This map print by Kathe Welch.

Kathe grew up in California's Central Valley. From an early age she could be found drawing things she saw in her neighborhood and things she imagined might exist. She wrote stories to accompany her drawings and created little books for her family.

Kathe is currently working on several wood-cut projects and paintings and is illustrating a story about the fear of falling off the edge of the bed. She is also working on her first novel.

Kathe is the co-founder of Four Oceans Press and she teaches Art, Ceramics and Photography to high school students in Concord, California.