Art and nature photographer 'Cherokee Blue' [an online pen name] has enjoyed a lifelong interest in all things artistic, photographic and visual. Attending art college on five different scholarships as a teen, she entered a career as a graphic artist early, and was art directing her first ad agency at the tender age of 21. She went freelance shortly thereafter, opening up her own graphic design and illustration shop in Western North Carolina. Freelancing for printing companies and agencies from coast to coast, Cherokee Blue emerged in the early 1990s as one of the first women in the United...more