photo of Kris Waldherr by Thomas Miller
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The illustrated books and products of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr are well known to lovers of mythology and goddesses. These tools for mythic living include The Lover's Path Tarot, Sacred Animals, a compendium of animals in world mythology, and The Book of Goddesses, a One Spirit/Book-of-the-Month Club’s Top Ten Most Popular Book. The Book of Goddesses was also the inspiration and basis for Goddess, a Narada music CD, several illustrated calendars, and The Goddess Tarot, which has over 200,000 copies in print. Waldherr’s picture book retelling of the Persephone myth, Persephone and the Pomegranate, was praised by the New York Times Book Review in a full page review for its “quality of myth and magic,” and by Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author of Goddesses in Everywoman, as “a beautifully done retelling of the major mother-daughter myth.” Her first novel, The Lover's Path, was published by Harry N. Abrams Books. A tenth anniversary reissue of The Book of Goddesses: A Celebration of the Divine Feminine has been reissued, also by Abrams Books.
Waldherr has also had her illustrations published as greeting cards, book covers, and in magazines. Her artwork has been shown in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She received her BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, which she attended on full scholarship. She lives and works in Brooklyn, with her husband, anthropologist Thomas Ross Miller, and daughter, Thea Delphine. In her spare time, she plays cello in an orchestra and enjoys travel.
Art and Words is Kris Waldherr's "official" author and artist website. All of the art and text used upon this website was created by Kris Waldherr, or adapted from her books or projects. She also designed every page of it. Via our online catalog, ShopGoddess.com, we're pleased to offer the most beautiful goddess prints, posters and other inspiring merchandise. Original art is available for purchase on our online gallery.
Art and Words is about combining two of the things that mean the most to Kris: art and literature. It's about mythology and magic, folklore and passion. It's about trying to understand ourselves and our lives through the use of ancient stories and new artwork. Click here for full copyright information for Art and Words.
We hope that Kris's Art and Words inspires everyone who visits!
