Initiation into art, and the life of a career artist, came to Joanna Tlok through a series of chance events.  Her first experience in art-making came when she was seven years old.  At the time, it was popular in her native Poland for children to keep diaries, to which their friends would make contributions.  When asked to add to such a diary that one of her friends was keeping, Joanna’s mother helped her compose a floral design to go with the note she composed.  This ac (showing 500 of 2420 characters).