Kirk (Wipf & Stock Pub., 2016) and Drawing Close, Encountering Joy, an Artist's Psalms and Prayers for the Earth (Resource Publications, 2022). Trained as an artist, singer, and writer, Janice has taught public school art, language arts, and music, including voice at Simpson U., Redding, CA. A lifetime of family camping adventures and studies in the American West motivates her calling to champion God's creation. In good weather she can still be found at the park, sketchbook in hand.