Rhapsody in Purple Tank Top

A grasshopper done with Pen & Ink

About Belinda Landtroop Q & A Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your art and writing ? A small town in middle Tennessee at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains. I loved the beauty of the mountains. The valleys, caves, creeks and wildlife was an everyday world. Growing up there colored my writing and art with southern flavor, the serenity of nature and the adventure of life. ​ What about your art? I started as a freelance artist doing graphic and fine art. One of my favorite mediums is Pen & Ink. Which is great because drawing can be done everywhere. I’ve drawn in the doctor’s waiting room, sitting in the car waiting for school to let out, at a basketball game, a band concert and anywhere I had the...