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photography. Liz received a BA in art history before developing her own personal interest in creating art. Now she works digitally, creating soft, romantic, dreamlike images. She added a new dimension to her work in 2009, when she began working in encaustic painting (beeswax with resin and pigment colors) and mixed media. Julia Jones is retired, not to mention reclusive, and a student at both Cochise College and University of Arizona South. For extra credit in an English course, she ended up writing this sonnet, and to her surprise, it didn’t come out too badly. What do you think? Albert Kogel teaches painting, design, and art history on the Sierra Vista Campus of Cochise College. He is always looking for new students and encourages anyone interested to sign up for an art class. Justin Lane is an emerging artist and aspiring singer/songwriter from Willcox. He wants to travel the world and express himself, one abstract thought at a time. R. J. Luce was a wildlife biologist in Wyoming before retiring to Arizona. He lives along the San Pedro River and photographs the river in all seasons. He has traveled to Mexico, Belize, Brazil, and the U.S. Virgin Islands for bird watching and photography. He has authored technical wildlife publications and magazine articles about wildlife and provided photos for books, outdoor magazines, and wildlife field guides. His outdoor mystery novel, Disappearance Creek, was published in 2009. Carmen Megeath is a poet and musician who lives in Bisbee, which is ever a reference point in her writing. She was secretary for Cochise Fine Arts, the long-lost-to-memory avant-garde arts organization which hosted the Bisbee Poetry Festival, and has performed widely in Bisbee. For twenty years, she was employed at Cochise County Library, “the jewel of county government.” She is editor and publisher of Blue Mountain Review, a journal of Cochise County poetry.
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