Ms. Cederstrom spent her early life in Maine and upstate New York. She graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, with a B.S. in Art and a concentration in ceramics. Ms. Cederstrom moved to California in 1981. She worked in fabric and clothing design and now teaches drawing, painting and sculpture at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo, where she is also the Fine Arts Department Chair.

Thoughts...

I thought for a long time about what to do with the mask. No perfect vision appeared. So, finally, I got out the mask and a bunch of paint and just started applying color. I learned this approach from my 4-year-old daughter - no hesitation. There was the thought in my mind of wanting sky and water and land, and they did emerge as I worked. Another idea also came up, but as I finished the second coat, the mask seemed complete. The other idea is waiting for another piece to give it life.