Tamara Grand, Author at Salt Water

Clara taking a picture at Yellowstone of a geothermal pool, pale blue in color with white steam rising from it. Clara is wearing a royal blue long sleeve jacket and a knit cap with v shaped stripes of turquoise, light purple, white and deep purple

Let love be the thread

In 2015, I lost my 13-year-old daughter, Clara, to a combination of cancer and congenital heart disease. In 2016, having never picked up a paint brush before, I began making art.

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