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  • Paint Happy!  Cristina's art book, published by North Light Books, ©2002, 2004) inspires new and experienced artists.paint-happy-book-cover.jpg

Book_WWBS_web.jpg When Woman Became the Sea, Cristina illustrated this creation story written by acclaimed author and storyteller, Susan Strauss.©1998 published by Beyond Words Publishing.

 

Contributed To:  Cristina has contributed images of her art to a variety of other author's books:

  • Finding Your Visual Voice: A Painter's Guide to Developing an Artistic Style, by Dakota Mitchell and Lee Haroun, North Light Books, Feb. 2007, Book_VisualVoice_web.jpgfeaturing  four of Cristina's images.
  • Triumph of Our Communities – Four Decades of Mexican American Art, by Book_Triumph_MX.jpg Gary D. Keller and Amy Phillips, Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, Arizona State University. Page 16 featuring Acosta’s paintings.

  • Ceramic Art Tile for the Home, by DeBorah Goletz, Shiffer Books, Images of tile kitchen and hand Book_CeramicArtTile_web.jpg painted bowl on the foreword pages 6 and 7, and three other pages in the book.  ©2001

  • Tile by Jill Herbers, Artisan, a Div. of Workman Publishing Company, Inc., New York, NY, ©1996, page 80.  Picture of custom Book_Tile_JHerbers.jpg tile kitchen (Crane Kitchen, Beverly Hills, Calif.) Brief description and listing in the appendices. Reprint in Paperback 2004.

  • Handbuilt Ceramics, by Kathy Triplett, Lark Books, Asheville, NC, ©1997, Picture of Cristina’s hand painted ceramic pitchers, attribution.
  • The Clay Lover’s Guide to Making Molds, by Pierce Clayton, Lark Books Div. Altamont Press, Asheville, NC, ©1977.  Page 52, picture of Cristina’s three mosaic lamps, attribution.  p.117 - picture of Cristina’s hand painted ceramic teapot.

 See Press & Publications for a complete list of other publications.

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