What started a type of therapy, has led Sandy Fomby Bishop down an artistic path that continues to lengthen and grow in ways she didn’t imagine.

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Local artist Sandy Fomby Bishop recently completed her first book illustration for ‘Two Angels.’

“I've always done crafts,” Bishop said. “When I really got serious with (painting) was when Mama passed away in 2021. I saw a cow and I thought, ‘I want to paint that.’ As I was painting, I just felt like it was like a grieving process. It was like she was here (saying) ‘Keep going,’ because she was always my biggest supporter.”