June Parrish Cookson

Welcome To Ink Vanilla!

Below is brief summary about me.

Born
Ancon, Panama, Central America June 22nd on a Friday at 12:01 a.m. Year: slips my mind. Maiden Name: Rebecca June Parrish.

Family
Parents still living. Siblings: Two older brothers and sister; another sister younger then myself.

Ancestry
French-German-Scottish-Dutch

Places Lived Thus Far
Central America; North America in the Carolinas, Florida, Texas, California, and Washington.

Where I Reside Currently
Pacific Northwest (USA).

Places I Want To Visit Before I Die
France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Italy, and Spain, just to name a few.

Places Imagined Living
A 1930's style bungalow in Carmel California overlooking the Pacific Ocean. An apartment with Baroque architecture in Paris France. A villa somewhere in Italy's Tuscan countryside. A quaint English cottage hidden amongst lush trees somewhere in United Kingdom.

What I Do Best
Being creative.

Career As Artist
Past Artistic Endeavors: Cartoonist, Graphic Designer, Muralist, Decorative Painter (Co-owner of Decorative Paintworks). Freelance Illustrator for Publishing Companies. Commercial and Fine Artist.

Present Artistic Endeavors: Creating mixed media/assemblage art for my new online store Junes Melange.

Appreciative Most
Simply being alive. Living life as an Artist. Having a loving and supportive husband. Accepting the fact that I was brought up in a dysfunctional family, haha.

Favorite Pastimes
Enjoying hot cup of English tea with pet on my lap while reading a damn good book. Listening, singing, dancing to favorite music. Staying fit and eating healthy foods albeit the occasional guilt-ridden desserts. Hanging out with compassionate, smart, and funny people. Late evenings spent at home watching classic mystery movies especially when a thunderstorm brews outside. Decorating home with vintage things.

Things I Desire and/or Like To Learn
Flamenco dance and guitar. To speak several foreign languages. Ride a Harley motorcycle along California Highway 101. Waking up in a Venetian hotel room and seeing gondola's gliding by. Having one of my manuscripts published including million dollar advance for sequel! Heck, make that two million.

Attributes
Strong-willed, compassionate, quite stubborn yet flexible if convinced enough that it's really for the greater good. Freethinker. Love children yet childless by choice without guilt or regret.

Faults
Not admitting I have any!

Prevalent Things I Wish To Happen
First and Foremost that the Iraq War ends sooner rather then later. Secondly, that people all over the planet would stop abusing and killing each other. Thirdly, our planet's environment with the utmost inclusion of animal life is treated with greater respect. Fourth, more people provide food, clothing, shelter and other necessities for the needy and preferably not just during the holidays. And lastly, all religious fundamentalist stop trying to convert everyone to their particular beliefs.